Peter Neufeld Quotes

People in the commonwealth are asking what went wrong with the capital-justice system that permitted a completely innocent man to be convicted and come within nine days of execution. This trial will answer that question.

- Peter Neufeld

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There's an old saying that the absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence. - Peter Neufeld

We haven't been able to get (DNA) in most of the capital cases. In 75 percent of the cases we take on, we can't do DNA because the evidence has been lost or destroyed. - Peter Neufeld

Obviously, one case does not in any way reflect on the correctness of the other 1,000 executions we've had in the last 30 years. Other governors should take their lead from Governor Warner and do post-execution testing in their cases, because ... there's no reason not to it's all about getting to the truth. - Peter Neufeld