The sixth amendment to the U.S. Constitution holds, in part, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right … to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence." This clause grants to all defendants the right to an attorney from the moment they are taken into police custody. Theres more to this process but obviously the system is not suffiencent to prove that only the guilty are given the sentences.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/208823/innocent_man_released_from_prison_after.html
http://www.39online.com/news/local/kiah-finally-released-story,0,479819.story
Those are the first two articles out of about 19,000,000 results when typed into google. The articles are about those who are released from prision after being found innocent after more then 25 years in prision. '
That was part 1.
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