Tag Archives: appeals process

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Mark Godsey | Leave a comment

Racine Prosecutors to appeal court’s decision to overturn Daniel G. Scheidell’s conviction for attempted rape…
In New Orleans, Judges Blast Department of Justice Over ‘Shocking’ Prosecutorial Misconduct…
Times Herald opinion piece: Proposed Michigan wrongful conviction compensation law is flawed…
Georgia’s bold step: rethinking prison sentences…
Does Colorado’s death penalty have a race problem?…
When you’re guilty til proved innocent: a story highlighting the California Innocence Project’s efforts to free the innocent…
In Chicago, Shawn Whirl wins new trial…

Thursday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Mark Godsey | 1 comment

Joel Fowler becomes 14th person exonerated in Brooklyn since Kenneth P. Thompson became district attorney in January 2014…
Only 6 of the pardoned”Wilmington 10″ wins compensation from state…
North Korean Officials accused of forcing Pastor Lim Hyeon-soo to make false confession…
Coerced Confessions and Jailhouse snitches: why the death penalty is so flawed…
In Rhode Island, Raymond Tempest Jr. continues to wait for released after serving 23 years in prison for murder…
Malaysian Veeramani Manikam’s 20 year drug sentence overturned on appeal…

Posted in Asia, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, False confessions

Tagged appeals process, Asia, Death Penalty, exoneration, exoneree, exoneree compensation, false confession, jailhouse snitches, wilmington 10

Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Mark Godsey | 1 comment

Juan Silva, who falsely confessed in order to protect his son, to be released from prison…

In Michigan, Adam Stevens’ second-degree murder conviction overturned…

Jack Edward Sagin of California loses latest appeal for innocence…

In Florida, witness who helped send Andre Bryant to prison has recanted…

New book sheds light on possible miscarriage of justice in the trial of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar who were convicted of killing their 13 year-old daughter…

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Tagged appeals process, miscarriage of justice, new trial, recantations, wrongful conviction

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Mark Godsey | Leave a comment

The Connecticut Supreme Court upholds Judges decision to bar expert testimony on eyewitness unreliability…

Maine High Court denies Dennis Dechaine’s request for a new trial…

Kansas University Innocence Project client Kimberly Sharp wins 10th Circuit appeal…

200,000 pages of “Central Park Five” documents to be released…

In North Carolina, Damian Mills and Teddy Isbell Sr. have reached a tentative settlement agreement with Buncombe County officials while their criminal convictions are still pending review…

The galvanizing Troy Davis case taught lessons beyond death penalty

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Nancy Petro | 11 comments

Massive attention in America and internationally on the Troy Davis case appropriately focused on the death penalty, but this case was a call to action regardless of one’s position on capital punishment. The troubling uncertainty that followed Troy Davis to the death chamber on September 21, 2011, should prompt widespread recognition that the U.S. criminal justice system can do better, and Americans must require it.

When Davis’s guilt was called into question following the recantation of most key witnesses, thousands protested but were unable to stop the train that had left the station twenty years earlier. That’s when a jury, after weighing evidence Continue reading →