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Wrongful Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Ignoring Issues of Morality or Convicting the Innocent, Is Capital Punishment a Good Idea or a Bad Idea?”
Main June 20, 2014"Ignoring Issues of Morality or Convicting the Innocent, Is Capital Punishment a Good Idea or a Bad Idea?"The question in the title of this post is the…
Human Rights at Home Blog
The Right to a Level Playing Field: Institutional Factors Leading to Wrongful Conviction
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides in Article 14 that "All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals." With this standard of fairness in mind,…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
‘Highly Respected Prosecutor Hides Exculpating Evidence, Man Spends 24 Years in Jail for No Reason’
Brian Doherty summarizes this recent ProPublica report at Reason.com. As the title of Doherty's post suggests, the details of this case are upsetting.
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Rate of False Conviction of Criminal Defendants Who Are Sentenced to Death”
The title of this post comes from this recent article, the abstract of which states: The rate of erroneous conviction of innocent criminal defendants is often described as not merely…
The Faculty Lounge
Call For Papers: Wrongful Convictions
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, at Northwestern Law, is hosting a symposium this fall entitled: Champion of Justice: A Celebratory Event to Honor Rob Warden's Quest to Free…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Just How Many Wrongfully Convicted Remain Incarcerated? Part II
Continuing his analysis of a recent study addressing the percentage of wrongfully convicted, Brian Howe writes the following:As stated yesterday, the National Academy of Sciences study's authors found the rate of…
Texas Bar Blog
Michael Morton film, ‘a great human story,’ now available on DVD
By Lowell Brown
By now, the basic narrative of the Michael Morton story is well known. A Texas man serves nearly 25 years in prison for his wife's murder, only to be set…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Just How Many Wrongfully Convicted Remain Incarcerated?
Co-Editor Brian Howe of the Ohio Innocence Project discuss a recent study on the rate of false convictions. Part two of this discussion will post tomorrow. Brian writes: There has been…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New study concludes “conservative estimate” of erroneous US capital convictions has been over 4%
Main April 28, 2014New study concludes "conservative estimate" of erroneous US capital convictions has been over 4%As reported in this new AP article, headlined "Study: 1 in 25 death cases…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Seeking Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted Who Pleaded Guilty
By margaretdrew
Co-Editor Brian Howe discusses the difficulties presented when those convicted through "Alfred" pleas attempt to later prove their innocence:Every wrongful conviction has its own story, and exonerations tend to be…