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
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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 | Email | ProfileContributing Editors
Justin Brooks
Professor, California Western School of Law; Director, California Innocence Project | Email
Cheah Wui Ling
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Daniel Ehighalua
Nigerian Barrister; Project Director, Innocence Project Nigeria Email
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Kana Sasakura
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University; Visiting Scholar, University of Washington School of Law; Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW)
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Shiyuan Huang
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Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway
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