In 2020 or January 2021 the federal Supreme Court affirmed the execution of a convict when it was demonstrated that their court appointed attorney had ignored exculpatory evidence that the accused had been elsewhere at the time of the crime. The process was considered more important than the result.

There was a lot in the headlines at the time and though this made the news other things quickly drove it “off the front page” (don’t know what metaphor we should use for that expression these days).