After Burge was fired, there was a groundswell of support to investigate convictions for which he provided evidence.
Clinics devoted to investigating wrongful-conviction cases without DNA evidence, such as the Exoneration Initiative, are emerging to try to change that.
Glenn A. Garber, a defense lawyer in Manhattan, in January began the Exoneration Initiative, a clinic devoted to investigating wrongful-conviction cases without DNA evidence.
Since then, Mr. Hynes has created a special unit to investigate questionable convictions.
By the start of 2016, a new District Attorney, Darcel Clark, had taken over in the Bronx, and one of her first acts was to start setting up a Conviction Integrity Unit to investigate wrongful convictions.
Justice Wallace Jefferson of State Supreme Court called for a commission to investigate wrongful convictions, suggesting on Wednesday that faith in the legal system might be undermined given that Texas leads the nation in prisoners set free by DNA testing.
She said defense lawyers need access to old files when investigating possible wrongful convictions or defending against an enhanced sentence.
In The Paperboy, an adaptation of Pete Dexter's novel, two investigative reporters, played by David Oyelowo and Matthew McConaughey, are enlisted by Charlotte (Nicole Kidman) to investigate the conviction of a murderer, played by John Cusack, with whom she has fallen in love by letter.
When Hallam's 2007 appeal failed, it was critical for May to get the CCRC to investigate the conviction.
The material collected and stored by the FSS is, said Foster, crucial to CCRC investigations, which can order the retesting of forensic material many years after the initial conviction: Foster illustrates his concerns by pointing to the sort of material the Commission may need when investigating a murder conviction.
Talking to the Financial Times, Almunia said that the EU is "still investigating," but his "conviction is [Google] are diverting traffic" and hurting competitors.
