- Jamie Lee Peterson who spent more than 17 years locked up for a rape and murder he didn’t commit is suing state officials and village police for a “deeply flawed” investigation that led to his prosecution for the Oct. 1996 slaying in northern Michigan…
- WMU and WMU Cooley Innocence Project garner $418,000 federal grant…
- New rules established for Prosecutors in China…
- Midwest Innocence Project Commemorates Wrongful Conviction Day, Announces New Partnerships & Hair Review Project…
- Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton, Authors of “Picking Cotton,” a story of wrongful conviction, to speak at the University of Kentucky…
- On Friday, the Irish Innocence Project at Griffith College will host a special lunchtime screening of her documentary In Doubt: The Mark Marku Case, for the second annual Wrongful Conviction Day…
- Midwest Innocence Project Commemorates Wrongful Conviction Day, Announces New Partnerships & Hair Review Project…
- New memo leads defense to argue Orleans Parish DA’s office knew kidnapping, rape case was invalid 19 years ago…
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
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In depth review of wrongful conviction litigation in the US and abroad. The amount of prosecutorial misconduct commonly contained in this type of casework is incredible. That they have no consequences due to the US Supreme Court and have immunity absent a few exceptions should be shocking to most citizens.