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Wrongful Incarceration
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Ohio Appellate Insights
What Happened on Remand Part 2: Iran Doss Has Waited Over a Year for a Decision on His Right to Compensation. Doss v. State.
Update: On July 26, 2016, Doss was found not to be a wrongfully-imprisoned person. Read more about that here. Case Background. In 2006, Iran Doss was convicted of kidnapping and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Texas Justice calls for state’s death penalty to be abolished
Main November 28, 2014Texas Justice calls for state's death penalty to be abolishedAs reported in this local article, "Texas Court of Appeals Justice Tom Price on Wednesday denounced the death…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Hoping to help Kickstart a notable new death penalty documentary
Main November 20, 2014Hoping to help Kickstart a notable new death penalty documentaryI am eager to promote widely an important film project from some folks in London focused on modern…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NY Timesdebates “Parole When Innocence Is Claimed”
Main November 14, 2014NY Times debates "Parole When Innocence Is Claimed"The Room for Debate section of the New York Times has this new set of pieces discussing parole practices and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Why Are There Up to 120,000 Innocent People in US Prisons?”
Main November 10, 2014"Why Are There Up to 120,000 Innocent People in US Prisons?"The provocative question in the title of this post is the provocative headline of this lengthy article…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Removing Malice from Federal ‘Malicious Prosecution’: What Cognitive Science Can Teach Lawyers About Reform”
The title of this post comes from this recent paper by Professor Sofia Yakren, the abstract of which states: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“§ 1983”) empowers individuals suffering civil rights…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Woman files lawsuit after being held nearly two years for crime she couldn’t have committed…
...because she was in jail at that time of the crime. The lawsuit alleges two Chicago dectives took advantage of her "obvious cognitive disability" to coerce a confession from her.…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
LATimes claims recording police interrogations would reduce coerced confessions
The LATimes editorial board argues that the number of innocent people in prison would be greatly reduced if police officers videotaped all interrogations. It writes: The Innocence Project says that over…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Jerry Brown does bad
Last week, California Gov. Jerry Brown veteod a bill aimed at reducing the number of wrongful convictions. WaPo's Radley Balko: Seven years ago, then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed three bills that…
Death Penalty
Death Penalty Wrongful Conviction in North Carolina
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Image from NCCADP.ORG: Henry McCollum, right after he’s been exonerated. DNA Frees 2 Brothers After 30 Years Behind Bars Henry McCollum and Leon Brown are brothers.…