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Category Archives: wrongful convictions
Forensics: Harlem park entrance dedicated to the exonerated ‘Central Park 5’
Gothamist is a non-profit local newsroom, powered by WNYC. — Read on gothamist.com/news/harlem-park-entrance-dedicated-to-the-exonerated-central-park-5
Forensics: 9 Striking Photos That Perfectly Capture the Innocence Project’s Highlights of 2022 – Innocence Project
9 Striking Photos That Perfectly Capture the Innocence Project’s Highlights of 2022 – Innocence Project — Read on innocenceproject.org/9-striking-photos-that-perfectly-capture-the-innocence-projects-highlights-of-2022/
Forensics: Australia. Crime Lab ‘Bungle.’ What could happen next amid the DNA lab bungle investigation
What could happen next amid the DNA lab bungle investigation — Read on http://www.4bc.com.au/what-could-happen-next-amid-the-dna-lab-bungle-investigation/
Forensics: Exonorees demand DAs Conviction Integrity Unit do its job. New Haven courthouse protest targets wrongful convictions
A group of Black men who have asserted — and in many cases proven — that their convictions were unjust protested wrongful convictions. — Read on ctmirror.org/2022/11/19/ct-new-haven-courthouse-protest-wrongful-convictions/
Forensics: Awesome. Marvel chairman commits millions for Cardozo law school to fight faulty forensics.
From bite marks to blood spatter, a New York law school wants to train current and future attorneys about forensic evidence and the ways it can be misused in the courtroom. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/marvel-chairman-commits-millions-law-school-fight-faulty-forensics-2022-10-27/
Forensics: Black Americans seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted – Mississippi Today
They spent 26 years on Mississippi’s death row for murders they did not commit — only to walk free last year. They are far from alone. — Read on mississippitoday.org/2022/10/11/black-americans-wrongfully-convicted/
Forensics: Inaccurate expert assumptions touted as facts and supressed exculpatory witnesses. Rodney Reed Takes DNA Testing Fight to Supreme Court
Now Reed is taking his fight to the Supreme Court. — Read on theintercept.com/2022/10/09/rodney-reed-supreme-court-dna-testing/
Forensics: California Legislation to End Wrongful Convictions Due to Faulty Expert Witness Testimony
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 467. SB 467, the End Wrongful Convictions Act, amends the standards used for evaluating expert testimony and forensics in court post-conviction. This law will take … Continue reading
Forensics: Bitemarker co-founder Souviron recants 1985 testimony that convicted him. But judge doesn’t care the science didn’t hold up. 37 years later he’s still in an Alabama prison.
Teeth marks convicted him, but the science didn’t hold up. 37 years later he’s still in an Alabama prison. – al.com — Read on http://www.al.com/news/2022/10/teeth-marks-convicted-him-but-the-science-didnt-hold-up-37-years-later-hes-still-in-an-alabama-prison.html