Why do people stay on death row for years and years?

[Feuer Frei!]

Why are we talking about the death penalty and if it's right or wrong?
This particular case has nothing to do with that. Whether you think it's morally right or wrong to cause death by injection or to electrocute someone to death if they committed a crime.

This has to do with human error.
On 2 counts.

The Detective for seriously botching this investigation by not following the procedures to the letter.
The Judge for 'believing' a Person rather than following through with the correct procedures.

What about the jury?
Does the jury hold accountability? Does a jury get given details like the method of interrogation? In what environment a interrogation was conducted? If there were witnesses present at the interrogation? If notes were made at the interrogation and were they submitted for full scrutiny?

If so, then we need to hold the jury accountable as well.

This was 22 years ago.

Unfortunately this is not the first case of serious negligence on the law's behalf.
It won't be the last.