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Wrongful Incarceration
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EvidenceProf Blog
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Gives a Pardon of Innocence to Ronnie Long
By Colin Miller
Today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued a Pardon of Innocence for Ronnie Long, whose case we covered on the Undisclosed Podcast:So, why is this a big deal?On August 26th,…
Simple Justice
Death and Offense
There are bad, and I mean truly bad, things that happen. As Judge Kopf put it, sometimes bad things happen to good people, and it can’t be helped. But this…
Clinical Law Prof Blog
JOBS: UMKC Innocence Clinic
By Jeff Baker
Supervising AttorneyUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Innocence ClinicThe Midwest Innocence Project (MIP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal defense organization dedicated to representing wrongfully convicted prison inmates in our…
Criminal
Expert panel reviewing conviction <em>and</em> sentence urges prison release in high-profile Minnesota homicide case
As reported in this new AP piece, headlined "Expert panel recommends releasing Myon Burrell from prison, more investigation," a notable expert panel that was convened to examine both the conviction…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Cleveland to Pay David Ayers 4.8 Million Dollars for Wrongful Conviction
Here is a very abbreviated background on the Ayers case. For more detail, you can read Ayres’ Ohio Supreme Court brief here. David Ayers worked as a security guard for…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 6
By Colin Miller
On November 11, 2020, Judge Steve R. Dozier vacated Joseph Webster's murder conviction. Later that day, Webster was released from prison after almost 15 years of wrongful imprisonmentGiven this terrific…
Criminal
“Shrinking the Accountability Deficit in Capital Charging”
The title of this post is the title of this paper authored by Sherod Thaxton and recently posted to SSRN. Here is its abstract:The price of capital trials, appeals, and…
Death Penalty
Race and the Death Penalty: New Report on Government Misconduct and Wrongful Convictions by NRE
By Reba Kennedy
Founded in 2012, the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE) is a joint effort of the (1) Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the (2) University…
Opinions on High
Lewis v Australian Capital Territory
By Katy Barnett
The High Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal against the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, holding that the appellant, Mr Lewis, was not entitled to substantial damages for…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Dismissal “With Prejudice” Until Heck v. Humphrey Conditions Are Met Is Not A Final Appealable Order, Holds Fifth Circuit
In Cook v. City of Tyler, Tex., No. 19-40144 (5th Cir. Sept. 4, 2020) (per curiam), the court dismisses an appeal taken by defendants in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983…