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The best mass media research on prosecutorial misconduct: Radley Balko on Huffington
I couldn’t pass this up. Anyone interested in a lengthy but VERY thorough deconstruction of prosecutors’ history of self serving misuse and abuse of their powers and the judiciary’s (specifically the US Supreme Court) demoralizing actions to preserve this imbalance. … Continue reading
Arizona Case of Police Misconduct and a Prosecutor’s Conflicts
This blog on the Milke case from Maricopa County (Sheriff Arpaio’s neighborhood) adds considerable detail to the opposing forces present when a conviction has been remanded for retrial and/or the defendant’s release. Its the same old story. Here’s a partial … Continue reading
Forensic Science in the UK: “A Threat to Justice”
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
The state of the forensic science ‘market’ in the UK has been the subject of much debate (see here… ) March 2012 saw the closure of the main provider of forensic services, the Forensic Science…
FBI Admits to Forensic Review in Over 2000 Cases
In its continuing saga of systemic identification forensic failures, the FBI promises to join forces with the Innocence Project and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to uncover criminal convictions that used the FBI’s brand of hair analysis which … Continue reading
Ex-prosecutor gets a suspension for “actions that took the criminal justice system to the abyss”
Let’s just say that the bromance between prosecutors who lie and the justice system rendering oversight to their misdeeds is as strong as ever. A Oklahoma man convicted of murder and placed on death row was later released based on … Continue reading
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Tagged Fair Trial, falsified evidence, prosecutorial misconduct
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Exonerations of defendants accused by bitemark dentists grows to two dozen
The passage of time has dealt the remaining believers in bite mark identification a serious blow. When the Innocence Project (IP) published this wrongful list posted here, the numbers were rather few, considering the popularity of the method of using … Continue reading
Bite mark expert defends his methods as good for the court system without scientific validation
Use this as a counter-point to the recent Associated Press investigation on the failure of bite mark comparisons as a reliable forensic science. Over at the Bite Marks Evidence blog, David Averill posts this incredible video used in a 2011 … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: San Diego man talks about his case-ending exoneration
This is the first information regarding the comments from Uriah Courtney regarding his years in jail and attitude regarding his wrongful conviction. Another notable story is the CIP co-director Justin Brooks and a San Diego DA, Brent Neck’s comments about … Continue reading
DNA overturns CA conviction which relied on victim influenced by law enforcement
Above is a picture of Uriah Courtney walking out of prison into the arms of his parents. The California Innocence Project at Cal Western Law School is holding a press conference today on the outcome of their efforts to exonerate … Continue reading
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Tagged ABFO, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Claim of Innocence, CSI, eye witness, unreliable
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