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Murder Trial Ongoing; Officers Admit DNA Swabs from Accused Not Checked

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|Date: December 03, 2021
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Murder Trial Ongoing; Officers Admit DNA Swabs from Accused Not Checked

By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The trial of Aaron J. Tagata proceeded Thursday in front of Judge Har ...

By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The trial of Aaron J. Tagata proceeded Thursday in front of Judge Harry Dorfman at San Francisco Superior Court—Tagata is charged with a murder that occurred in 201 ...

December 03, 2021
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Forensic DNA Analyst Testifies in Ongoing Murder Trial, Explains Results of DNA Analysis of Evidence Found at Crime Scene

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|Date: December 01, 2021
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Forensic DNA Analyst Testifies in Ongoing Murder Trial, Explains Results of DNA Analysis of Evidence Found at Crime Scene

By Ankita Joshi BERKELEY, CA – The murder trial for Will Watson reconvened in front of a jury Tuesday her ...

By Ankita Joshi BERKELEY, CA – The murder trial for Will Watson reconvened in front of a jury Tuesday here in Alameda County Superior Court with the testimony of expert witness Angela Butler, who serv ...

December 01, 2021
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Looking Back: The Fraudulent Actions of the Former Westchester County DA

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|Date: October 17, 2021
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Looking Back: The Fraudulent Actions of the Former Westchester County DA

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

October 17, 2021
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The Innocence Projects Points to ‘Historic’ Justice Reform Wins All Across U.S. in 2021

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|Date: October 17, 2021
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The Innocence Projects Points to ‘Historic’ Justice Reform Wins All Across U.S. in 2021

By Luke Kyaw and Yasmin Homan NEW YORK, NY – Organized by the Innocence Network, last weekend marked the ...

By Luke Kyaw and Yasmin Homan NEW YORK, NY – Organized by the Innocence Network, last weekend marked the eighth annual International Wrongful Conviction Day highlighting the frequently interminable ro ...

October 17, 2021
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Day 2 of the Rodney Reed Murder Appeal Features Testimony from Former Officer, Aryan Brotherhood

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|Date: July 21, 2021
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Day 2 of the Rodney Reed Murder Appeal Features Testimony from Former Officer, Aryan Brotherhood

By Ascari Bryant and Paulina Buelna BASTROP, TX – Rodney Reed’s evidence hearing in his murder appeal con ...

By Ascari Bryant and Paulina Buelna BASTROP, TX – Rodney Reed’s evidence hearing in his murder appeal continued Tuesday for a second day here with new evidence to support the release of Reed, accordin ...

July 21, 2021
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GEORGIA INNOCENCE PROJECT – DENNIS A. PERRY IS EXONERATED

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|Date: July 21, 2021
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GEORGIA INNOCENCE PROJECT – DENNIS A. PERRY IS EXONERATED

By Marilin Ayon and Marcia Barajas CAMDEN COUNTY, GA – This week, more than 20 years after his arrest, De ...

By Marilin Ayon and Marcia Barajas CAMDEN COUNTY, GA – This week, more than 20 years after his arrest, Dennis Arnold Perry, had his murder conviction charges after new DNA evidence, unavailable at the ...

July 21, 2021
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On Death Row: Rodney Reed Maintains Innocence, Hoping Third Appeal will Exonerate Him

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|Date: July 20, 2021
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On Death Row: Rodney Reed Maintains Innocence, Hoping Third Appeal will Exonerate Him

By Maia Surendra and Elizabeth Garabedian BASTROP, TX - The third murder appeal hearing for Rodney Reed t ...

By Maia Surendra and Elizabeth Garabedian BASTROP, TX - The third murder appeal hearing for Rodney Reed that began Monday in Bastrop County, TX yielded testimony that questioned the time of the murder ...

July 20, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

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|Date: July 18, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

July 18, 2021
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Attorneys Argue Whether to Trust DNA or Video Evidence in Attempted Rape

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|Date: June 19, 2021
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Attorneys Argue Whether to Trust DNA or Video Evidence in Attempted Rape

By Alexa Kendell, Alexander Pleitez and Jeramie Gutierrez WOODLAND, CA – The parties here Thursday in Yol ...

By Alexa Kendell, Alexander Pleitez and Jeramie Gutierrez WOODLAND, CA – The parties here Thursday in Yolo County Superior Court argued about the identity of a suspect in connection to an attempted ra ...

June 19, 2021
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Wrongful Execution of Ledell Lee – New Forensic Evidence Casts Doubt of Guilt in Case

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|Date: May 13, 2021
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Wrongful Execution of Ledell Lee – New Forensic Evidence Casts Doubt of Guilt in Case

By Kelly Xiao Luo and Koda Slingluff ARKANSAS-- On April 20, 2017, Ledell Lee was executed for the murder ...

By Kelly Xiao Luo and Koda Slingluff ARKANSAS-- On April 20, 2017, Ledell Lee was executed for the murder of his neighbor, Debra Reese. But now, new forensic evidence casts doubt on Lee’s conviction. ...

May 13, 2021
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After Years of Trying, Joseph Webster Finally Finds Relief in 2006 Tennessee Conviction

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|Date: November 11, 2020
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After Years of Trying, Joseph Webster Finally Finds Relief in 2006 Tennessee Conviction

By Ruby Chavez NASHVILLE, TN – It’s not as though Joseph Webster ever stopped trying, and on Tuesday, Nov ...

By Ruby Chavez NASHVILLE, TN – It’s not as though Joseph Webster ever stopped trying, and on Tuesday, Nov. 10, a “Note of Intent” was successfully filed in the Webster v. Tennessee Case NO. 2005-B-138 ...

November 11, 2020
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Looking Back: DNA Nice Start but No Cure-All

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|Date: November 01, 2020
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Looking Back: DNA Nice Start but No Cure-All

Wrongful convictions and execution cannot be eliminated with certainty "Looking back" will feature reprin ...

Wrongful convictions and execution cannot be eliminated with certainty "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which ...

November 01, 2020
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Exonerated Roscetti 4 Oppose Patrick O’Brien for Cook County State Attorney with History of Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: October 18, 2020
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Exonerated Roscetti 4 Oppose Patrick O’Brien for Cook County State Attorney with History of Wrongful Convictions

By Linhchi Nguyen CHICAGO – The “Roscetti Four” – wrongfully convicted men who were eventually exonerated ...

By Linhchi Nguyen CHICAGO – The “Roscetti Four” – wrongfully convicted men who were eventually exonerated – are opposing, in a campaign video, one of the candidates for Cook County State Attorney, cha ...

October 18, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part XI – FINAL: Discussion and Conclusions

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|Date: October 07, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part XI – FINAL: Discussion and Conclusions

(This is the 11th and final report in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerati ...

(This is the 11th and final report in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by Samuel R. Gross, Maurice J. Possley, Kaitlyn J. Roll, and Klara H. Stephens) By ...

October 07, 2020
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On Wednesday, a Tennessee Court Decides on Allowing DNA Testing – Pervis Payne’s Life Depends on It.

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|Date: September 15, 2020
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On Wednesday, a Tennessee Court Decides on Allowing DNA Testing – Pervis Payne’s Life Depends on It.

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – Pervis Payne may know this coming Wednesday if he’ll be killed Dec. 3 or no ...

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – Pervis Payne may know this coming Wednesday if he’ll be killed Dec. 3 or not. On September 16 of this year, the Shelby County Criminal Court will issue a decision on Payn ...

September 15, 2020
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Coalition Groups Urge District Attorney to Support DNA Testing for Man on Death Row

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|Date: September 01, 2020
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Coalition Groups Urge District Attorney to Support DNA Testing for Man on Death Row

By Julietta Bisharyan MEMPHIS - For more than three decades after being sentenced to death, Pervis Payne ...

By Julietta Bisharyan MEMPHIS - For more than three decades after being sentenced to death, Pervis Payne has maintained his innocence. With his execution date on Dec. 3, 2020, looming, DNA testing cou ...

September 01, 2020
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Memphis District Attorney Opposes Death Row Man’s Petition for DNA Testing

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|Date: August 01, 2020
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Memphis District Attorney Opposes Death Row Man’s Petition for DNA Testing

By Zhuoshan Liu MEMPHIS, TN - Friday, Pervis Payne’s attorney’s request for DNA testing was opposed by Sh ...

By Zhuoshan Liu MEMPHIS, TN - Friday, Pervis Payne’s attorney’s request for DNA testing was opposed by Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich. Payne, a Black man with an intellectual disability a ...

August 01, 2020
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Arkansas Cooperates with the Innocence Project and the ACLU to Conduct Testing for Ledell Lee’s Case

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|Date: February 04, 2020
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Arkansas Cooperates with the Innocence Project and the ACLU to Conduct Testing for Ledell Lee’s Case

By Coco Wang Officials in Jacksonville, Arkansas, agreed to the DNA and fingerprint testing for Ledell Le ...

By Coco Wang Officials in Jacksonville, Arkansas, agreed to the DNA and fingerprint testing for Ledell Lee's case after the Innocence Project, the ACLU, the law firm Hogan Lovells US LLP, and Little R ...

February 04, 2020
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Exoneration for Wrongfully Convicted Man after 35 Years of Maintaining Innocence

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|Date: January 29, 2020
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Exoneration for Wrongfully Convicted Man after 35 Years of Maintaining Innocence

By Brittany Mason After serving 25 years in prison, DNA sampling exonerates Rafael Ruiz from a sexual ass ...

By Brittany Mason After serving 25 years in prison, DNA sampling exonerates Rafael Ruiz from a sexual assault accusation. Rafael Ruiz was accused of an East Harlem sexual assault incident in 1984. Whe ...

January 29, 2020
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Flawed Evidence and Hasty Execution Leads to ACLU and Innocence Project Lawsuit against Arkansas

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|Date: January 24, 2020
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Flawed Evidence and Hasty Execution Leads to ACLU and Innocence Project Lawsuit against Arkansas

By Maxwell C. Myrhum The shroud of uncertainty behind the execution of Ledell Lee has lead the American ...

By Maxwell C. Myrhum The shroud of uncertainty behind the execution of Ledell Lee has lead the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Innocence Project, and Arkansas lawyers to sue the State, intend ...

January 24, 2020
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