Due Process

Facts
1. Kevin  Rojas was convicted and charged in 1991
2. Kevin Rojas was sentenced to 15-life in 1992
3.  Lesley Risinger and her mother decided to work on proving Kevin is innocent
4. Only 5% of criminal cases actually have DNA.
5. A death sentence takes 25 years for action to be carried out
6. Texas has more death sentences than any other state.
7. A case can be worked on for 10-15 years
8. 11 of the 44 people convicted have been accused due to false eye witness identification.
9. Jim McCloskey, a member of Centurion Ministries, has freed 44 innocent people in the last 30 years. His group looks for cases that do not include DNA as evidence.
10. It costs about $187 million more to keep someone on death row than in the general population

Questions
1. Was his jacket really enough evidence to prosecute him?
2. What is the longest amount of time a case has been worked on?
3. Why does it take so long for action in a death sentence?
4. Why was Lesley and her mother so interested in proving him innocent?
5. Does false eye witness identification happen often?