- Irish Innocence Project helping out jailed Irishman in Gran Canaria who claims he has been wrongfully charged
- In China, parents of wrongfully executed man receive more than $300,000 in compensation; new suspect goes on trial for same murder
- New blog by retiring prosecutor will focus on, among other things, “why the innocence project isn’t so innocent.”
- New eyewitness identification procedures in Illinois
- Exoneree Jarret Adams set to graduate from law school at the top of his class
- Prosecutor in Upstate New York pushes for eyewitness identification reform
- Video showing the unbelievable ability of Ricky Jackson to forgive the man who sent him to prison for 40 years for a murder he did not commit
- Brooklyn DA will exonerate Derrick Hamilton, who was framed by crooked cop
- NY judge says “low copy” DNA testing results inadmissible due to unreliability
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
Regarding the retiring Sacramento County DA, you might want to check out:
http://christianpeet.com/2012/06/sacramento-da-jan-scully-innocent-prison/
“Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully claims rate of wrongful convictions is “infinitesimal,” in spite of report noting 80+ in her county alone, resulting from withheld evidence, perjury, and use of perjured testimony by prosecutors and law enforcement….”