DA Patsy Austin Gatson Launch The Conviction Integrity Unit To Reopen Cold Cases
b'www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. \\u2014 A local district attorney\\u2019s office is launching its own squad to look into possible past wrongful convictions.
While it\\u2019s normally outside groups digging hard into old cases looking for mistakes, the people who prosecute criminals in Gwinnett County say the time has come for their office to start taking a look.
It\\u2019s being called the Conviction Integrity Unit.
\\u201cAny ADA\\u2019s worst nightmare is to have someone who\\u2019s innocent convicted,\\u201d said Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson.
Austin-Gatson said that\\u2019s why she\\u2019s launching the new unit.
Two senior assistant attorneys plus an investigator will look full time into past cases where an innocent person may have been locked up.
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