Last night I saw a new Showtime documentary that made me thankful to be a liberal.

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"Thank God for liberals" is what I kept thinking as I watched "After Innocence":

SYNOPSIS:
This Special Jury Prize winning documentary from the Sundance Film Festival is a gripping account from filmmaker Jessica Sanders of eight different men who are freed from long prison sentences by DNA tests that prove their innocence many years after their incarcerations, only to find that the system continues to hamper their efforts at getting on with their lives.

I'm not one to cry easily, but so many aspects of this documentary brought tears to my eyes -- the group of young, engaged lawyers who worked on these cases pro bono; the intensity & sadness frozen in the eyes of the wrongly convicted; the admirable attitudes of these men, despite having spent the best years of their lives in prison.

If you have Showtime, I recommend this documentary. It will make you proud to be a liberal.

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1. seen it...

scary!!! and sooo sad that these people are left to just try to pick up the pieces...sick!

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2. Thank goodness for DNA technology.

Mistaken identity could convict a person without any remarkable physical features.

Without lawyers who care about injustice, these innocent men would still be locked up. They are heroes.

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3. I absolutely love DNA technology.

DNA solves cases that would otherwise go unsolved, it helps take killers off the streets, and it helps prevent innocent people from being wrongly convicted.

An ex boyfriend helped map a chromosome in the Human Genome Project. I'm proud of him for that.

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4. I hope you can see this documentary -- it'll make you even prouder of your ex. :)