Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on August 13, 2013 by | 1 Comment
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  • The National Center for Reason and Justice’s response to DA Kathleen Rice’s self-serving report on the Jesse Friedman case.
  • Irish Innocence Project students intern in the U.S.
  • A killer from Ipswich, England, who spent a decade claiming he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice has finally admitted his guilt.  Simon Hall, 35, was convicted and jailed for life in 2003 after murdering Joan Albert, 79, in her home in Capel St Mary, Suffolk. She was found in her hallway on December 16, 2001, after being stabbed five times.  He had protested his innocence ever since, launching a series of appeals, winning the backing of MPs and appearing in the BBC documentary Rough Justice.  But now it has emerged Hall, previously of Hill House Road, Ipswich, had admitted his guilt to prison authorities, bringing his campaign to an end.
  • An exonerated Durham man said Monday that the State Bureau of Investigation has agreed to pay him $4.6 million after he was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 17 years behind bars.  Greg Taylor sued the agency after an independent review found questionable practices at its state crime lab. Taylor’s conviction was bolstered in part by blood evidence analysis from the lab that has since been discredited.
  • In New Orleans, police avoid turning over public records to Innocence Project New Orleans
  • Exoneree Brian Banks cherishes preseason debut with Atlanta Falcons
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One response to “Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…”

  1. Docile Jim Brady – Bend OR 97702's avatar Docile Jim Brady – Columbus OH 43209 | August 14, 2013 at 3:48 am | Reply

    An easier fix for New Orleans would be to replace Chief Serpas with someone who better understands LA public records laws .

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