In depth review of wrongful conviction litigation in the US and abroad. The amount of prosecutorial misconduct commonly contained in this type of casework is incredible. That they have no consequences due to the US Supreme Court and have immunity absent a few exceptions should be shocking to most citizens.
- Jamie Lee Peterson who spent more than 17 years locked up for a rape and murder he didn’t commit is suing state officials and village police for a “deeply flawed” investigation that led to his prosecution for the Oct. 1996 slaying in northern Michigan…
- WMU and WMU Cooley Innocence Project garner $418,000 federal grant…
- New rules established for Prosecutors in China…
- Midwest Innocence Project Commemorates Wrongful Conviction Day, Announces New Partnerships & Hair Review Project…
- Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton, Authors of “Picking Cotton,” a story of wrongful conviction, to speak at the University of Kentucky…
- On Friday, the Irish Innocence Project at Griffith College will host a special lunchtime screening of her documentary In Doubt: The Mark Marku Case, for the second annual Wrongful Conviction Day…
- Midwest Innocence Project Commemorates Wrongful Conviction Day, Announces New Partnerships & Hair Review Project…
- New memo leads…
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