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Wrongful Incarceration
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EvidenceProf Blog
Northwestern Colloquy Publishes Final Version of My Essay, Ordeal By Innocence
By Colin Miller
Today, the Northwestern Colloquy published my essay, Ordeal by Innocence: Why There Should Be a Wrongdul Incarceration/Execution Exception to Attorney-Client Confidentiality. The editors at Northwestern did a great job of…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
That So Called Innocence Project
Hat Tip: Simple Justice At least he ends it with the line: I'm fine with using DNA to find people innocent it they're truly innocent. I just want you to know…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Another fact pattern for a legal writing problem?
By legalwriting
Should there be a wrongful incarceration exception to attorney-client confidentiality? Click here to download a forthcoming article that might give you some ideas for a legal writing problem. It is…
EvidenceProf Blog
My New Essay — Ordeal by Innocence: Why There Should Be a Wrongful Incarceration/Execution Exception to Attorney-Client Confidentiality
By Colin Miller
I have written four previous posts (here, here, here, here) about Alton Logan, the man imprisoned for 26 years for a crime committed by another man. I finally decided that,…
EvidenceProf Blog
Article of Interest: Professor John H. Blume’s The Dilemma of the Criminal Defendant with a Prior Record — Lessons from the Wrongfully Convicted
By Colin Miller
Cornell University Law School Professor John H. Blume has written a groundbreaking new article, The Dilemma of the Criminal Defendant with a Prior Record -- Lessons from the Wrongfully Convicted. …
Media Law Prof Blog
Errol Morris On the Documentary
Filmmaker Errol Morris takes on the question of when a documentary is not a documentary, in part one of an essay in today's New York Times. When does playing it…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Who is trying to count sentencing mistakes?
Main March 25, 2008Who is trying to count sentencing mistakes?Writing in the New York Times, Adam Liptak's "Sidebar" column today is headlined "Consensus on Counting the Innocent: We Can't." Here…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some new poll numbers on the death penalty
Main March 18, 2008Some new poll numbers on the death penaltyThis press release reports on some new national poll numbers concerning American attitudes concerning the death penalty. Here are some…
EvidenceProf Blog
He Deserves A Break Today, Take 3: Alton Logan To Have New Trial Hearing Today
By Colin Miller
I thought yesterday's 60 Minutes piece about the Alton Logan case was pretty interesting although the story left out significant pieces of the narrative, such as the government's failure to…
EvidenceProf Blog
He Deserves A Break Today, Take 2: 60 Minutes Piece on Alton Logan Will Air On Sunday
By Colin Miller
Earlier, I blogged about the story of Alton Logan, the man who has been incarcerated in Illinois for 26 years despite the confession of another man to his puiblic defenders…