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Exoneration
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Texas Bar Blog
Exoneree Michael Morton to speak at State Bar Annual Meeting
By Amy Starnes
[caption id="attachment_5322" align="alignleft" width="266"] Michael Morton[/caption] Michael Morton, the Williamson County man who was exonerated of his wife’s murder after serving nearly 25 years behind bars, will present the keynote…
Death Penalty
Remember the West Memphis Three? Now One is An Artist With New Exhibition Opening
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Salon Magazine has a good piece on how a variety of Hollywood movie and television figures have spurred the release of incarcerated individuals from their prison cells. Read "“Curb Your…
EvidenceProf Blog
Lividity Evidence Contradicts State’s Timeline in Clearwater Murder Case
By Colin Miller
Lividity evidence might be the key to securing the exoneration of Major Roman Izzo, who is accused of murdering Vincent Lee. The State's theory of the case is as follows:On…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Why is it so Hard for Wrongfully Convicted Women to Get Justice?
By Tracy Thomas
Why is it so Hard for Wrongfully Convicted Women to Get Justice?During their nearly 30 combined years at the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University Law School, the two lawyers have…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Guilty, Then Proven Innocent”
The Atlantic's Matt Ford posted this compelling piece earlier today, which begins: Joseph Sledge’s timing could not have been worse. While serving a four-year sentence for stealing t-shirts in 1976,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another remarkable exoneration thanksonlyto NC Innocence Inquiry Commission
Main January 24, 2015Another remarkable exoneration thanks only to NC Innocence Inquiry CommissionOn this blog, I typically do not extensively cover or frequently discuss exonerations and criminal appeals based on…
Human Rights at Home Blog
More Good News for Exonerees
The University of Michigan Law School maintains a registry of the exonerated. According to the registry, nearly one hundred individuals were exonerated this year. With the assistance of innocence projects, law…
Sentencing Law and Policy
DPIC year-end report highlights “death penalty decline continues in 2014”
Main December 18, 2014DPIC year-end report highlights "death penalty decline continues in 2014"As detailed in this press release, the Death Penalty Information Center today released its high-profile annual report. The…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Contaminated Confessions Revisited”
The title of this post comes from this recent article by Professor Brandon Garrett, the abstract of which states: A second wave of false confessions is cresting. In the first…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
DNA testing ‘conclusively establish[es]’ man’s innocence of 1982 rape, murder
Twenty-six years ago, Kevin Martin accepted a plea sending him to prison for 35 years to life for the rape and murder of 19-year-old in D.C. Although Martin claimed no…