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Guest Commentary: How Many More Adnan Syeds Are in the Justice System with No Journalists to Advocate for Them?

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|Date: September 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: How Many More Adnan Syeds Are in the Justice System with No Journalists to Advocate for Them?

By William Hughes The news that a judge in Baltimore overturned Adnan Syed’s murder conviction Monday sho ...

By William Hughes The news that a judge in Baltimore overturned Adnan Syed’s murder conviction Monday should comfort the afflicted who are caught up in the strife of wrongful conviction and afflict th ...

September 26, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 166: Why Innocent People Can’t Get Out of Prison

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|Date: September 19, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 166: Why Innocent People Can’t Get Out of Prison

https://youtu.be/NdorxRHte0Q Northeastern University Professor Daniel Medwed’s book Barred comes out on S ...

https://youtu.be/NdorxRHte0Q Northeastern University Professor Daniel Medwed’s book Barred comes out on September 20. The book focuses on the wrongly-convicted people who are unable to overcome the c ...

September 19, 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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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 148: Jarrett Adams from Wrongful Conviction to Attorney

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|Date: July 11, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 148: Jarrett Adams from Wrongful Conviction to Attorney

https://soundcloud.com/davisvanguard/everyday-injustice-podcast-episode-148-jarrett-adams-from-wrongful-c ...

https://soundcloud.com/davisvanguard/everyday-injustice-podcast-episode-148-jarrett-adams-from-wrongful-conviction-to-attorney Jarrett Adams was a high school student and made one mistake—he went to a ...

July 11, 2022
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Innocence Project’s Senior Legal Counsel Appointed U.S. District Judge for Eastern District of New York

Posted by Nora Dahl
|Date: June 17, 2022
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Innocence Project’s Senior Legal Counsel Appointed U.S. District Judge for Eastern District of New York

By Nora Dahl NEW YORK, NY - Nina Morrison, the Innocence Project's senior litigation counsel, was appoint ...

By Nora Dahl NEW YORK, NY - Nina Morrison, the Innocence Project's senior litigation counsel, was appointed as U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York by the U.S. Senate this week. “N ...

June 17, 2022
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Looking Back: The Story of Freddie Peacock

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|Date: June 12, 2022
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Looking Back: The Story 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 ...

June 12, 2022
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Innocence Project and LA DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit Worked Together to Free Torres after 21 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2022
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Innocence Project and LA DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit Worked Together to Free Torres after 21 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – On Wednesday, the Los Angeles DA’s office along ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – On Wednesday, the Los Angeles DA’s office along with the California Innocence Project announced the exoneration of Alexander Torres, who was wr ...

June 03, 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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Lucio Facing Execution in Two Days, Given a New Lease on Life As Execution Stayed to Review Evidence of Innocence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2022
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Lucio Facing Execution in Two Days, Given a New Lease on Life As Execution Stayed to Review Evidence of Innocence

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Texas, CA – On Monday, Melissa Lucio found out from Texas State Le ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Texas, CA – On Monday, Melissa Lucio found out from Texas State Legislator, Jeff Leach, a Plano Republican, that she would not be executed this week. The Texas ...

April 26, 2022
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Police Force Lying to Suspects during Interrogations: Legal Injustice?

Posted by Shady Gonzales
|Date: April 22, 2022
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Police Force Lying to Suspects during Interrogations: Legal Injustice?

By Shady Gonzales NEW YORK, NY - The Innocence Project non-profit organization this week discussed the po ...

By Shady Gonzales NEW YORK, NY - The Innocence Project non-profit organization this week discussed the potential injustices of the police force being able to legally lie to suspects during interrogati ...

April 22, 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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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 148: Jarrett Adams from Wrongful Conviction to Attorney

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|Date: March 28, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 148: Jarrett Adams from Wrongful Conviction to Attorney

Jarrett Adams was a high school student and made one mistake—he went to a college party and ended up wron ...

Jarrett Adams was a high school student and made one mistake—he went to a college party and ended up wrongly convicted for the rape of a white college woman, having been convicted by an all-white jury ...

March 28, 2022
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New Expert Analyses Show Melissa Lucio Was Wrongly Convicted and Condemned to Die for the Accidental Death of her Daughter

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2022
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New Expert Analyses Show Melissa Lucio Was Wrongly Convicted and Condemned to Die for the Accidental Death of her Daughter

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Austin, TX - Attorneys for Melissa Lucio have submitted an applica ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Austin, TX - Attorneys for Melissa Lucio have submitted an application for clemency to Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. The evid ...

March 24, 2022
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Northern California Innocence Project Reveals Racial Disparities in US Incarceration

Posted by Paulina Buelna
|Date: March 04, 2022
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Northern California Innocence Project Reveals Racial Disparities in US Incarceration

By Paulina Buelna SANTA CLARA, CA – The Northern California innocence project organization posted on Twit ...

By Paulina Buelna SANTA CLARA, CA – The Northern California innocence project organization posted on Twitter this week statistical data showing how race plays a part in the legal system. Within this d ...

March 04, 2022
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Oregon’s Wrongfully Convicted Aren’t Compensated for Years Lost in Prison – Some Want to Change That

Posted by Ava Schwartzapfel
|Date: February 21, 2022
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Oregon’s Wrongfully Convicted Aren’t Compensated for Years Lost in Prison – Some Want to Change That

By Ava Schwartzapfel PORTLAND, OR – Oregon is one of only a few states that does not compensate wrongfull ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel PORTLAND, OR – Oregon is one of only a few states that does not compensate wrongfully convicted prisoners after they are exonerated. Author Virginia Barreda for KGW.com writes tha ...

February 21, 2022
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Lawyers File Appeal to Stop April Execution of Texas Woman Who Is ‘Innocent’ and ‘Suffered Lifetime of Abuse’

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|Date: February 10, 2022
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Lawyers File Appeal to Stop April Execution of Texas Woman Who Is ‘Innocent’ and ‘Suffered Lifetime of Abuse’

The Vanguard Staff BROWNSVILLE, TX – A motion to withdraw or modify the April 27, 2022 execution date for ...

The Vanguard Staff BROWNSVILLE, TX – A motion to withdraw or modify the April 27, 2022 execution date for Melissa Lucio was filed today here in 138th Judicial District Court of Cameron County, claimin ...

February 10, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 141: Brandon Garrett on Fingerprint Analysis and Other Junk Science

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|Date: February 07, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 141: Brandon Garrett on Fingerprint Analysis and Other Junk Science

Duke Law Professor Brandon Garrett wrote one of the seminal books of the Innocence Movement, Convicting t ...

Duke Law Professor Brandon Garrett wrote one of the seminal books of the Innocence Movement, Convicting the Innocent—a must-read classic that highlights the problem of wrongful convictions and its cau ...

February 07, 2022
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Judge in Rodney Reed Death Row Evidentiary Hearing Condemned by Innocence Project

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: February 07, 2022
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Judge in Rodney Reed Death Row Evidentiary Hearing Condemned by Innocence Project

By Amy Berberyan AUSTIN, TX – This past week, the Innocence Project released a statement condemning Judge ...

By Amy Berberyan AUSTIN, TX – This past week, the Innocence Project released a statement condemning Judge J. D. Langley for abandoning his duty as a neutral party during Rodney Reed’s evidentiary hear ...

February 07, 2022
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Defense Expert Argues to Dismantle Wrongful Convictions, Investing in Public Defense a Must

Posted by Neha Malhi
|Date: January 05, 2022
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Defense Expert Argues to Dismantle Wrongful Convictions, Investing in Public Defense a Must

By Neha Malhi NEW YORK, NY – Emily Galvin-Almanza, a co-founder of nonprofit Partners for Justice (PFJ) a ...

By Neha Malhi NEW YORK, NY – Emily Galvin-Almanza, a co-founder of nonprofit Partners for Justice (PFJ) and an expert leader on the role of public defense in the criminal legal space, argues that “inv ...

January 05, 2022
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New York State Lawmakers, ‘Exonerated Five’ Members Introduce Series of Bills that Challenge Wrongful Convictions

Posted by Julia Urquizo
|Date: December 19, 2021
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New York State Lawmakers, ‘Exonerated Five’ Members Introduce Series of Bills that Challenge Wrongful Convictions

By Julia Urquizo NEW YORK, NY - New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblyman Clyde Vanel—joined b ...

By Julia Urquizo NEW YORK, NY - New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblyman Clyde Vanel—joined by members of the “Exonerated Five”—introduced a series of bills last week to prevent wrongful c ...

December 19, 2021
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