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Wrongful Incarceration
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EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 5
By Colin Miller
On August 27, 2020, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina entered an order vacating Ronnie Long's convictions for first-degree rape and burglary. This came…
For Good
Proskauer Represents Forensic Scholars in Successful Amicus Brief Overturning Wrongful Conviction After 40 Years
By Mark Harris, Nicollette R. Moser
On August 24, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sitting en banc, reinstated defendant Ronnie Long’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his…
Simple Justice
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt In 1985
The rape and murder happened in 1983. At the time, people thought we were a fairly advanced society. Horses had long since given way to cars. We had science. The…
EvidenceProf Blog
Call to Action in the Jonathan Irons Case
By Colin Miller
In our most recent series of Undisclosed, we covered the case of Jonathan Irons. Irons was 16 years-old when he was arrested for a burglary and shooting at the home…
Simple Justice
The Wrongful Conviction Of The Not That Innocent
I’d known my client since he was a little kid, when his father was my client. His father was what cops call a “skell,” running low-rent smarmy scams without any…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread
By Colin Miller
Today, it was reported that DNA testing was done on hairs recovered from glasses that were almost certainly worn by the man who killed Harold and Thelma Swain at the…
Wiley Executive Summary
Incarceration Constitutes Continuous Injury Triggering Duty to Defend
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, applying Kentucky law, has held that incarceration is a continuous injury sufficient to trigger a duty to defend in a wrongful…
EvidenceProf Blog
Missouri Judge Finds that Jonathan Irons Was Wrongfully Convicted
By Colin Miller
Last October, I did an introductory post about the case of Jonathan Irons, who was 16 years-old when he allegedly broke into the home of Stanley Stotler in Missouri and…
2Civility Blog
Commit Now to Equal Justice
The term equal justice gets thrown around a lot. It’s often heard in the context of a lack of equal justice under law. But what is equal justice? What does…
The Wrongful Convictions Blog
Ohio Chief Justice Convenes Wrongful Conviction Task Force
By Phil Locke
One small step. https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/ohio-chief-justice-convenes-wrongful-conviction-task-force