26 years is a long time.

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We've recently hit on the possibility of an innocent person being executed. There were a few statics offered to show that does happen more than we would like to believe. Overall the percentage is rather small, however, I still wonder how many of the executed were innocent.

Here is another example of an innocent person suffering.

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A man locked away 26 years for murder was granted a new trial and freed on bond Friday with the help of two attorneys who came forward with a client's confession after the client died in prison.

Alton Logan's family took up a collection in the lobby of the Cook County Criminal Courthouse and quickly came up with the $1,000 they needed to post bond.

A dozen friends and family broke into applause as Logan, 54, exited the building. He tearfully said it felt "great" to be free before he was whisked away in a black SUV.

Logan's younger brother, Eugene Logan, was adamant that he would be freed after his retrial.

"Nobody deserves to be locked away for 26 years for something they didn't do," said Eugene Logan, 48, of Portland, Oregon. "It's a blessing today that my brother's been released. He's not been exonerated yet, but we're going back to court, and it will happen."

Two attorneys recently revealed that their former client, Andrew Wilson, admitted committing the crime that sent Logan to prison, but attorney-client privilege had kept them from coming forward.

What really burns my @ss is that the scumbag attorneys knew this and did nothing to see that justice was served. If I had known that, and kept quiet, I would have been deemed an accessory. They hide behind a worthless shield of Attorney Client privilege. Shakespeare was right when it came to Attorneys.