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Wrongful Incarceration
467 published works
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Tennessee Pays Former Inmate $1M
61-year-old Lawrence McKinney initially received just $75 when his 1978 conviction was finally overturned in 2009. Upon reconsideration, a reluctant Tennessee Board of Claims approved the maximum $1 million payment.…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Louisiana Officials Free Innocent Man
Despite having spent nearly a half-century behind bars for a violent crime that he did not commit, 65-year-old Wilbert Jones said that his faith enabled him to “forgive” everyone involved…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“How to make an innocent client plead guilty”
Main January 14, 2018"How to make an innocent client plead guilty"The title of this post is the headline of this depressing and depressingly familiar tale told by public defender Jeffrey…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Call for Papers associated with the Innocence Network Conference
Main December 15, 2017Call for Papers associated with the Innocence Network ConferenceI am always happy to use this forum to relay calls for papers and/or conferences announcements, and here is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable reporting on a plea processafterwrongful convictions
Main September 7, 2017Notable reporting on a plea process after wrongful convictionsA help helpful readers have flag for me the latest work from ProPublica and The Atlantic examining how two…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Missouri Gov halts scheduled execution and appoints Board of Inquiry to investigate innocence claim
Main August 22, 2017Missouri Gov halts scheduled execution and appoints Board of Inquiry to investigate innocence claimAs reported in this local article, today just "before Marcellus Williams was to be…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
A Fight To Clear Their Names
Eric Smokes and David Warren spent years behind bars after being convicted of murdering and robbing a 71-year old French tourist in the late 1980’s. Today, with Napoli Shkolnik Civil…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Forensic Science Mistakes and Wrongful Convictions
Over the years, and with more advances in technology, forensic science has become a part of the criminal process, and a part of obtaining a conviction in a criminal case.…
EvidenceProf Blog
Georgia Innocence Project Seeks to Overturn Sexual Assault Conviction Based on DNA Testing
By Colin Miller
According to an article yesterday by Bill Rankin,For the past 27 years, Ronald Jacobsen has been serving a life sentence for kidnapping a woman from a Newton County convenience store and…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What Happened on Remand: The End of a Very Long Road for Iran Doss, and No Right To Compensation for Wrongful Imprisonment. Doss v. State.
Case Background On New Year’s Eve 2004, 23-year-old J.P. came from Ravenna to celebrate with friends at a club in Cleveland. She drank a lot of alcohol throughout the night,…