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Exoneration
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Legal Talk Network
Legal Talk Network Launches Season Two of ‘For the Innocent’ Podcast Sharing New Stories of the Wrongfully Convicted, Focusing on Pervasive Use of Junk Science in Convictions
By Lisa Kirkman
For the Innocent Podcast: Season 2 Wrongfully convicted, Zavion Johnson and others tell their exoneration stories in Season Two of Legal Talk Network’s For the Innocent Podcast. Real men and…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 14
By Colin Miller
Last week, the State of Michigan agreed to pay Jeff Titus $1.03 million for his 20+ years of wrongful conviction. Given this terrific turn of events, I wanted to do…
Simple Justice
Victim’s Rights Trump Innocence
At Slate, Mark Joseph Stern reached the only conclusion that any reasonable person could reach. When a victim’s brother can single-handedly imperil the exoneration of a man whom prosecutors already…
Rick Horowitz Criminal Defense Blog
Another Exoneration
An article I was reading yesterday mentioned that from 1989 until the time the article was written in 2018, there were more than 2,000 exonerations. Aliza B. Kaplan and Janis…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 12
By Colin Miller
Today, a federal judge signed an order releasing Jeff Titus from prison and granting him a new trial (that is unlikely to happen). Given this terrific turn of events, I…
Health Law Prof Blog
Compensation under the Microscope: Washington
Jeffery S. Gutman (George Washington University), National Registry of Exonerations (Michigan State University), Compensation under the Microscope: Washington, Geo. Wash. Legal Stud. Res. Paper 2022-72, Geo. Wash. L. Sch. Pub.…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 10
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, Judge Melissa Phinn granted the joint motion by the prosecution and defense to vacate Adnan Syed's murder conviction. Given this terrific turn of events, I wanted to do an…
Wisconsin Trial Lawyers Blog
Update On Efforts To Obtain Reasonable Compensation For Exonerated Client Who Served 24 Years In Prison For Crimes He Did Not Commit
By GRGB Lawyers
By Attorney Ray Dall’Osto and Attorney Jaclyn Kallie Attorney Raymond M. Dall'Osto and GRGB Law were retained a number of years ago by Daryl Holloway’s family to conduct a postconviction investigation into his felony…
Religion Clause
Massachusetts Law Exonerates Last Convicted Witch
Section 105 of the Massachusetts FY23 Budget Bill signed by Governor Charlie Baker on July 28 exonerates Elizabeth Johnson, Jr., the last Massachusetts resident who was legally classified as a witch. As…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 9
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, Judge Don W. Thompson of the Superior Court of Walker County granted Joey Watkins's petition for writ of habeas corpus, meaning that Joey's conviction for murdering Isaac Dawkins has…