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Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

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|Date: March 07, 2023
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Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

By Tommy Nguyen ST. LOUIS, MO - In light of recent exonerations of wrongfully convicted men in Missouri, ...

By Tommy Nguyen ST. LOUIS, MO - In light of recent exonerations of wrongfully convicted men in Missouri, Jeffrey S. Gutman, in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch opinion piece, suggested improvements the state ...

March 07, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 178: Justin Brooks Discusses Upcoming Book

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|Date: December 12, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 178: Justin Brooks Discusses Upcoming Book

https://youtu.be/wYyDAzhVg1Y Justin Brooks, the director of the California Innocence Project, has spent h ...

https://youtu.be/wYyDAzhVg1Y Justin Brooks, the director of the California Innocence Project, has spent his career freeing the innocent from prison. He told Everyday Injustice that after 30 years, he ...

December 12, 2022
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Looking Back: Teenagers Need Lawyers When Cops Question Them

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|Date: November 13, 2022
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Looking Back: Teenagers Need Lawyers When Cops Question Them

By Jeffrey Deskovic In 1990, I was coerced into a false confession extracted from me at the age of 16, fo ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic In 1990, I was coerced into a false confession extracted from me at the age of 16, following six-and-a-half hours of unrecorded interrogation, which featured a threat and a false p ...

November 13, 2022
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Expert Witness Testimony Given about Blood Found on Man Being Retried for Quadruple Homicide

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|Date: November 10, 2022
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Expert Witness Testimony Given about Blood Found on Man Being Retried for Quadruple Homicide

By Naya Wiezel RIVERSIDE, CA - An expert blood evidence witness testified Tuesday in a Riverside County S ...

By Naya Wiezel RIVERSIDE, CA - An expert blood evidence witness testified Tuesday in a Riverside County Superior Court in the ongoing quadruple 2019 murder trial of Jose Vladimir Larin-Garcia, who bei ...

November 10, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 173: Simon Cole, Director of National Registry of Exonerations

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|Date: November 07, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 173: Simon Cole, Director of National Registry of Exonerations

https://youtu.be/oo9MJb3lFQg The advent of DNA testing has transformed the criminal legal system since 19 ...

https://youtu.be/oo9MJb3lFQg The advent of DNA testing has transformed the criminal legal system since 1989. For the first time, DNA testing provided absolute proof that people were convicted of crim ...

November 07, 2022
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Exonerated: Conviction of Maurice Hastings Vacated in 1983 Murder

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|Date: October 31, 2022
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Exonerated: Conviction of Maurice Hastings Vacated in 1983 Murder

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A man, Maurice Hastings, who has served more tha ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A man, Maurice Hastings, who has served more than 38 years in state prison for the 1983 murder of Roberta Wydermyer and two attempted murders, ...

October 31, 2022
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Looking Back: There Is a Strong Need for Non-DNA Innocence Projects

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|Date: October 30, 2022
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Looking Back: There Is a Strong Need for Non-DNA Innocence Projects

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 30, 2022
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Maryland State’s Attorney Kicks All Charges against Adnan Syed after New ‘Touch DNA’ Analysis Excludes Convicted Killer

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|Date: October 12, 2022
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Maryland State’s Attorney Kicks All Charges against Adnan Syed after New ‘Touch DNA’ Analysis Excludes Convicted Killer

By The Vanguard Staff BALTIMORE, MD – After new, more sensitive DNA analysis, all charges were dropped Tu ...

By The Vanguard Staff BALTIMORE, MD – After new, more sensitive DNA analysis, all charges were dropped Tuesday against Adnan Syed for his alleged role in the murder of Hae Min Lee, announced the Balti ...

October 12, 2022
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Looking Back: The Case of Freddie Peacock

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|Date: October 02, 2022
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Looking Back: The Case of Freddie Peacock

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 02, 2022
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Looking Back: Critique of Innocence Project Report on Exoneree Compensation, ‘Making Up for Lost Time’

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|Date: July 17, 2022
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Looking Back: Critique of Innocence Project Report on Exoneree Compensation, ‘Making Up for Lost Time’

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 17, 2022
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Looking Back: There Is a Strong Need for Non-DNA Innocence Projects

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|Date: May 15, 2022
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Looking Back: There Is a Strong Need for Non-DNA Innocence Projects

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 ...

May 15, 2022
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Trial Proceeds in Kelso/Berkley Case – Deputy District Attorney Confirms Authenticity of Evidence

Posted by Oliver Camarena
|Date: April 16, 2022
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Trial Proceeds in Kelso/Berkley Case – Deputy District Attorney Confirms Authenticity of Evidence

By Oliver Camarena Woodland, CA – The murder trial of Theo Kelso and Isaiah Berkley reconvened Thursday h ...

By Oliver Camarena Woodland, CA – The murder trial of Theo Kelso and Isaiah Berkley reconvened Thursday here in Yolo County Superior Court with Deputy District Attorney Richardson calling only two wit ...

April 16, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Orange County May Have the Most Corrupt Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Orange County May Have the Most Corrupt Justice System

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - Todd Spitzer, it is hard to believe, was once elec ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - Todd Spitzer, it is hard to believe, was once elected to get rid of a corrupt DA, Tony Rackaukas. Instead, the scope of the corruption has expan ...

April 11, 2022
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Looking Back: Frank Sterling Is Exonerated, Part 2

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|Date: April 03, 2022
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Looking Back: Frank Sterling Is Exonerated, Part 2

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 ...

April 03, 2022
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Closing Arguments Delivered in a Modesto ‘Halloween’ Sexual Assault Trial – Jury Deliberating

Posted by Isabelle Brady
|Date: March 10, 2022
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Closing Arguments Delivered in a Modesto ‘Halloween’ Sexual Assault Trial – Jury Deliberating

By Isabelle Brady MODESTO, CA – The jury here in Stanislaus County Superior Court Tuesday heard closing a ...

By Isabelle Brady MODESTO, CA – The jury here in Stanislaus County Superior Court Tuesday heard closing arguments in the trial of Ernesto Montellano, accused of three counts of sexual crimes for event ...

March 10, 2022
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Story Highlights San Francisco Police Use of Stored and Used DNA of Rape Survivors, Child Victims & Consensual Sex Partners

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: February 28, 2022
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Story Highlights San Francisco Police Use of Stored and Used DNA of Rape Survivors, Child Victims & Consensual Sex Partners

By Alex Jimenez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The San Francisco Police Dept. has come under fire again for using DN ...

By Alex Jimenez SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The San Francisco Police Dept. has come under fire again for using DNA from sexual assault survivors and other victims to investigate unrelated cases, after it was ...

February 28, 2022
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Schiff Wants FBI to Investigate Improper Use of DNA of Sexual Assault Victims in SF

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2022
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Schiff Wants FBI to Investigate Improper Use of DNA of Sexual Assault Victims in SF

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – A week ago, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin alleged ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – A week ago, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin alleged that the San Francisco PD crime lab had been uploading DNA from sexual assault victims to a da ...

February 23, 2022
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SF Public Defender Calls for the Immediate Destruction and Independent Investigation of Illegal DNA Database

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|Date: February 19, 2022
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SF Public Defender Calls for the Immediate Destruction and Independent Investigation of Illegal DNA Database

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA – This week it came to light that the San Francisco Police Crime Lab ...

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA – This week it came to light that the San Francisco Police Crime Lab has been using an illegally created database—compiled with DNA collected from people alleging s ...

February 19, 2022
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Commentary: Rape Kit DNA Testing Raises Serious Ethical and Practical Issues in SF, but Two Reporters More Interested in Recall Politics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2022
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Commentary: Rape Kit DNA Testing Raises Serious Ethical and Practical Issues in SF, but Two Reporters More Interested in Recall Politics

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The revelations that the police are using DNA ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The revelations that the police are using DNA submitted by victims of sexual assault for the purpose of rape kits to later search for crimina ...

February 16, 2022
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Boudin Alleges SF Police Are Improperly Using DNA from Rape Kits to Match to Crimes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2022
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Boudin Alleges SF Police Are Improperly Using DNA from Rape Kits to Match to Crimes

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Monday allege ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Monday alleged that the San Francisco Police Department was collecting DNA from sexual assault victims and u ...

February 15, 2022
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