Friend-of-IAJ Griff Palmer alerts us to an impressive series this week that examines the conduct of the DA's office in Santa Clara County, California.  If nothing else, the series illustrates why good, vital-to-the-community journalism takes time and is expensive.  Rick Tulsky, Griff and other colleagues spent three years -- not not three days, but YEARS -- on the story.  Griff writes:

"I invite you all to take a look at "Tainted Trials, Stolen Justice." This five-day series was three years in the making. It starts in today's Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/stolenjustice/

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