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Wrongful Incarceration
467 published works
EvidenceProf Blog
Ordeal By Innocence, The Aftermath: Alaska Adopts Wrongful Incarceration/Execution Exception To Attorney-Client Confidentiality
By Colin Miller
Last summer, the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy published my essay, Ordeal By Innocence: Why There Should Be a Wrongful Incarceration/Execution Exception to Attorney-Client Confidentiality. I wrote the essay largely in response…
Legal Profession Blog
Conviction Overturned With Instructions To Acquit
Not a legal profession case, but of possible interest is a recent decision of the West Virginia Supreme Court Court of Appeals overturning a murder conviction in a case self-defense…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
Kill Him Already
It’s been twenty years. Two years after the 1989 murder of a Georgia police officer, Troy Davis was convicted and sentenced to die for the crime. He has still, eighteen…
EvidenceProf Blog
Texas Sized Justice: Texas Passes Bill Increasing Compensation To The Wrongfully Convicted
By Colin Miller
Many of you may have heard of Craig Watkins, who in 2006 became the first African-American elected district attorney of any county in Texas history when he became the Dallas County District Attorney. Last year, Reason's Radly Balko mused about whether Watkins was America's best prosecutor based upon his creation of the Conviction Integrity Unit.Established by District Attorney Craig Watkins in July of 2007, the Conviction Integrity Unit oversees the post-conviction review of more…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Will President Obama soon have to confront the Troy Davis case?
Main May 19, 2009Will President Obama soon have to confront the Troy Davis case?This blog post from a UK paper, titled "Why President Obama should have Georgia on his mind,"…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Charges dropped against Paul House ofHouse v. Bellfame
Main May 12, 2009Charges dropped against Paul House of House v. Bell fameThis AP piece, headlined "Charges dropped against former TN death row inmate," provide the rest of the story…
EvidenceProf Blog
13 Going On 30: Illinois Man Becomes Youngest Person In The U.S. To Be Wrongfully Convicted And Exonerated
By Colin Miller
More than 16 years ago, 13 year old Thaddeus Jimenez was arrested for a street gang murder on Chicago's Northwest side. At the time, the judge sentenced him to 50 years…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS grants cert in three criminal cases (including the “animal porn” case)
Main April 20, 2009SCOTUS grants cert in three criminal cases (including the "animal porn" case)As detailed in this postat SCOTUSblog, the Supreme Court this morning "has granted certiorari in three…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The cost of capital punishment”
Main April 15, 2009"The cost of capital punishment"The title of this post is the headline of this editorial against the death penalty appearing in today's Boston Globe. Here are snippets:…
Death Penalty
The Controversial New Reality TV Show – “Dallas DNA”
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Later this month, a new reality-TV show will begin to air on the Discovery channel, called "Dallas DNA." Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is supportive of this new show;…