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Tagged Access to public records, Caster, compensation legislation, Criminal Justice Reform, exoneree compensation, Ohio, Ohio Innocence Project, Public Records, Public Records Act, Public Records Act Law, Wilbert Jones, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Thursday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Exonerated Death Row Inmate Shujaa Graham Says Capital Punishment Should be Eliminated in California…
Ex-prosecutor: Cayuga County DA secretly withheld key evidence in 15 cases…
The Daily News: State funding aids Wyoming County video interrogations…
Greensboro News & Record (editorial): $6M settlement the right move for wrongful conviction…
ABC News: Norfolk 4 to Ask Va. Governor to Declare Them Innocent…
Charleston Gazette-Mail: No bail for Phillip Ward man after overturned murder conviction…
The Indiana Lawyer: Prosecutors balk at curbing eyewitness identifications…
Derrick Deacon awarded $6M after spending over 24 years in prison wrongfully convicted of murder…
Malcolm Scott, wrongfully imprisoned for 21 years, speaks out after 6 months of freedom…

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Posted in Capital punishment, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Eyewitness identification, Police conduct (good and bad), Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged capital punishment, compensation, Derrick Deacon, exoneree, exoneree compensation, eyewitness identification, interrogations, Malcolm Scott, Norfolk 4, Phillip Ward, prosecutorial misconduct, Recorded Interrogation, Shujaa Graham

Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Terry Olson, freed after decade in prison for 1979 killing…
Judge will hear new evidence in murder case; Antoine D. Young has maintained his innocence for 9 years…
If you spent time in prison for a crime you didn’t commit, would you expect to be compensated?…
He pleaded guilty to rape nearly 4 decades ago. Now a Chesapeake man wants to clear his name…
A wake-up call on the junk science infesting our courtrooms…

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Tagged compensation, exoneree compensation, junk science, wrongful conviction

Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Finally Free: The California Innocence Project Gets Kimberly Long’s Murder Conviction Overturned…
(Seattle) 1 exonerated, 1 acquitted: No suspects left in 2000 killing…
Lawyers to pursue compensation lawsuit in George Stinney wrongful conviction case…
‘Making a Murderer’ attorney seeks more evidence testing…
Darryl Howard’s attorneys seek sanctions against Durham prosecutors…
Romeoville day care worker Jennifer L. DelPrete to get new trial after ‘shaken baby’ murder conviction overturned…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged compensation, exoneration, exoneree compensation, shaken baby, shaken baby syndrome, wrongful conviction

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Vice: Why Police Interrogations Lead to So Many False Confessions…
New Hearing Ordered for Arizona Death-Row Inmate…
University of Arkansas: U of A Psychologist Working With State Law Enforcement on Eyewitness Policy…
The Orange County Register: Public defender says D.A. lied, cheated for 10 years, should be booted from 2nd murder case…
Connecticut Law Tribune: Seeking Redress for 19 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment…
Vice: Was an Innocent Man Sent to Prison for Killing a Cop 46 Years Ago?…
Kentucky inmates accused of murder inspired by Satan released on bail after 21 years…
New Jersey Law Journal: Man Exonerated by DNA Test Moves Forward With Civil Suit…
People: What’s Next for Making a Murderer’s Brendan Dassey Now That His Conviction is Overturned?…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, False confessions, Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Uncategorized

Tagged compensation, Death Penalty, exoneree compensation, eyewitness identification, false confession, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Luther Jones awarded $936,880 for wrongful conviction…
Carlos Davis, wrongly convicted of gun charge, sues city for $30 million…
Michigan offers nothing to those wrongly convicted of a crime while parolees get millions…
Q&A with Akeem Browder: “Kalief didn’t have to go through any of this. It’s not fair.”…
Woman convicted of killing child in 1982 granted day parole: Amina Chaudhary maintains she is innocent of 1982 slaying of ex-lover’s 8-year-old nephew…
Editorial: Putting a price on lost liberty…
Beatrice Six win millions in civil rights claims, but ‘no amount of money’ will replace years lost, one family says…
Stunning Reveal by Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office May Set Man Facing Life for Double Murder Free…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Conviction Integrity Units, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged Beatrice Six, compensation, Conviction Integrity Unit, exoneree compensation, shaken baby syndrome, wrongful conviction

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Lorenzo Montoya Suing City Of Denver After Wrongful Conviction…
New law includes changes for eyewitness identification…
Court Demands New Look at Race of Jurors in 3 Convictions…
(Japan) Ritsumeikan professor spearheads local Innocence Project to clear wrongfully convicted…
Petition claims DNA clears Nathaniel E. Epps and Percell F. Warren of 1996 rape…
William Richards Convicted Of Killing His Wife 23 Years Ago Released From Prison In Rancho Cucamonga…
To Reduce Wrongful Convictions, Reform the Bail System…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, Eyewitness identification, Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized

Tagged compensation, DNA, exoneree, exoneree compensation, eyewitness identification, forensic science, Japan, reform legislation, wrongful conviction

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Former Yellowstone District Court law clerk starts job as Innocence Project attorney…
Information scientist takes aim at wrongful convictions…
Teina Pora to receive $2.5 million in compensation for wrongful conviction, but his lawyers are disappointed…
Sanford family readies lawsuit after imprisonment…
Danny Lee Hill’s attorneys file 419-page request for new trial…
Ohio high court rejects new trial in 1998 murder…
New Podcast Explores Mistaken Identification and Wrongful Convictions…
A decision is expected next week on whether a lawsuit filed against three retired central Illinois police officers by a man wrongfully convicted of a 1993 murder will continue…

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Posted in Australia/New Zealand, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Eyewitness identification, False confessions, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged Bite mark testimony, Bite-Mark Evidence, compensation, exoneree compensation, false confession, forensic science, new trial, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

New law requires Colorado police to record interrogations…
Police were within rights to investigate Cardiff Three officers, judge rules…
Teina Pora is set to receive more than $2 million in compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment…
Falsely accused of being a paedophile, but unable to scrub his name clean…
City seeks dismissal of charges against bail bondsman in case that could overturn Newsome conviction…
For 50 Years, You’ve Had “The Right to Remain Silent”…
Orange County DA’s Office Finally Acknowledges Jailhouse Informant Program Exists…
New York lawmakers push bill to create commission that reviews complaints against district attorneys…
Austin Police Chief Shuts Down DNA Lab Amid Concerns Over Testing Methods…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged compensation, DNA, DNA testing, exoneree compensation, false confession, forensic science, Forensic Science Lab, Interrogation, interrogations, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Why does Oklahoma rank high in wrongful convictions?…
Ex-Flint police chief may face charges in Detroit teen’s wrongful conviction…
Man wrongfully convicted of murder as teen doesn’t want to play ‘blame game’…
RIVERSIDE: Kimberly Louise Long released after judge orders new trial…
Michigan may soon join the 30 other states that pay exonerated prisoners…
Floyd Bledsoe Files Federal Lawsuit Over His Wrongful Conviction…
Exonerated man decries Oregon’s death penalty law…
A list of Canadians wrongly convicted…
Lawyers for Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, Fighting in Court Filing to Overturn 1979 Conviction for Murdering Family, Say Prosecutors Hid Evidence…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, False confessions, Police conduct (good and bad), Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged compensation, exoneration, exoneree, exoneree compensation, false confession, new trial, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Thursday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

After 27 years in prison, Ivan Henry awarded $8M for wrongful conviction…
These Are the Challenges Some Wrongfully Convicted Women Face…
‘Please hurry up and help him:’ Lawyer Emily Maw fights to save the innocents in prison…
Judge rules innocence in 25 year old Fort Stockton murder case…
Davontae Sanford, Exonerated Michigan man, leaves prison…
New Trial Set for Tampa Native…
DNA challenge of conviction in Summerville rape, murder continues after Supreme Court ruling…
Man convicted of murder asks for DNA testing…
Michigan State Senate To Vote On Compensation For Wrongful Imprisonment…

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Posted in Access to DNA testing, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, False confessions, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction, Wrongfully Convicted Women

Tagged Bite-Mark Evidence, compensation, DNA, DNA testing, exoneration, exoneree compensation, false confession, false confessions, forensic science, new trial, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Who should control Houston’s crime lab?…
Qian Renfeng who was wrongfully jailed for about 13 years is seeking state compensation of nearly 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million)…
Kerry Max Cook: Back in Court to Finally Clear His Name…
Life after death-row case: Both sides search for justice as 22-year Cook saga ends…
More oversight needed for prosecutors who break the law…
Beatrice Six head back to court for second attempt to win damages for wrongful conviction…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Uncategorized, wrongful conviction, Wrongfully Convicted Women

Tagged Beatrice Six, China, compensation, death row, Death Row exoneration, DNA testing, exoneree compensation, forensic science, Kerry max Cook, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful conviction

Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Kerry barrister, Mary-Louise Donovan, selected to work with for the Ohio Innocence Project…
Is There a Cure for Wrongful Convictions?..
Minnesota’s criminal justice system: Wrongly imprisoned, but finally compensated…
States Lead the Way on Justice Reform…
Also lost in the Illinois budget wars: Exoneree compensation…
Proof of innocence a hard road for many freed Louisiana inmates seeking state compensation…
Defense attorneys say withheld Farak notes implicate prosecutors…
“48 Hours” Presents: Cal Harris: The Final Verdict…
Life After Wrongful Conviction…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged compensation, criminal justice legislation, exoneree compensation, prosecutorial misconduct, reform legislation, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Seventeen years after he was sentenced to life in prison for killing a teenage girl Malcolm Bryant freed from Maryland prison…
Wrongly convicted of murder and arson, Chen Man, who served 23 years behind bars, was awarded compensation of 2.75 million yuan ($429,000 dollars) on Friday…
William Amor gets hearing to dispute conviction in 1995 fatal arson…
2016 Innocence Project Gala Honors Board Chair Rodney Ellis and Many Others…
Nun Nora Wall, wrongfully convicted of rape, wins six-year legal battle…
Frederick Renee Daye, first DNA exoneree from California saved from life sentence…
After Allen Harward exoneration, Virginia proceeds with review of 200 old blood-typing cases…
Kansas Gov. Brownback Signs Law to Prevent Witness Misidentification, Top Contributor to Wrongful Conviction…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, Eyewitness identification, Junk science, New Evidence, Post-conviction relief, Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, wrongful conviction, Wrongfully Convicted Women

Tagged Arson, arson forensic science, compensation, DNA, exoneration, exoneree compensation, eyewitness identification, eyewitness reliability, Japan, miscarriage of justice, reform legislation, wrongful conviction

Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

Floyd Bledsoe sues over wrongful conviction…
NY1 Online: ‘Innocence Project’ Officials, Member of ‘Central Park Five’ Talk Campaign to End Wrongful Convictions…
Oswego DA opposes Gary Thibodeau request for appeal in 1994 kidnapping case…
Josue Ortiz speaks about wrongful conviction lawsuit…
Of 13,700 Ohio rape kits sent for DNA testing, 10,700 done…
Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter’s attorneys say they are confident that the declaration of their clients’ innocence will stand if challeneged on appeal by Tulsa DA …
Global forensic conference to be held in Dubai next year…

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Posted in Access to DNA testing, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged compensation, DNA, exoneree, exoneree compensation, Floyd Bledsoe, forensic science, new trial, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Liza Dietrich | Leave a comment

The Connecticut Innocence Project honored for 20 years of work to exonerate wrongly convicted…
San Jose Police Department makes accountability push with slew of training, data initiatives…
Henry Rodriguez was released on bail Monday after 18 years in prison, another felony case upended because of questions related to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office’s use of jailhouse informants…
Gideon v. Wainwright in the Age of a Public Defense Crisis…
Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter freed after 20 years in prison, declared innocent…
How Can America Fix Its Crime Labs?…
Bill Limits Monetary Awards for Exonerated Inmates in Conneticut…

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Posted in Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Editorials/Opinion, Police conduct (good and bad), Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged compensation legislation, Connecticut Innocence Project, exoneration, exoneree compensation, forensic science, Gideon v. Wainwright, Police Accountability, police misconduct

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Mark Godsey | Leave a comment

STARBUCKS LAW & CORPORATE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT PRO BONO COMMITTEE SUPPORTS INNOCENCE PROJECT NORTHWEST…
Ohio Public Records policy facing court challenge…
Documentary on San Antonio Four to Premieres at Tribeca Film Festival…
Colorado AG named as defendant in suit over supposed post-conviction review project…
Pennsylvania Eyewitness Identification Protocols Fall Short of Research Based Recommendations…
Decision delayed for Oklahoma Innocence Project clients Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter, in bid to over turn 1994 drive-by shooting conviction…
Minnesota panel approves payment of $1.8M to Michael Hansen, Roger Lee Olsen, and Koua Fong Lee, who were freed after wrongful convictions…
Justice or junk science? Critics argue bite-mark testimony should be abandoned…
North Carolina Bar ethics committee wants the state to adopt a rule recommended by the American Bar Association, requiring prosecutors to come forward if they find “new, credible and material evidence” of innocence…
Jack McCullough Freed After 2012 Wrongful Conviction For 1957 Murder…

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Posted in Commissions/Innocence Commissions/Governmental Case Review Agencies, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Conviction Integrity Units, Eyewitness identification, Junk science, New Evidence, Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Uncategorized, wrongful conviction

Tagged compensation, Conviction Integrity Unit, exoneration, exoneree compensation, eyewitness identification, Innocence Project, innocence project northwest, Oklahoma Innocence Project, prosecutorial misconduct, San Antonio Four, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Mark Godsey | Leave a comment

Andre Hatchett exonerated after 25 years in prison: ‘I told y’all I didn’t do this’…
Conviction Integrity Units Expand Beyond Texas Roots…
- VICE on Andre Hatchett: How a Broken System Kept an Innocent Man Behind Bars for 25 Years…
- Follow Andre Hatchett on the day of his release after serving 25 years for a murder he didn’t commit…
Kansas Senate passes bill addressing eyewitness misidentification…
Report Says Wrongful Convictions Cost California $221 Million…
Birmingham Six member Paddy Hill on why the challenges facing the wrongly convicted are more severe than ever…
Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit moves to vacate Vanessa Gather’s 1998 manslaughter conviction…
Oregon State Police crime lab under investigation over former Clackamas analyst’s work…
Not Guilty: The Sydney Exoneration Project kicks off…
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Death Row Conviction; Prosecutors Failed to Share Exculpatory Evidence…

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Posted in Capital punishment, Conviction Integrity Units, Exonerations, Eyewitness identification, Junk science, Political cases, Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction, Wrongfully Convicted Women

Tagged capital punishment, compensation, Death Penalty, exoneree, exoneree compensation, miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Mark Godsey | 1 comment

Judge orders D.C. to pay $13.2 million in wrongful FBI hair conviction case…
Candidates for Lake County, Illinois state’s attorney focus on reform…
A Seoul lower court on Monday ruled that the state must provide partial compensation for victims who were tortured and forced to make false confessions…
Maria Shepherd’s 1992 manslaughter conviction quashed…
PIX11 experiment shows misidentification in lineups happen often, but can be prevented…
The Fairbanks Four: Lessons Learned from Alaska’s First Exoneration…
Retrial for Innocence Project Client Anthony Wright Postponed Due to New Evidence…
‘We created this monster and it’s taken on a life of its own’: New York Federal Judge Calls out Peers for Reliance on Plea Deal System…
Bill to clear Iowa’s rape kit backlog would help accused, too…
Howard Dudley Freed After 23 Years in Prison on Sex Assault Conviction…
Not Guilty: The Sydney Exoneration Project…
Kentucky: Wrongfully accused ask lawmakers for better eyewitness identification rules…

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Posted in Exonerations, Eyewitness identification, False confessions, Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction, Wrongfully Convicted Women

Tagged compensation, DNA, exoneree compensation, false confession, new trial, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation

Monday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Mark Godsey | Leave a comment

Op-Ed from the New York Times: When the Public Defender Says, ‘I Can’t Help’…
Wrongfully Convicted Get Help Through Pennsylvania Innocence Project…
Texas Wrongful convictions point to flaws…
Connecticut Claims Commissioner resigns amidst criticism for wrongful conviction compensation…
James Goodall, jailed for a bomb attack in Belfast nearly 40 years ago, was mentally incapable of making his alleged confession, the Court of Appeal has heard…

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