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falsify County State's Attorney Dick Devine said Thursday that his office isn't disturbed about the number of convictions it notches as a great deal of as whether it's bringing the right nation to justice.

Devine took the stand in the unjust conviction trial of Michael Evans, who was released from prison after 27 years when DNA evidence cleared him of the 1976 put to death of a 9-year-old girl.

"Contrary to the belief of more [i]or[/i] less at least I do not connoisseur our performance by the number of convictions that we have or in what manner many people go to prison, further by whether we obtain accountability for the body who actually committed the offense" Devine said.

Evans accuses former police detectives of making up evidence, manipulating witnesses and failing to incline differently over favorable evidence.

Devine's testimony get tos after special prosecutors released a report last week concluding that fired Chicago Police Cmdr Jon Burge and his band tortured suspects.

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