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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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Politics and Justice – A Very Bad Combination
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, and again, and again. The justice system has been putrified by politics. I’ve stressed this point numerous times in the past with regard to the pernicious effect politics has on the … Continue reading
Preparing for the Launch of a Network to Support the Wrongfully Convicted in Japan
In May of this year, scholars and attorneys concerned about wrongful convictions in Japan gathered in Kyoto and started to prepare for the launch of an Innocence Project in Japan. We are planning to launch the project in April 2016. … Continue reading
Four Decades, Three Trials, Two Death Sentences, One Exoneree. Almost.
From: Texas Monthly Thirty-eight years after Kerry Max Cook was convicted of murder, he continues to seek exoneration. And now he might finally have a chance to convince the courts of his innocence. – See more at: http://www.texasmonthly.com/news/four-decades-three-trials-two-death-sentences-1-exoneree-almost/#sthash.S6zVMqhs.dpuf Editor’s note: … Continue reading
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Special Report (Wrongful Convictions): Time to shine a light on the innocent
From the Irish Examiner: Anne Driscoll, Innocence Project I know a man named Angel who spent 21 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. During his incarceration, both his mother and the mother of his children died and … Continue reading
Equal Justice Under Law? . . . Well . . . Just How Much Justice Can You Afford?
The words chiseled in stone above the entrance to the U.S. Supreme Court building say, “Equal Justice Under Law.” A truly noble philosophy – in theory. But in actual fact, there’s nothing “equal” about justice in this country, and we’re … Continue reading
Sharing Views on Prosecutorial Reform
If you’ve read much of my stuff on this blog, you must know that prosecutors, as a group, are not my favorite people. I am a person driven by logic, fairness, reason, and justice. Given their position, I would expect … Continue reading
The Innocent Citizen’s Justice System Survival Guide
“Ours is a world in which justice is accidental, and innocence no protection.” Euripedes, 400 B.C. ———————————————————————————————– I come from a legal family, so even though I did not go into law, I’ve had a closeup view of the … Continue reading
Conviction Integrity Units – A Skeptic’s Perspective
Anyone who has followed me at all on this blog must know that, as a group, prosecutors are not my favorite people. But it’s almost, kind-of not their fault. It’s just that the position has been institutionalized with so much … Continue reading
A Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions …….. POLITICS !?
[Editor’s note: this piece has been very difficult to write. I’ve been working on it for months, and have deliberated about publishing it at all; I think because the objective it advocates is so daunting. But I do think it … Continue reading
Senator Orrin Hatch to Loretta Lynch: “Clean Up DOJ” and Read Licensed to Lie by Sidney Powell
From PRnewswire.com: NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In last week’s confirmation hearings for the proposed new attorney general of the U.S., Loretta Lynch, esteemed Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah gave the nominee an urgent request: “I recently read a powerful book… I read it in one day.” … Continue reading
Are Prosecutors Above the Law?
From the DailyKos.com: By Susan Grigsby There is something terribly wrong with a justice system that allows an inordinate amount of power to reside in the hands of one office that not only has no real accountability or oversight, but … Continue reading
Friday’s Quick Clicks…
Fulfilling the “last wishes” of exonerate Bennett Barbour Manuel Valez exonerated from Texas’ death row Exoneree Kenneth Ireland appointed to parole board in Connecticut Montana Innocence Project holding open house Two interesting articles in the Economist: How Prosecutors Came to … Continue reading
What’s Next for Innocence Work in the UK?
From thejusticegap.com: By Hannah Quirk The End of Innocence, and The Chance of a New Beginning The sudden demise of the Innocence Network UK (INUK) has caused consternation amongst those working with students on miscarriage of justice cases – but it also … Continue reading
Camera Perspectives Important in Videotaped Interrogations
Op-ed from the NYTimes: By Jennifer Mnookin, law professor at UCLA: LOS ANGELES — LAST week the F.B.I., the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal law enforcement agencies instituted a policy of recording interrogations of criminal suspects held in custody. Only a … Continue reading
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Chicago exonoree chooses hope over anger
The struggle to overcome a wrongful conviction doesn’t end with exoneration. Rebuilding a life interrupted by years of incarceration takes a lot of hard work. Nicole Harris, a client of the Northwestern University Center on Wrongful Convictions who falsely confessed … Continue reading
Sweden’s Most Infamous Wrongful Conviction Case…
From the Local: It is probably Sweden’s worst miscarriage of justice. On Monday, officials decided that Thomas Quick will continue to receive mental treatment but with less restrictions. The Local contributor David Lindén explains how a self-confessed serial killer went … Continue reading
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Center for Prosecutor Integrity to Establish ‘Registry of Prosecutorial Misconduct’
This (in my opinion) is huge. By now, you’re probably familiar with the National Registry of Exonerations which has established a mechanism for collecting and documenting data about wrongful convictions across the US. To date, it has logged data on … Continue reading
Editorial on Jailed Prosecutor Ken Anderson…
Below is the editorial I wrote on the Ken Anderson/Michael Morton saga last Friday. I’ve received a lot of emails stating that the 10 day jail sentence was insufficient. I agree, but you have to start somewhere! From the Huffington … Continue reading
Chile Closes Luxury Prison
General Augusto Pinochet ruled over Chile as a dictator from 1973 to 1990. When he died in 2006, he was facing over 300 potential criminal charges for human rights violations, tax evasion, and embezzlement. The 40th anniversary of the coup … Continue reading
A Perspective on the Simon Hall Confession and Its Impact in the UK…
From the JusticeGap.com: By Julie Price, director of the Cardiff Law School’s Innocence Project: Gobsmacked’, some said. Others were ‘Stunned’, writes Julie Price. But whatever the language of choice for miscarriage of justice observers, the common reaction to Simon Hall’s confession last month … Continue reading
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