This is a story about a man who was falsely accused and convicted of rape, sentenced to 45 years in prison, and exonerated by DNA evidence 24 years later. Prior to the exoneration, local prosecutors had refused to look into the case and test the DNA, while the crime lab had repeatedly indicated (falsely) that the evidence was lost. By sheer luck, a worker in the facility where the evidence was stored heard about the case from another man who knew the defendant and was himself exonerated by DNA evidence.

Analysis: Positive development for men. It is positive that yet another falsely accused man has been freed based on DNA evidence proving his innocence. But what is shocking is the lengths to which the prosecutor's office and the crime lab went to ignore or prevent even a DNA test. Technology has been a godsend to falsely accused defendants, in this case DNA technology. But what could have prevented this whole mess is an alibi. Without another human being verifying his whereabouts, how could the defendant in this story, Johhny Briscoe, have proven that he couldn't have committed the crime? DontMakeHerMad.com promotes surveillance technology to prove innocence, before a case can even get to trial. There are now devices that can be nominally used as security cameras, but functionally establish a person's actions and whereabouts with specific time stamps on the images. These devices are called Digital Video Recorders (DVRs).

Ensuring your alibi with surveillance: To men who fear they are at risk of a future false allegation, we recommend one particular device. It's called the EZ Witness (pictured on the right), and costs $198 (USD) at the time of this writing. This device captures video to its internal memory and can be configured to store several weeks worth of images, all timestamped with the current date and time. It is more than enough to demonstrate where you are, when you were there, and what you were doing (or not doing) in the event you are falsely accused of a crime. It is unfortunate that such technology is necessary, but it ensures that one is protected from bogus allegations without requiring the presence of a friendly and accurate human witness.