"Bobby Joe Leaster served 15 years in [MA prison] for a murder he did not commit ... he won his freedom and worked for decades with at-risk youth ..."
"The appellate courts, for too long, defaulted to their stubborn adherence to the principle of Finality of Conviction. When I gave Bobby Joe the bad news from his fourth rejected appeal, he asked with the first hint of anger I had ever observed: ‘How did I get a fair trial if I am innocent?’”
— Judge Christopher Muse "
https://www.newenglandinnocence.org/innocence-blog/2025/justiceundergod
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