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Wrongful Incarceration
467 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
Of innocence and over-punishment
Main January 26, 2006Of innocence and over-punishmentThe New York Times has this interesting op-ed from Joshua Marquis, an Oregon district attorney and vice president of the National District Attorneys Association,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Did Texas execute an innocent man?
Main November 19, 2005Did Texas execute an innocent man?The title of this post is the title of this front-page article in Sunday's Houston Chronicle. The article details that a "dozen…
CrimProf Blog
CrimProf Blogger Makes Good: Mark Godsey Profile
Disproving the old slur "those who can, do, those who can't, blog," Cincinnati CrimProf Mark Godsey has notched another remarkable success in his legal career: Through the Ohio Innocence Project…
CrimProf Blog
Exoneration Roundup
DNA identified the actual perpetrator, a convicted rapist serving life, of two Virginia rapes for which innocent defendants each spent over 20 years in prison; in spite of the DNA…
CrimProf Blog
Exoneration Roundup
Florida Today features a story on a jailhouse snitch, due to be released from prison, whose tall tales may have caused the execution of an innocent person; another unlucky cellmate…
CrimProf Blog
Extreme Makeover for “The Snaggletooth Killer”
Bad enough to be twice be convicted of a murder he didn't commit; imagine how Ray Krone felt, on top of that, to get not a cool criminal nickname like…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The (incomplete) innocence revolution
Main October 30, 2004The (incomplete) innocence revolutionOne reason I do not think anyone can confidently predict the post-Blakely future of sentencing reform is because criminal justice evolutions are often unpredictable.…