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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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Looking Back: A Cop’s Cop – Profile of Jim Trainum

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|Date: April 25, 2021
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Looking Back: A Cop’s Cop – Profile of Jim Trainum

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 25, 2021
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Innocence Project Details Connections between Wrongful Convictions and Police Accountability

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|Date: April 23, 2021
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Innocence Project Details Connections between Wrongful Convictions and Police Accountability

By Michael Wheeler NEW YORK, NY – Since the Ferguson shooting in 2014, activists have made the point agai ...

By Michael Wheeler NEW YORK, NY – Since the Ferguson shooting in 2014, activists have made the point again and again: the American criminal justice system is broken. How to fix it, however, remains a ...

April 23, 2021
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Looking Back: Exposing the Death Penalty, Part 3

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|Date: April 04, 2021
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Looking Back: Exposing the Death Penalty, Part 3

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 04, 2021
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California Innocence Project, Northern California Innocence Project Webinar: Panel Discusses Progressive Prosecution

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|Date: February 26, 2021
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California Innocence Project, Northern California Innocence Project Webinar: Panel Discusses Progressive Prosecution

By Linhchi Nguyen CALIFORNIA - What are progressive prosecutors and what policies should they be advocati ...

By Linhchi Nguyen CALIFORNIA - What are progressive prosecutors and what policies should they be advocating was the topic of a live webinar, sponsored by the California Innocence Project (CIP). The pa ...

February 26, 2021
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Man Who Served 3 Decades in Prison for Crime He Didn’t Commit Not Holding Grudges

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|Date: January 29, 2021
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Man Who Served 3 Decades in Prison for Crime He Didn’t Commit Not Holding Grudges

By Nina Hall “I’m not holding grudges against nobody, especially not justice,” said Mark Denny, a man wh ...

By Nina Hall “I’m not holding grudges against nobody, especially not justice,” said Mark Denny, a man who had served three decades in prison for a crime he did not commit. Denny was only 16 when he w ...

January 29, 2021
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CA Measure Focuses on Accuracy of Expert Witness Testimony and Forensics in State Courts

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|Date: January 28, 2021
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CA Measure Focuses on Accuracy of Expert Witness Testimony and Forensics in State Courts

By Ramneet Singh STATE CAPITOL – State Senator Scott Weiner has outlined the basis for courtroom-focused ...

By Ramneet Singh STATE CAPITOL – State Senator Scott Weiner has outlined the basis for courtroom-focused Senate Bill 243, which is designed to provide more accurate forensic and expert witness testimo ...

January 28, 2021
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‘We Need a Whole New System,’ Charges Termaine Hicks After 19 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated

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|Date: December 27, 2020
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‘We Need a Whole New System,’ Charges Termaine Hicks After 19 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated

By Carlin Ross PHILADELPHIA - The Innocence Project, a team that exonerates those wrongly convicted throu ...

By Carlin Ross PHILADELPHIA - The Innocence Project, a team that exonerates those wrongly convicted through DNA testing and works to reform the criminal justice system, provided more details Dec. 16 o ...

December 27, 2020
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After 25 Years in Prison, Jaythan Kendrick is Exonerated In Queens

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|Date: November 22, 2020
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After 25 Years in Prison, Jaythan Kendrick is Exonerated In Queens

By Ruby Chavez QUEENS, NY- Jaythan Kendrick has spent 25 years, a quarter century, in prison trying to pr ...

By Ruby Chavez QUEENS, NY- Jaythan Kendrick has spent 25 years, a quarter century, in prison trying to prove his innocence. But Thursday, November 19, 2020, Judge Joseph Zayas brought Kendrick's fight ...

November 22, 2020
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Suspend Federal Death Penalty Until Biden Takes Office, Congressional Lawmakers Urge AG Barr

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|Date: November 15, 2020
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Suspend Federal Death Penalty Until Biden Takes Office, Congressional Lawmakers Urge AG Barr

By Victoria Lembesis WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressional lawmakers Friday called on Attorney General William ...

By Victoria Lembesis WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressional lawmakers Friday called on Attorney General William Barr to suspend all federal executions until the incoming Biden-Harris administration is able t ...

November 15, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part VIII – Trends Show Decrease of Official Misconduct in Some Cases, Increase in Others

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|Date: September 28, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part VIII – Trends Show Decrease of Official Misconduct in Some Cases, Increase in Others

(This is the eighth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by ...

(This is the eighth 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 Linhchi Nguyen ...

September 28, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part VII – Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors at Trial Cause of Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part VII – Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors at Trial Cause of Wrongful Convictions

(This is the sixth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced b ...

(This is the sixth 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 Linhchi Nguye ...

September 27, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part V – Fabricated Evidence: Forensic Deception, Planted Evidence and Forged Confessions

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|Date: September 25, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part V – Fabricated Evidence: Forensic Deception, Planted Evidence and Forged Confessions

By Kelsea Valerio (This is the fifth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonera ...

By Kelsea Valerio (This is the fifth 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) ...

September 25, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part IV – Misconduct in Interrogations – A Legal Gray Area

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|Date: September 24, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part IV – Misconduct in Interrogations – A Legal Gray Area

(This is the fourth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by ...

(This is the fourth 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 Layla Mustafa ...

September 24, 2020
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Judge Halts Death Penalty Proceedings, Orders DNA Evidence Granted to Pervis Payne

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|Date: September 17, 2020
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Judge Halts Death Penalty Proceedings, Orders DNA Evidence Granted to Pervis Payne

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE - This morning, September 16, 2020, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne w ...

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE - This morning, September 16, 2020, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne was told he has a second chance at life. Currently spending his 33rd year on death row in Riverb ...

September 17, 2020
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Innocence Project Helps Free Robert DuBoise after Nearly 37 Years in Prison, Thanks to DNA Evidence

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|Date: August 29, 2020
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Innocence Project Helps Free Robert DuBoise after Nearly 37 Years in Prison, Thanks to DNA Evidence

By Cailin Garcia TAMPA, FL – Robert DuBoise Thursday had an emotional reunion with his family after servi ...

By Cailin Garcia TAMPA, FL – Robert DuBoise Thursday had an emotional reunion with his family after serving almost 37 years in prison—for crimes he didn’t commit. In 1983, DuBoise was wrongfully arres ...

August 29, 2020
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Facing Dec. Execution, Pervis Payne Asks Court for DNA Testing as New Evidence in 30-Year-Old Case

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|Date: August 08, 2020
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Facing Dec. Execution, Pervis Payne Asks Court for DNA Testing as New Evidence in 30-Year-Old Case

By Angelina Caplanis TENNESSEE – DNA testing of 30-year-old evidence, including the murder weapon, may e ...

By Angelina Caplanis TENNESSEE – DNA testing of 30-year-old evidence, including the murder weapon, may exonerate Pervis Payne months before his execution date on December 3, 2020. Payne—an intellectu ...

August 08, 2020
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FBI Hair Analysis Called into Question after Santae Tribble’s 2012 Exoneration

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|Date: August 04, 2020
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FBI Hair Analysis Called into Question after Santae Tribble’s 2012 Exoneration

By Lauren Smith WASHINGTON D.C. – After spending 28 years wrongly convicted of and imprisoned for murder, ...

By Lauren Smith WASHINGTON D.C. – After spending 28 years wrongly convicted of and imprisoned for murder, the exoneration of Santae Tribble in 2012 sparked a review and investigation of FBI hair analy ...

August 04, 2020
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Wrongful Convictions Disproportionately Impact Black and Brown People

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|Date: July 30, 2020
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Wrongful Convictions Disproportionately Impact Black and Brown People

In two weeks, Laurese Glover will join us for our 10th annual Vanguard fundraiser. The keynote speaker i ...

In two weeks, Laurese Glover will join us for our 10th annual Vanguard fundraiser. The keynote speaker is Mark Godsey, the Director of the Ohio Innocence Project. Laurese Glover, along with Eugene Jo ...

July 30, 2020
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Innocent Black Man is Six Months Away from Execution

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|Date: July 25, 2020
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Innocent Black Man is Six Months Away from Execution

By Gabriela Tsudik TENNESSEE – About four months from now, on Dec. 3, 2020, Pervis Payne, 53, is schedule ...

By Gabriela Tsudik TENNESSEE – About four months from now, on Dec. 3, 2020, Pervis Payne, 53, is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee, after spending 32 years on death row. Payne is an African-Americ ...

July 25, 2020
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