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Exoneration
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ZMO Law Blog
Exonerating James Pugh
A Buffalo judge will take testimony over the next three days at a hearing on whether ZMO Law client James Pugh should be exonerated in the murder of Deborah Meindl…
Simple Justice
Short Take: The Language of Exoneration
From the vacatur of the convictions of the Central Park 5 to the numerous prisoners whose convictions are being vacated after spending decades in prison, the headlines are that these…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
Notes & Trends – August 2021
By Minnesota State Bar Association
CRIMINAL LAW JUDICIAL LAW • MIERA: District court has discretion to deny eligibility even if the petitioner was exonerated. The district court concluded that respondent was eligible for compensation based…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 8
By Colin Miller
On Friday, July 16, 2021, DA Keith Higgins moved to drop charges against Dennis Perry because the evidence doesn't support a case against Perry for the murders of Harold and…
EvidenceProf Blog
Supreme Court of Texas Finds Exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown is Entitled to Compensation Under the Tim Cole Act
By Colin Miller
In April 2003, three men robbed a check-cashing store in Houston, TX, where they fatally shot the store clerk and the police officer who responded to the scene. The following day,…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 4
By Colin Miller
On July 17, 2020, Judge Stephen G. Scarlett, Sr. granted Dennis Perry a new trial, finding that newly discovered evidence -- mitochondrial DNA recovered from hairs found on glasses next…
The Wrongful Convictions Blog
The National Registry of Exonerations Releases 2019 Annual Report with Implications Heightened by COVID-19 Concerns
By Nancy Petro
The National Registry of Exonerations 2019 Annual Report, a must-read for advocates of criminal justice reform, offers important insights on wrongful conviction at a particularly distressful time for our nation…
Criminal
Why Are They So Afraid of DNA?
An editorial in the Columbus Dispatch raises a question that percolates through a great many convictions, particularly those taken up by the Innocence Projects. Why do prosecutors fight so hard…
Supreme Court Update
Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez (08-310), Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v. Townsend (08-214) and District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne (08-6)
Greetings, Court fans! This will be my final Update of the Term and will bring you summaries of the following cases: Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez (08-310), involving…
The Wrongful Convictions Blog
New exoneree Charles Jackson preps for life-saving mission
Absolved finally of taking a life, Charles Jackson now has his sights set on saving one. Charles received the life-changing news at the end of last week that prosecutors in…