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Wrongful Incarceration
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Human Rights at Home Blog
Addressing the State’s Failure to Provide Post Conviction Justice
By margaretdrew
Co-Editor David Singleton writes about the detention of Tyra Patterson for the past 19 years after she fled the scene of a crime which ultimately ended in a killing. Despite…
Human Rights at Home Blog
The Wrongly Imprisoned Are Often Left Without their Dignity Restored
By margaretdrew
Co-Editor Brian Howe, staff attorney with the Ohio Innocence Project, writes about the difficulties faced upon release by the wrongfully convicted who are often left without funds, without housing and…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P Daily Reads: Mar. 6, 2014
Federal prosecutors ask court to dismiss 11 of 12 charges against Internet activist who published hacked information. Arizona faces lawsuit over limitations on abortion-inducing drugs; Texas’s anti-abortion law causes closure…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Banality of Wrongful Executions”
Main February 25, 2014"The Banality of Wrongful Executions"The title of this post is the title of this new piece authored by Brandon Garrett reviewing a number of recent new criminal…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
Sometimes the stuff others say is better than anything you can say!
Barb Jacobson is a private investigator - and a really fine one at that. She can get answers from witnesses that others just can't get. I'm not sure how she…
Failed Evidence
Exoneration Report for 2013: Behind the Headlines, Two Significant Findings
On February 4, the National Registry of Exonerations published its yearly report for 2013. The Registry, a joint project of the University of Michigan Law School and the Center for…
The Right Coast
The First 48 Makes Millions Off Imprisoning Innocents – – News – Miami – Miami New Times
Armbrister couldn't breathe, couldn't think. She had to get out of there. Moments later, she was pounding at the door of a neighbor, who put down his X-Box controller. Armbrister's…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P Daily Reads: Oct. 26, 2013
Human memory might not be as reliable as you think, and one consequence of failed memory is the wrongful conviction of innocent criminal defendants. Air Force Academy cadets no longer are required…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Ex-CSI chief fails to show for trial on civil rights violations
The title of this post comes from this article about a local investigator who incomprehensibly "plant[ed] blood evidence" in a double murder case that resulted in the wrongful conviction of two…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P First Cup Reads: Oct. 15, 2013
SCOTUS to hear Michigan affirmative action case today. Report finds NSA has surveilled Americans' emails and contact lists. City settles lawsuits in wrongful conviction cases. Coloradans to vote on measure…