I read about Eric Volz a while back. Was reminded of it today.
From Wikipedia:
"In November 2006, Doris Ivania Jiménez, a Nicaraguan who had dated Volz, was murdered at midday in her store in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, a coastal town near Rivas. Volz was arrested and charged with her murder.[4]
However, according to both associates and mobile phone records, Volz was at his home in Managua, which also served as the magazine headquarters, conducting meetings and business, including a conference call with contacts in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, and telephone and internet logs confirm this.[4] Managua is two hours' drive from San Juan del Sur.[3] Volz was arrested November 23, 2006 and charged with murder, based on the confession of a Nicaraguan man who was later released.[3] During a trial in Rivas in which, his lawyers say, no physical evidence was produced,[4] Volz was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in a Nicaraguan penitentiary."
Some links. The Outside article is great.
http://outside.away.com/outside/dest...caragua-1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Volz
http://www.friendsofericvolz.com/
http://www.myspace.com/freeericvolz
This is pretty terrifying stuff.
Feel free to discuss this or other instances of people being unjustly imprisoned.