Death penalty more expensive than alternatives in Alabama; an empirical study of the cost of the death penalty in California- Innocence Project co-founder Barry Scheck applauds NY AG for establishing wrongful convictions unit
- John Kercher, the father of Meredith Kercher — a British woman whose 2007 murder in Italy caused headlines around the world (the Amanda Knox case) — has a new book coming out at the end of this month called Meredith: Our Daughter’s Murder and the Heartbreaking Quest for the Truth. Full story here
- This week’s episode of Law and Order: SVU about a wrongful conviction
- Dallas Morning News editorial about the need for reforms to curb prosecutorial misconduct
- Duke U. hosting symposium on wrongful convictions and justice reform
- Article about how a wrongful charge–even if it doesn’t lead to conviction–can have a devastating effect
- More on Downstate Illinois Innocence Project’s state-wide expansion to become the Illinois Innocence Project
- Greg Taylor of N.C. adjusts to life on the outside 2 years after exoneration
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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