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Innocence Project NW Successfully Advocates for Passage of Bill Compensating Wrongly Convicted & New Public Service Experiences Database Launches at UW Law

uwcpsl wrote 5 days ago: Congrats to the Innocence Project NW Legislative Advocacy Clinic! Washington’s wrongly convicted wil … more →

Tags: Announcements, Database, Law Students, public service experiences, public service experiences database, wrongfully convicted

Petition for the DNA Bill in South Africa

Jason Bosch wrote 5 days ago: We have a serious problem with crime in South Africa but there is currently an opportunity to do som … more →

Tags: Science, Politics 2, South Africa, Politics, Crime, Science, DNA, Forensics, DNA profiling

The Dreyfus Affair

Alex Delaney wrote 6 days ago: The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided France and had a massive and lasting effect … more →

Tags: History and context, Journalism, Alfred Dreyfus, Antisemitism, Dreyfus-affair, Emile Zola, France, HCJ, History

The Need for Greater Legal Representation in Singapore

nusinnocenceproject wrote 1 week ago: In an archetypal criminal case, an accused person is safeguarded and championed by his defence couns … more →

Tags: Articles, Law

Florida Death Row Inmate's Attorneys Says New DNA Evidence Proves He Is Innocent

admin wrote 1 week ago: A Florida inmate is back in court this week and hoping new evidence will prove him innocent and free … more →

Tags: Death row news, Floridas Death Row, Capital Punishment, Clemente Javier "Shorty" Aguirre, Death Penalty, death row, death row news, Florida, Florida Death Penalty

PA judge prosecuted; hundreds more need to be.

Susan Chandler wrote 2 weeks ago: Sentencing Law and Policy: Corrupt state supreme court judge and sister facing state sentencing in P … more →

Tags: DNA, judicial misconduct, Justice Department, Justice Joan Orie Melvin

Willie J. Manning Granted Stay of Execution -By Andrew Cohen | The Atlantic

swilliamsjd wrote 2 weeks ago: By a vote of 8-1, the Supreme Court of Mississippi this afternoon halted the scheduled execution of … more →

Tags: Amnesty International, Capital Punishment, civil rights, Current Events, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, International Human Rights, Law 2, News

One of My Heroes: Sister Helen Prejean

nyamahiro wrote 2 weeks ago: … more →

Tags: Photographs, abolish the death penalty, Dead Man Walking, Prejean, Public Defenders

Just Test the DNA: On Willie Jerome Manning and the Death Penalty

Alyssa Röhricht wrote 2 weeks ago: Image from AP. On Tuesday afternoon in Mississippi, Willie Jerome Manning was granted a last-minute … more →

Tags: Capital Punishment, DNA, Execution, false testimony, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, too much doubt, Troy Davis, Willie Manning

Just Test the DNA: On Willie Jerome Manning and the Death Penalty6 comments

Alyssa Röhricht wrote 2 weeks ago: Image from AP. On Tuesday afternoon in Mississippi, Willie Jerome Manning was granted a last-minute … more →

Tags: Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, DNA, Execution, Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court, Truth, Willie Manning

Willie Manning case highlights why the death penalty must end

davidlove123 wrote 2 weeks ago: Unless the governor of Mississippi intervenes, the Magnolia State will execute Willie Jerome Manning … more →

Tags: News, Opinion, Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Exoneration, Mississippi, prisons

A Ghost of Mississippi: The Willie Manning Capital Case

ForensicConnect wrote 2 weeks ago: On the eve of his execution, state officials say there should be no DNA or fingerprint testing for a … more →

Tags: cold cases, Current Cases, Forensic Industry News

Justice Dept. admits flaws in forensic testimony in Mississippi death-row case

ForensicConnect wrote 2 weeks ago: The Justice Department has acknowledged flaws in forensic testimony by the FBI that helped convict a … more →

Tags: Forensic Industry News

Recent Addendum to "Innocent Man" - Texas Monthly

stevewolfgang wrote 3 weeks ago: Recent Addendum to “Innocent Man” – Texas Monthly Judge: Prosecutor in Morton Case … more →

Tags: History, Commentary, News media, Michael Morton, pamela colloff, texas monthly, Ken Anderson, justice miscarried

Read This. You will want to read Part 2.

stevewolfgang wrote 3 weeks ago: Read This. You will want to read Part 2. The Innocent Man, Part One ON AUGUST 13, 1986, MICHAEL MORT … more →

Tags: History, Commentary, News media, Michael Morton, pamela colloff, texas monthly, Ken Anderson

Maryland abolishes the death penalty

ForensicConnect wrote 3 weeks ago: Annapolis, Maryland – Maryland has become the first southern US state to abolish the death pen … more →

Tags: Forensic Industry News

FBI arrests three suspects in Boston Marathon bombing case27 comments

masonblue wrote 3 weeks ago: Thursday, May 2, 2013 Three college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been arrested and charged by c … more →

Tags: Azamat Tazhayakov, Boston Marathon bombing, Dias Kadyrbayev, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, initial appearance, Preliminary Hearing, Robel Phillipos, Complaint

Washington Man Cleared of Murder! What a Joy for Justice!1 comment

curi56 wrote 3 weeks ago: http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Washington_Man_Cleared_of_Murder.php Innocence Blog Washingt … more →

Tags: Miscarriage of Justice, DNA profiling, Davis, combined DNA index system, Washington, Washington, Spokane County Washington, Spokane County Washington, prosecutor

Rape Suspect Denied DNA Test Is Finally Cleared

ForensicConnect wrote 3 weeks ago: An innocent man languishes in jail in Oklahoma for three months after police tell him they did not w … more →


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