[ applause ] . john: our legal system is a mess. every single lawyer s due takes forever, and the guilty get away with it. but at the same time lots of people are locked up for things they didn t do. we know that now because dna evidence is more available. these innocent people were jailed. i was wrongfully convicted of a murder and rape of my friend, and i spent almost 20 years in prison nar crime. i spent 11 years and 3 months in prison. 20 years 9 months and 5 days in prison for a crime i didn t commit. john: how does that happen? tim lynch runs the project on criminal justice for the cato institute. the system is not as accurate as people think it is? it s not. our system is badly flawed. more flawed than many people want to admit john. as you said since dna evidence came on the scene, we discovered we ve got hundreds and hundreds of people who had their lives shattered because they ve been thrown in prison for crimes they didn t commit. john: chris christie said
[ applause ] . john: our legal system is a mess. every single lawyer s due takes forever, and the guilty get away with it. but at the same time lots of people are locked up for things they didn t do. we know that now because dna evidence is more available. these innocent people were jailed. i was wrongfully convicted of a murder and rape of my friend, and i spent almost 20 years in prison nar crime. i spent 11 years and 3 months in prison. 20 years 9 months and 5 days in prison for a crime i didn t commit. john: how does that happen? tim lynch runs the project on criminal justice for the cato institute. the system is not as accurate as people think it is? it s not. our system is badly flawed. more flawed than many people want to admit john. as you said since dna evidence came on the scene, we discovered we ve got hundreds and hundreds of people who had their lives shattered because they ve been thrown in prison for crimes they didn t commit. john: chris christie said
[ applause ] . john: our legal system is a mess. every single lawyer s due takes forever, and the guilty get away with it. but at the same time lots of people are locked up for things they didn t do. we know that now because dna evidence is more available. these innocent people were jailed. i was wrongfully convicted of a murder and rape of my friend, and i spent almost 20 years in prison nar crime. i spent 11 years and 3 months in prison. 20 years 9 months and 5 days in prison for a crime i didn t commit. john: how does that happen? tim lynch runs the project on criminal justice for the cato institute. the system is not as accurate as people think it is? it s not. our system is badly flawed. more flawed than many people want to admit john. as you said since dna evidence came on the scene, we discovered we ve got hundreds and hundreds of people who had their lives shattered because they ve been thrown in prison for crimes they didn t commit. john: chris christie said
[ applause ] . john: our legal system is a mess. every single lawyer s due takes forever, and the guilty get away with it. but at the same time lots of people are locked up for things they didn t do. we know that now because dna evidence is more available. these innocent people were jailed. i was wrongfully convicted of a murder and rape of my friend, and i spent almost 20 years in prison nar crime. i spent 11 years and 3 months in prison. 20 years 9 months and 5 days in prison for a crime i didn t commit. john: how does that happen? tim lynch runs the project on criminal justice for the cato institute. the system is not as accurate as people think it is? it s not. our system is badly flawed. more flawed than many people want to admit john. as you said since dna evidence came on the scene, we discovered we ve got hundreds and hundreds of people who had their lives shattered because they ve been thrown in prison for crimes they didn t commit. john: chris christie said
[ applause ] . john: our legal system is a mess. every single lawyer s due takes forever, and the guilty get away with it. but at the same time lots of people are locked up for things they didn t do. we know that now because dna evidence is more available. these innocent people were jailed. i was wrongfully convicted of a murder and rape of my friend, and i spent almost 20 years in prison nar crime. i spent 11 years and 3 months in prison. 20 years 9 months and 5 days in prison for a crime i didn t commit. john: how does that happen? tim lynch runs the project on criminal justice for the cato institute. the system is not as accurate as people think it is? it s not. our system is badly flawed. more flawed than many people want to admit john. as you said since dna evidence came on the scene, we discovered we ve got hundreds and hundreds of people who had their lives shattered because they ve been thrown in prison for crimes they didn t commit. john: chris christie said