Even with our criminal justice system and all of its constitutional protections for defendants , we often read about convicted ` ` criminals ' ' being released from prison , sometimes from death row , after many years of incarceration .
New evidence has established their innocence .
Even with our criminal justice system and all of its constitutional protections for defendants , we often read about convicted ` ` criminals ' ' being released from prison , sometimes from death row , after many years of incarceration because new evidence has established their innocence .