California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday announced his creation of a new legal team that will investigate "wrongful or improper" criminal convictions from the past.
The new Post-Conviction Justice Unit, the first of its kind at the state level, will "work to support integrity in the criminal legal system and seek to remedy cases where there have been miscarriages of justice," Bonta's office said.
"Whether it's as a result of bias, changes in forensics, or any other issue, our system is not foolproof and we must make every effort to ensure the integrity of prosecutions in our state," Bonta said in a prepared statement.
