President of Philippines rejects calls to reinstate capital punishment due in part to concern over wrongful convictions
- Oklahoma executed Timothy Shaun Stemple yesterday despite Innocence Project request for DNA testing to confirm or refute guilt
- Barry Scheck essay in Wall Street Journal: How to Rein in Rogue Prosecutors
- Professor Larry Marshall is keynote speaker at Innocence Project of Florida gala
- Saturday March 17th, 48 Hours will air show on exoneration of Texas death row inmate Anthony Graves
- Amanda Knox’ ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito inks book deal
- There may be an inquiry by the Scottish government into the prosecution’s failure to disclose exculpatory evidence in the “Lockerbie bomber” case, which many believe resulted in the conviction of an innocent man
- Belarusian president refuses to pardon the alleged “subway bombers,” who are on death row despite questions of innocence
- Ohio Innocence Project client Bryant “Rico” Gaines released from prison….video about release here
- New book A Red Rose for Andrea exposes corruption and wrongful convictions and imprisonment in the Phillipines
- Original handwritten indictment of the wrongfully convicted (and executed) “Salem Witches” brings in $26,000 at auction (click the link to see the pretty cool handwritten indictment in old-fashioned script)
- Kansas House of Representatives considers repeal of death penalty
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 ProjectOrder Here
Contributing Editors
Justin Brooks
Professor, California Western School of Law; Director, California Innocence ProjectOrder his book Wrongful Convictions Cases & Materials 2d ed. hereCheah Wui Ling
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of SingaporeDaniel Ehighalua
Nigerian BarristerJessica S. Henry
Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair UniversityCarey D. Hoffman
Director of Digital Communications, Ohio Innocence Project@OIPCommunicati1Shiyuan Huang
Associate Professor, Shandong University Law School; Visiting Scholar, University of Cincinnati College of LawC Ronald Huff
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology, University of California-IrvinePhil Locke
Science and Technology Advisor, Ohio Innocence Project and Duke Law Wrongful Convictions ClinicDr. Carole McCartney
Reader in Law, Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria UniversityNancy Petro
Author and Advocate Order her book False Justice hereKana Sasakura
Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University Innocence Project JapanDr. Robert Schehr
Professor, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University; Executive Director, Arizona Innocence ProjectUlf Stridbeck
Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, NorwayMartin Yant
Author and Private Investigator Order his book Presumed Guilty here