Wrongful Convictions

After reading going to the wrongful convictions website and listening to Terril Swift speak to us in class, I have a better understanding on just how much people are wrongfully convicted.  Terril Swift was obviously an innocent man, but police detained him for so long that he confessed to the rape and murder of a woman.  It seemed that the police used illegal ways to make Terril confess to the crime.  Terill didn't know his rights so he signed the confession.  Terill served seventeen years in prison, until DNA evidence showed that he was not the killer of the woman.  Terill told us that it's practically impossible to make a living while a sex offender.  I don't know why the state of Illinois would classify him as a sex offender even after he was proven innocent.  I don't know if the police officers who treated Terill so badly did it because of his race or what, but they should be prosecuted for forcing him to confess.  I think that DNA evidence is very helpful and should be used no matter what, in every case.