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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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Monday Morning Thoughts: The System in the US Really Doesn’t Work

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The System in the US Really Doesn’t Work

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editors I have heard over the years the assertion that while acknowledgin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editors I have heard over the years the assertion that while acknowledging the flaws in the US “justice” system, the commentator inevitably proclaims, ‘it’s the best in ...

December 13, 2021
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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Death Penalty Case That Could Gut Protections against Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Trial or in the Appellate Courts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2021
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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Death Penalty Case That Could Gut Protections against Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Trial or in the Appellate Courts

By David M. Greenwald Next week, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Arizona prosecutors’ challenges ...

By David M. Greenwald Next week, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Arizona prosecutors’ challenges to federal appellate court rulings that allowed the consideration of evidence of ineffective a ...

December 03, 2021
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Two Men Wrongly Imprisoned for Killing Malcom X 55 Years Ago Exonerated – Corrected Justice Bittersweet

Posted by Samuel Van Blaricom
|Date: November 19, 2021
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Two Men Wrongly Imprisoned for Killing Malcom X 55 Years Ago Exonerated – Corrected Justice Bittersweet

By Samuel Van Blaricom MANHATTAN, NY – The headline read: “Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here.” These ...

By Samuel Van Blaricom MANHATTAN, NY – The headline read: “Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here.” These words greeted millions of New Yorkers as they picked up their copy of the New York Times and sh ...

November 19, 2021
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Judge Won’t Recommend Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grant Death-Row Inmate Rodney Reed Re-trial

Posted by Catherine Hamilton
|Date: November 03, 2021
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Judge Won’t Recommend Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grant Death-Row Inmate Rodney Reed Re-trial

By Catherine Hamilton and Natalia Ruvalcaba BASTROP COUNTY, TX —Judge J.D. Langley of the 21st Judicial D ...

By Catherine Hamilton and Natalia Ruvalcaba BASTROP COUNTY, TX —Judge J.D. Langley of the 21st Judicial District County in Bastrop County, Texas, late Monday declined to advise the Texas Court of Crim ...

November 03, 2021
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The Innocence Projects Points to ‘Historic’ Justice Reform Wins All Across U.S. in 2021

Posted by Luke Kyaw
|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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Two Arizona Men Could Get Death Sentences Reduced When SCOTUS Hears New Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2021
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Two Arizona Men Could Get Death Sentences Reduced When SCOTUS Hears New Case

By Lauren Smith and Wendy Moya ARIZONA, AZ - Two men previously given a death sentence could now have the ...

By Lauren Smith and Wendy Moya ARIZONA, AZ - Two men previously given a death sentence could now have their respective cases reconsidered because of claims of inadequate legal counsel. In 1989, in the ...

September 28, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Will Oklahoma Governor Spare Julius Jones from Execution?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2021
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Will Oklahoma Governor Spare Julius Jones from Execution?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma, City – This week the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma, City – This week the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set an executive date for Julius Jones for November 18, despite a September 13 action by the Ok ...

September 23, 2021
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