In 1974, a man by the name of Chol Soo Lee was convicted of a murder that he did not commit. Chol came to the United States from Korea in 1964 and lived in Chinatown in San Francisco. A few years later, a gang leader named Yip Yee Tak was shot and killed during the day. The police were also pleasured to make an arrest and it just so happened that Chol was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Many people later said they saw him around the crime scene when Yip was killed. He was later taken to court and was charged with first degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. The prison Chol was sent to was the Tracy prison which at the time had a reputation of been an extremely violent and dangerous prison. During his time in prison, he found …show more content…
Not only was Chol’s nephew involved, but a whole community both nationally and internationally were there fighting and supporting him. Later on in 1983, he was set free and was his convictions were overturned (Ramsey 2007). This is just one example of a person who was wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit. Unfortunately, he is not the only one that this has happened to nor is he the only one this will happen too. When looking into what it means to be wrongfully convicted, it is someone who is innocent but has been wrongfully convicted by the court of law. This is a terrible thing to happen because innocent people like Chol may get sentenced for some type of crime that they did not commit and will go to prison for a numerous amount of years, for life, or even worse, the death penalty. Even if a person is exonerated for their crimes, their life will never be the same. Some reports say that people who even after exonerated from a wrongfully convicted crime will still suffer from mental disorders like PTSD, depressive disorders, panic disorder, and paranoid