Assume That You Were a Member of a Prosecution Team

Essay

Assume that you were a member of a prosecution team that successfully convicted a man of premeditated murder
10 years ago. A new defense attorney for the convicted individual uncovers a witness statement in a case file that suggests that someone else, other than his client, might have committed the killings. The statement was accidentally filed in the case file of another felon with the same last name. An angry member of the victim's family just barged into your office, after hearing about the new statement. What would you say?