Topic
Wrongful Incarceration
467 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
Oklahoma commission recommends continued moratorium on executions due to “volume and seriousness of the flaws” in state’s capital punishment system
Main April 25, 2017Oklahoma commission recommends continued moratorium on executions due to "volume and seriousness of the flaws" in state's capital punishment systemAs reported in this local article, "two years…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Pro Bono Civil Rights Dept: How We Can Help You
The number of people in America who have been wrongly convicted of a crime is staggering; the number of people who will lose their lives – either through unbearably lengthy…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Three Reasons Why Virginia May Execute an Innocent Man”
Main April 13, 2017"Three Reasons Why Virginia May Execute an Innocent Man"The title of this post is the headline of this notable new commentary authored by LawProf Cara Drinan. Here…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Civil Rights: Actions After Wrongful Incarceration
Those who are wrongfully arrested, convicted, or maliciously prosecuted are victims of errors of the justice system, and often suffer egregiously as such. In fact, the Innocence Project reports that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Top Massachusetts court adopts “new protocol for case-by-case adjudication” of over 20,000 drug convictions tainted by misconduct of lab chemist
Main January 18, 2017Top Massachusetts court adopts "new protocol for case-by-case adjudication" of over 20,000 drug convictions tainted by misconduct of lab chemist The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today issues…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Announcing a “Call for Papers for the 2017 Innocence Network Conference”
Main December 13, 2016Announcing a "Call for Papers for the 2017 Innocence Network Conference"I am happy to be able to provide this space for this announcement: The Innocence Scholarship Committee…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
CFP: Innocence Network Conference 2017
Call for Papers Innocence Network Conference:The Innocence Scholarship Committee of the Innocence Network is seeking high quality social science and legal scholarship for presentation at the 2017 Innocence Network Conference in…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Other Georgia Murder Case With a Podcast and a Big Reward
By Colin Miller
In last night's episode of "Undisclosed," we discussed the $20,000ish reward offered in the Isaac Dawkins case, including the possibility that the reward money might have been spent to purchase…
Death Penalty
Prosecutor Admits “Coward” – Watch CBS 60 Minutes: “30 Years on Death Row”
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
CBS has made not only the video of its 60 Minutes story but the full transcript from “30 Years on Death Row” available online. It first aired back in October 2015,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Former GOP Ohio Attorney General explains why he is convinced “the death penalty is just not worth it any more”
Main September 12, 2016Former GOP Ohio Attorney General explains why he is convinced "the death penalty is just not worth it any more"Over the weekend my local paper published this…