If a plea-bargain was involved, it's not as easy as "You're free to go."

Was a case about ten (?) years back wherein a fellow who'd been accused of rape did three years in the slam before his accuser recanted her story. He continued to serve time until the cops/courts determined whether she bullshit the first time or the second time. We like to think that people are never convicted on circumstantial evidence, but such is NOT the case.

David Milgard, Willie Nepoose, Donald Marshall. Did about 10 years each. Evidence was manufactured by cops, ignored by cops, etc. The three men were not guilty of the crimes for which they were incarcerated. The criminal justice system is a fucking mess, and courts try to clear the shit as fast as they can. Lots os innocent people have and are doing time. NO ONE gives a rat's ass. Justice as a concept is dead, or at least bleeding so much it will likely not recover. IMO.