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Tearful Prosecutor Admits Failures in Day 4 of Kansas Misconduct Hearing

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|Date: December 11, 2020
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Tearful Prosecutor Admits Failures in Day 4 of Kansas Misconduct Hearing

By Layla Mustafa TOPEKA, KA – In Thursday’s portion of weeklong proceedings here by the Kansas Board for ...

By Layla Mustafa TOPEKA, KA – In Thursday’s portion of weeklong proceedings here by the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys involving former Shawnee County Deputy DA Jacqie Spradling, the now-Bou ...

December 11, 2020
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Alleged Prosecution Misconduct Hearing in Kansas Resumes for Third Day

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|Date: December 10, 2020
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Alleged Prosecution Misconduct Hearing in Kansas Resumes for Third Day

By Alana Bleimann and Koda Slingluff KANSAS – Prosecutorial misconduct proceedings for ex-Shawnee County ...

By Alana Bleimann and Koda Slingluff KANSAS – Prosecutorial misconduct proceedings for ex-Shawnee County Deputy DA Jacqie Spradling opened for a third day Wednesday as two key witnesses were presented ...

December 10, 2020
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Alleged Prosecutorial Misconduct Hearing in Kansas Reconvenes for Second Day

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|Date: December 09, 2020
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Alleged Prosecutorial Misconduct Hearing in Kansas Reconvenes for Second Day

By Nickolas Kwok and Julian Verdon KANSAS – A law enforcement officer attempted to shed some light here T ...

By Nickolas Kwok and Julian Verdon KANSAS – A law enforcement officer attempted to shed some light here Tuesday by recounting his investigation of Dana Chandler during day two of the hearing for prose ...

December 09, 2020
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Misconduct Hearing Against Kansas Prosecutor Opens – 2 Cases of Misconduct Alleged

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|Date: December 08, 2020
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Misconduct Hearing Against Kansas Prosecutor Opens – 2 Cases of Misconduct Alleged

By Alana Bleimann and Dalia Bautista Rodriguez KANSAS - Day one of a virtual hearing began Monday in whic ...

By Alana Bleimann and Dalia Bautista Rodriguez KANSAS - Day one of a virtual hearing began Monday in which attorneys made their opening statements in the case of prosecutorial misconduct and prosecuto ...

December 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 2020 Vote Saw Pro-Reform Prosecutors Win – They Need to Fix Mistakes by their Predecessors

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|Date: November 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 2020 Vote Saw Pro-Reform Prosecutors Win – They Need to Fix Mistakes by their Predecessors

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Barry Scheck Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases fr ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Barry Scheck Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases from 1989 to 2019 that later resulted in exonerations. Against the backdrop of protests against r ...

November 30, 2020
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Man Wrongfully Convicted 30 Years Ago Finally Freed – Prosecutor on Hot Seat

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|Date: October 26, 2020
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Man Wrongfully Convicted 30 Years Ago Finally Freed – Prosecutor on Hot Seat

By Pavan Potti PHILADELPHIA – On a 1985 day in Northern Philadelphia, a drug deal gone wrong led to the d ...

By Pavan Potti PHILADELPHIA – On a 1985 day in Northern Philadelphia, a drug deal gone wrong led to the double murder of two brothers, Luis and Hector Camacho. The event occurred in broad daylight and ...

October 26, 2020
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Eighth Federal Execution This Year Scheduled Nov. 19 Despite Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct

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|Date: October 02, 2020
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Eighth Federal Execution This Year Scheduled Nov. 19 Despite Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct

By Julian Verdon TERRA HAUTE, IN – Decades ago, an all-white jury sentenced Orlando Hall, who is Black, t ...

By Julian Verdon TERRA HAUTE, IN – Decades ago, an all-white jury sentenced Orlando Hall, who is Black, to death for murder, despite his attorneys stating that the jury did not hear critical facts abo ...

October 02, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part IX – Federal White Collar Crimes and Prosecution Lies

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|Date: September 29, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part IX – Federal White Collar Crimes and Prosecution Lies

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

(This is the ninth of 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 29, 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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Looking Back: Never Again – PART 2

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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Looking Back: Never Again – PART 2

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"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 well as across the c ...

September 27, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 76: It Could Happen to You

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|Date: September 24, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 76: It Could Happen to You

Everyday Injustice podcast covers criminal justice reform, mass incarceration, wrongful convictions, and ...

Everyday Injustice podcast covers criminal justice reform, mass incarceration, wrongful convictions, and more. - Episode 76: It Could Happen to You Jeffrey Deskovic and Bill Bastuk. Deskovic was wron ...

September 24, 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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EXONERATIONS: Part III in the Series – Threats and Manipulation by Government Officials

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|Date: September 23, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part III in the Series – Threats and Manipulation by Government Officials

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

(This is the third 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 A ...

September 23, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part II in the Series – Frequency of Official Misconduct/ Characteristics of Misconduct and Its Disparities

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|Date: September 22, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part II in the Series – Frequency of Official Misconduct/ Characteristics of Misconduct and Its Disparities

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

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

September 22, 2020
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Comprehensive Study Shows Official Misconduct Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: September 20, 2020
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Comprehensive Study Shows Official Misconduct Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions

By Linhchi Nguyen Research indicates that among all cases where defendants were convicted of crimes in th ...

By Linhchi Nguyen Research indicates that among all cases where defendants were convicted of crimes in the United States and later exonerated by new evidence of innocence, over half of these wrongful ...

September 20, 2020
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Yolo DA’s Office Hires Deputy Found to Have Committed Prosecutorial Misconduct in Another County

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|Date: September 09, 2020
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Yolo DA’s Office Hires Deputy Found to Have Committed Prosecutorial Misconduct in Another County

By David M. Greenwald Once again, Yolo County has hired a prosecutor from another county who was found t ...

By David M. Greenwald Once again, Yolo County has hired a prosecutor from another county who was found to have committed prosecutorial misconduct. Last fall, they hired David Wilson, who had been a ...

September 09, 2020
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Looking Back: The Role of the Media in Setting the Stage for Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: August 16, 2020
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Looking Back: The Role of the Media in Setting the Stage for Wrongful Convictions

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"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 well as across the c ...

August 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Reporter Facing Criminal Prosecution in Santa Clara County Releases New Video (Video)

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|Date: July 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Reporter Facing Criminal Prosecution in Santa Clara County Releases New Video (Video)

Silicon Valley reporter Susan Bassi, who is being criminally prosecuted by Santa Clara County District At ...

Silicon Valley reporter Susan Bassi, who is being criminally prosecuted by Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, has released a new video related to her criminal case. At the local level, t ...

July 23, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 69 – Wife of Walter Barton Speaks Out

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|Date: June 09, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 69 – Wife of Walter Barton Speaks Out

On May 19, Walter Barton became the first person executed in the US in over two months, convicted of kill ...

On May 19, Walter Barton became the first person executed in the US in over two months, convicted of killing an 81-year-old acquaintance nearly three decades ago. But the Innocence Project and others ...

June 09, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 66 – Matt Toporowski Runs for Albany DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 04, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 66 – Matt Toporowski Runs for Albany DA

Matt Toporowski is running for DA in Albany, NY. A current defense attorney and former prosecutor, he is ...

Matt Toporowski is running for DA in Albany, NY. A current defense attorney and former prosecutor, he is challenging the incumbent DA in the Democratic primary, scheduled for June 23. Albany County DA ...

May 04, 2020
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