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In NY, the wrongfully convicted petition for prosecutorial oversight Colorado to consider eyewitness lineup reforms In Japan, will wrongful convictions be catalyst for criminal justice reform? With a judge’s order throwing out his murder…

Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
RECOGNITION FOR THE BOOK Forensic Testimony. Science, Law and Forensic Evidence. I had something to do with it. BAD FORENSIC NEWS Caption: Memorial in front of burned out city…

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Maine one of only two states without a felony exoneration in modern times.  Former deputy AG claims it is because “Maine is different.”  It appears Maine is different in at least one respect—it has…

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I am not an attorney, but in my layman’s, non-legal opinion this is potentially (and I say only potentially) huge. The US Ninth Circuit has advocated criminal perjury prosecution for a prosecutor who lied to the…

Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Civil rights and humanitarian legal advocacy is “The most dangerous job in law.” Prison, exile and worse exists around the world for legal advocates.  These stories make the…

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Pioneers of the civil rights lunch counter sit-in’s in South Carolina, known as the Friendship Nine, have had their convictions vacated and their names cleared. See the CNN story here.

Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Nothing is ever over in exoneration litigation, be it from exonerees’ difficulties in re-entering society, or when some DAs and police, with help from their lawyers, continue to…

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We’ve been following the Debra Milke case on this blog.  See here, here, and here. Here is a recent update from TV5 KPHO in Phoenix, AZ. ?