New case tests direction of Cook County (Chicago) D.A. Anita Alvarez’ new Conviction Integrity Unit and stated resolve to openly re-examine old cases.- New New York Times article on why innocent people falsely confess
- Innocence Project (Cardoza) files petition in Missouri seeking exoneration of George Allen based on DNA test results and a confession of another
- Questions in Australia as to whether baby Azaria Chamberlain’s death was caused by her mother (who spent 3 years in prison for the baby’s murder) or a Dingo (Australian wild dog). More about the mob mentality that sent the mother to prison for (perhaps) the acts of a dog.
- The False Confession Industrial Complex
- Science–rather than prosecutors–should be the client of crime labs
- Debra Brown, exoneree from Utah, attempts to reconnect with her family after release from prison
- An editorial arguing that old arson cases should be re-examined in light of recent advances in science
- Dallas County DA Craig Watkins says the Texas death penalty should be reviewed after 20 wrongful conviction cases in his office
- European Union calls out Belarus, only state in Europe still employing capital punishment. The EU’s statement cites concern over wrongful convictions as a ground for questioning Belarus’ use of death penalty
- DNA testing ordered in Michigan in a 1988 murder case
Blog Editor
Mark Godsey
Daniel P. & Judith L. Carmichael Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law; Director, Center for the Global Study of Wrongful Conviction; Director, Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project
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Contributing Editors
Justin Brooks
Professor, California Western School of Law; Director, California Innocence ProjectOrder his book Wrongful Convictions Cases & Materials 2d ed. here
Cheah Wui Ling
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Daniel Ehighalua
Nigerian Barrister
Jessica S. Henry
Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair University
Carey D. Hoffman
Director of Digital Communications, Ohio Innocence Project@OIPCommunicati1
Shiyuan Huang
Associate Professor, Shandong University Law School; Visiting Scholar, University of Cincinnati College of Law
C Ronald Huff
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology, University of California-Irvine
Phil Locke
Science and Technology Advisor, Ohio Innocence Project and Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic
Dr. Carole McCartney
Reader in Law, Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University
Nancy Petro
Author and Advocate Order her book False Justice here
Kana Sasakura
Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University Innocence Project Japan
Dr. Robert Schehr
Professor, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University; Executive Director, Arizona Innocence Project
Ulf Stridbeck
Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway
Martin Yant
Author and Private Investigator Order his book Presumed Guilty here-
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