A commentary published on September 1 in the Columbus Dispatch…
A commentary published on September 1 in the Columbus Dispatch…
Posted in Commissions/Innocence Commissions/Governmental Case Review Agencies, Editorials/Opinion, Exonerations, Junk science, Post-conviction relief, Project Spotlights, Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction
Tagged Death Penalty, exoneration, miscarriage of justice, police misconduct, wrongful conviction
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
Posted in Capital punishment, Commissions/Innocence Commissions/Governmental Case Review Agencies, Conviction Integrity Units, Exonerations, Eyewitness identification, Uncategorized, United Kingdom
Tagged Conviction Integrity Unit, Death Penalty, DNA, DNA testing, exoneration, miscarriage of justice, new trial, wrongful conviction
Posted in Asia, New Evidence, Police conduct (good and bad), Post-conviction relief, Prosecutorial conduct (good and bad), Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction, Wrongfully Convicted Women
Tagged DNA, DNA testing, forensic science, miscarriage of justice, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful conviction
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
Posted in Australia/New Zealand, Commissions/Innocence Commissions/Governmental Case Review Agencies, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Exonerations, Eyewitness identification, False confessions, Post-conviction relief, Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction
Tagged compensation, DNA, DNA testing, exoneration, exoneree compensation, false confession, miscarriage of justice, new trial, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation
Posted in Asia, False confessions, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Clark, Asia, Billy Glaze, Cardiff Law School Innocence Project, China, Christopher Tapp, DNA, DNA Odds, Dwaine George, false confession, Judges for Justice, Making a Murderer, Minnesota Innocence Project, miscarriage of justice, National Registry of Exonerations, Scotland
Posted in Commissions/Innocence Commissions/Governmental Case Review Agencies, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, False confessions, New Evidence, Police conduct (good and bad), Uncategorized
Tagged compensation, exoneree, exoneree compensation, false confession, miscarriage of justice, new evidence, new trial, police misconduct, wrongful conviction, wrongful conviction compensation
Posted in Asia, Compensation/Exoneree compensation, Editorials/Opinion, New Evidence, Post-conviction relief, Reforming/Improving the system, Uncategorized, wrongful conviction, Wrongfully Convicted Women
Tagged compensation, DNA, exoneree compensation, Japan, miscarriage of justice, new trial, wrongful conviction
The State of Connecticut has awarded $4.2 million each in compensation to Carlos Ashe, Darcus Henry, Sean Adams, and Johnny Johnson. The four were convicted of murder, assault, and conspiracy resulting from a December 14, 1996, shooting in New Haven, Connecticut. Jason Smith, 23, was killed and brothers Marvin Ogman, 19, and Andre Clark, 22, were injured when allegedly four men utilized semi-automatic weapons in a gang-related retaliation shooting. Including both jail and prison, the four were incarcerated for more than 16 years.
The defendants presented alibi witnesses at trial. The primary evidence presented by the prosecution was inconsistent testimony of the surviving Continue reading
Posted in New Evidence, wrongful conviction
Tagged miscarriage of justice, new evidence, new trial, wrongful conviction