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Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
A Disputed Diagnosis that Sends Parents to Prison for Abuse. Last evening (3/23/15), PBS aired a segment that takes a critical look at the diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome. The story features Kate Judson,…

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From the SunTimes.com: The Thursday jailhouse phone call began not much different than usual. “How’s your day going?” the inmate’s attorney, Kathleen Zellner, asked. “Pretty much like any other day in prison,” replied Alprentiss…

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Juan Rivera, 42, who endured three trials and twenty years of wrongful imprisonment before being exonerated of a vicious crime, has reached a $20 million settlement agreement with Lake County (IL) authorities. His $1…

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Camille Tilley, whose daughter Courtney was wrongfully convicted in Maricopa County, was kind enough to post a link to the lawsuit recently brought by Debra Milke against a number of Phoenex and Maricopa County,…

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Today, the Arizona Supreme Court refused to grant the prosecution a retrial for Debra Milke. Milke’s conviction had been overturned by the US 9th Circuit for prosecutorial misconduct, and sent back to the Arizona…

Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Photo by: Heidi Huber/AP This picture has Ray Krone ( left) immediately after his release from AZ prison in 2000. Part of his story is below, which develops…

Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Once convicted, the state of Nevada tries to ignore or deny evidence and even the inmate from public scrutiny. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/12/murderinvegas/

Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
DNA mixtures (multiple person DNA blood samples) interpretation disagreement raises DC prosecutors to backlash against respected DC crime lab director Max Houck and his $200 million facility. He…

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The genesis of this post was the recent action by the US 9th Circuit in California, in which the court recommended perjury charges against a prosecutor who had lied to the court. Please see…

Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
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…