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Taking a Look at what a DA’s ‘Conviction Integrity Unit’ can do right
“Late last month, the National Registry of Exonerations reported that the United States had 125 exonerations in 2014, a record high. One of the report’s findings was that 67 of those exonerations – or 54 percent – “were obtained at … Continue reading
Story of a prosecutor’s remorse
The passage of time doesn’t remove the importance of learning from exoneration litigation success. It should intensify how important it is. http://www.shreveporttimes.com/longform/opinion/readers/2015/03/20/lead-prosecutor-offers-apology-in-the-case-of-exonerated-death-row-inmate-glenn-ford/25049063
THe NIST Forensic Science Commission Lays an Egg with its Bitemark Study Group. Now its hatching.
OSAC Subcommittee on Ondontology (sic) The original source of this NIST information is here. Other than originally mis-spelling ODONTOLOGY, this NIST subcommittee (OSAC) on Forensic Dentistry should do well dealing with dental identification of unknown human remains, but in the … Continue reading
$9.2 Million Awarded in Wrongful Conviction that Underscores FBI Forensic Problems
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
February 28, 2015 – Yesterday Washington D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal E. Kravitz ordered $9.2 million be paid by the District to Kirk L. Odom, 52, in compensation for more than 21 years of…
AAFS 2015 Expect live streaming on @csidds on Science and Law
I will be live reporting from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Orlando annual meeting this week. Expect some interesting commentary about Forensic Reform and wrongful convictions associated with members of the AAFS. Follow me on my Twitter account @csidds. … Continue reading
Stories about Exonerations do work : 2014 the highest ever at 125 : Trial Judge worrying about possible wrongful conviction, shuts down DA
Exonerations of U.S. criminals hit record in 2014: study (Reuters) – The number of U.S. criminals exonerated in 2014 climbed to a record high of 125, in part because of efforts by prosecutors willing to admit their offices made mistakes, … Continue reading
This is endless. Another DA argues that freedom eliminates a man’s attempt to ID the real rapist.
” The revolving door of criminal justice means that once you are in, you can never get out “- ANON NY Innocence Project attorney, Vanessa Potkin, takes on a DA who objects to post conviction DNA testing of Potkin’s client. … Continue reading
Disposable civil rights when Whites accuse Blacks
Seldom heard stories of lost freedoms caused by white eyewitnesses, police, forensic labs and prosecutors impuning constitutonal rights. This is from the black side of the courtroom. 10 Egregious Cases of White People Falsely Accusing Black People of Committing Crimes
New strategy in exoneration litigation: The Nullification of Innocence
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 chase after the men and women who have wrongfully endured imprisonment from … Continue reading
US Exonerations at a Record High; Cost of one wrongful conviction from 1992 is $4.75 million while others go without
The continuing end game for the people erroneously convicted (usually for homicide) and released after decades in prison continues to be clouded. One man in New York gets $4.75 million. NYC paid another man $10 million in April, 2014. US exonerations … Continue reading
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