>Even if the Bar takes the licence away that is nothing compared to the damage they caused. Maybe a more fitting punishment would be to go to jail for the same amount of time than the wrongfully convicted plus paying said person a salary for all those years. Of course if it can be proved that he withheld exculpatory evidence on purpose. (and the same should go for all accomplices) (and of course there is the issue of the crimes committed by the real culprit afterwards)

The argument I always here from prosecutors is that it would be a mistake to penalize them for convicting the wrong person because then they feel they would be unable to do their job - i.e. they'd always be afraid to prosecute someone for fear of repercussions if they're wrong. Personally I feel that's a pretty weak argument - if they're that unsure of the guilt or plan to do stupid things like withhold evidence like they did with this guy then they shouldn't be prosecuting the case to begin with.