Topic
Wrongful Incarceration
467 published works
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Exposing the Stereotypes Fueling Reproductive Wrongful Convictions
By Tracy Thomas
Valena Beety, "Unfit": Gender, Ableism and Reproductive Wrongful Convictions, UCLA L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026) This article draws a straight line from wrongful convictions of women in the past to criminal charges…
EvidenceProf Blog
Undisclosed Mega-Update Thread 15
By Colin Miller
Last Friday, Governor Kay Ivey removed Rocky Myers from death row and commuted his death sentence to a life sentence. Then, yesterday, Judge Jennifer Schiffer granted Adnan Syed's petition for…
EvidenceProf Blog
After 29 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment Starting at Age 16, Jerry Herrington is Finally a Free Man
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, Cook County Judge Alfredo Maldonado "vacated the wrongful murder conviction of Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) client Jerry Herrington, dismissing all charges and fully exonerating him." Judge Maldonado's decision came…
EvidenceProf Blog
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Commutes the Death Sentence of Rocky Myers
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Rocky Myers to a sentence of life without parole. This is the first time that Governor Ivey, a staunch supporter…
EvidenceProf Blog
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Finds Developments in Eyewitness Research Constitute “Newly Discovered Evidence”
By Colin Miller
I didn't write about this case when it was handed down late last August, but the opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Commonwealth v. Gaines, 240 N.E.3d…
EvidenceProf Blog
My Public Comment in Strong Opposition to the Proposed Amendment to the Prior Inconsistent Statement Hearsay Exclusion
By Colin Miller
The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure has proposed an amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A). Pursuant to this proposed amendment, the hearsay exclusion for prior…
EvidenceProf Blog
ABA House of Delegates Seeks to Help Prosecutors Push Past Procedural Obstacles to Exonerate the Wrongfully Convicted
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, The ABA House of Delegates...at the 2025 ABA Midyear Meeting in Phoenix passed a resolution to help prosecutors trying to vacate wrongful convictions who come up against procedural obstacles or…
Legal Profession Blog
“Brazen Acts Of Deception” And “Shameless Financial Exploitation”
In a case that has spawned disciplinary sanctions in multiple jurisdictions, the New Jersey Supreme Court has imposed a five-year suspension of an attorney for misconduct in the representation of…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
David and Joyce Milgaard’s Law passed to address wrongful convictions
This new law establishes an independent Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission
EvidenceProf Blog
GBI Makes an Arrest of an Alternate Suspect in the Dennis Perry Case We Covered on Undisclosed
By Colin Miller
In 2018, in collaboration with the Georgia Innocence Project, we investigated and covered the Dennis Perry case on the Undisclosed Podcast. In 2003, Perry was convicted of the murders of…