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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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On Wednesday, a Tennessee Court Decides on Allowing DNA Testing – Pervis Payne’s Life Depends on It.

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|Date: September 15, 2020
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On Wednesday, a Tennessee Court Decides on Allowing DNA Testing – Pervis Payne’s Life Depends on It.

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – Pervis Payne may know this coming Wednesday if he’ll be killed Dec. 3 or no ...

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – Pervis Payne may know this coming Wednesday if he’ll be killed Dec. 3 or not. On September 16 of this year, the Shelby County Criminal Court will issue a decision on Payn ...

September 15, 2020
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‘Innocent and Released: Now What?’ CA Innocence Project Webinar & Kiera Newsome

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|Date: September 15, 2020
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‘Innocent and Released: Now What?’ CA Innocence Project Webinar & Kiera Newsome

By Cailin Garcia Kiera Newsome was only 17 years old when she was wrongfully convicted of first-degree mu ...

By Cailin Garcia Kiera Newsome was only 17 years old when she was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder. Now, 19 years later, she was a featured speaker Monday for the California Innocence Proje ...

September 15, 2020
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For More Than 30 Years, Florida Man Fights to Prove Innocence

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|Date: September 14, 2020
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For More Than 30 Years, Florida Man Fights to Prove Innocence

By Julietta Bisharyan FLORIDA - It has been 30 years since Crosley Green was convicted of murdering Charl ...

By Julietta Bisharyan FLORIDA - It has been 30 years since Crosley Green was convicted of murdering Charles “Chip” Flynn, Jr., in 1989, and for 19 years he has been on Florida’s death row. And yet, to ...

September 14, 2020
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Charges against Curtis Flowers Are Finally Dropped – After 23 Years on Death Row, He Goes Free

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|Date: September 07, 2020
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Charges against Curtis Flowers Are Finally Dropped – After 23 Years on Death Row, He Goes Free

By Gabriela Tsudik A Mississippi man, Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for a single case after two ...

By Gabriela Tsudik A Mississippi man, Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for a single case after two decades of trials, is finally free. Curtis Flowers was subjected to 23 years behind bars and, ...

September 07, 2020
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Coalition Groups Urge District Attorney to Support DNA Testing for Man on Death Row

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|Date: September 01, 2020
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Coalition Groups Urge District Attorney to Support DNA Testing for Man on Death Row

By Julietta Bisharyan MEMPHIS - For more than three decades after being sentenced to death, Pervis Payne ...

By Julietta Bisharyan MEMPHIS - For more than three decades after being sentenced to death, Pervis Payne has maintained his innocence. With his execution date on Dec. 3, 2020, looming, DNA testing cou ...

September 01, 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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Appellate Court Orders New Hearing for Ronnie Long

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|Date: August 26, 2020
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Appellate Court Orders New Hearing for Ronnie Long

By David M. Greenwald Ronnie Long has been imprisoned for 44 years for a rape that occurred in North Caro ...

By David M. Greenwald Ronnie Long has been imprisoned for 44 years for a rape that occurred in North Carolina in 1976. But the evidence that convicted him is unreliable, the prosecution withheld excu ...

August 26, 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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Memphis District Attorney Opposes Death Row Man’s Petition for DNA Testing

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|Date: August 01, 2020
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Memphis District Attorney Opposes Death Row Man’s Petition for DNA Testing

By Zhuoshan Liu MEMPHIS, TN - Friday, Pervis Payne’s attorney’s request for DNA testing was opposed by Sh ...

By Zhuoshan Liu MEMPHIS, TN - Friday, Pervis Payne’s attorney’s request for DNA testing was opposed by Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich. Payne, a Black man with an intellectual disability a ...

August 01, 2020
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Change.org Petition: Bring Ajay Dev Home

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|Date: July 29, 2020
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Change.org Petition: Bring Ajay Dev Home

Ajay Dev is a 53-year-old father of two. He is currently serving a 378-year aggregated sentence in Mule C ...

Ajay Dev is a 53-year-old father of two. He is currently serving a 378-year aggregated sentence in Mule Creek State Prison in Amador County for sexual assault, a crime that he and several hundred othe ...

July 29, 2020
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Looking Back: Misidentification: The Leading Cause Of Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: July 26, 2020
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Looking Back: Misidentification: The Leading Cause Of 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 ...

July 26, 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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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Brian Davidson’ (1987)

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|Date: July 24, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Brian Davidson’ (1987)

30 Years Later, Man’s Conviction for Vicious Rape Fully Vacated By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN -- After spendin ...

30 Years Later, Man’s Conviction for Vicious Rape Fully Vacated By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN -- After spending 30 years in prison, Brian Davidson was finally released as a result of the work of the Brookl ...

July 24, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Miguel Foster’ (2007)

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|Date: July 22, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Miguel Foster’ (2007)

‘Obviously Fake’ Confession Among Other Errors Exonerates Brooklyn Man of Murder By Nicholas Gardner BROO ...

‘Obviously Fake’ Confession Among Other Errors Exonerates Brooklyn Man of Murder By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – Kings County District Attorney’s Office along with The Innocence Project and WilmerHale ...

July 22, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Spencer Mitchell (2005)

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|Date: July 20, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Spencer Mitchell (2005)

Spencer Mitchell Received Life Sentence Without Evidence Implicating Him By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – E ...

Spencer Mitchell Received Life Sentence Without Evidence Implicating Him By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – Earlier in July, the Kings County District Attorney’s Office along with The Innocence Project an ...

July 20, 2020
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Looking Back: The Role Of Prosecutors and Judges in Perpetuating Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: July 19, 2020
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Looking Back: The Role Of Prosecutors and Judges in Perpetuating 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 ...

July 19, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nicholas Warren’ (1986)

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|Date: July 19, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nicholas Warren’ (1986)

‘Significant Witness Credibility Issues,’ Recantation Frees Man 34 Years Later By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – ...

‘Significant Witness Credibility Issues,’ Recantation Frees Man 34 Years Later By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving his time, defendant Nicholas Warren finally got his conviction of robbery vacate ...

July 19, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Zander Wright’ (1995)

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|Date: July 18, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Zander Wright’ (1995)

Prosecutor’s “Hearsay” Evidence Causes Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – A robbery-gone-wro ...

Prosecutor’s “Hearsay” Evidence Causes Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – A robbery-gone-wrong resulted in four injured victims, one burned victim, and one homicide—and Zander Wright, a p ...

July 18, 2020
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