Category Archives: costs of wrongful convictions

Forensics: The limits of psych experts in court. In celebrity courtroom slugfest, legal glare also falls on expert medical testimony

Posted on June 14, 2022 by csidds

When two wealthy celebrities engage in no-holds barred combat in a courtroom over the most personal aspects of their private lives together, the results can be disconcerting – but also… — Read on http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/in-celebrity-courtroom-slugfest-legal-9232924/

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Forensics: AI computing child abuse cases is flawed and racially discriminatory.

Posted on June 6, 2022 by csidds

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Forensics: Junk science reparation. Massachusetts agrees to settlement for thousands of people who were wrongfully convicted of drug charges

Posted on June 3, 2022 by csidds

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has agreed to a settlement that would pay back fees associated with legal cases, probation and fines for tens of thousands of people who were wrongfully — Read on http://www.wlfi.com/content/tncms/live/

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Forensics: Last Salem ‘witch’ pardoned 329 years after she was wrongly convicted | Massachusetts

Posted on May 28, 2022 by csidds

Massachusetts lawmakers formally exonerate Elizabeth Johnson Jr, who was sentenced to death in 1693 — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/27/last-salem-witch-pardoned-elizabeth-johnson-jr-massachusetts

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Forensics: Proof of innocence appeals denied in federal courts by SCOTUS. Ineffective lawyers get a pass.

Posted on May 27, 2022 by csidds

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Forensics: Bad lawyers get a pass as the Supreme court guts lifeline for prisoners who claim wrongful convictions

Posted on May 24, 2022 by csidds

This clearly is a win for the pro-carceral judges Trump put onto SCOTUS. It again reveals how the Rights and Protections of due process are meaningless to this bunch. Once guilty always guilty in their pea-brain thinking regardless of incompetent … Continue reading →

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Forensics: New BC Prosecution document guides against excessive incarceration of Indigenous people

Posted on May 23, 2022 by csidds

Prosecutors reminded to always consider impacts of colonialism, residential schools — Read on http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/new-bc-prosecution-document-guides-against-excessive-incarceration-of-indigenous-people/

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Forensics: Innocence Project’s M. Chris Fabricant On ‘Junk Science’

Posted on May 13, 2022 by csidds

Read about M. Chris Fabricant’s book Junk Science and the “American Criminal Justice System.” Fabricant is director of strategic litigation at the Innocence Project. — Read on http://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/innocence-project-m-chris-fabricant-junk-science-qa

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Forensics: Police blood pattern experts. Can Forensic Science Be Trusted?

Posted on May 12, 2022 by csidds

A bloodstain expert’s testimony helped put him in prison. But can forensic science be trusted? — Read on http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/06/how-reliable-is-forensic-science/629632/

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Forensics: Police arson opinion “divorced from science.” After multiple appeals, Claude Garrett Sees Murder by Arson Conviction Overturned

Posted on May 8, 2022 by csidds

Thirty years after a fatal fire sent Garrett to prison for life, a judge vacated his conviction, opening the door to his release. — Read on theintercept.com/2022/05/07/claude-garrett-murder-arson-conviction-overturned/

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