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Yes, I Witnessed Violence in Prison – Part 1

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|Date: January 17, 2021
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Yes, I Witnessed Violence in Prison – Part 1

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 ...

January 17, 2021
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Another Exoneration – 17th – of Wrongfully Convicted Person in Philly

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|Date: January 02, 2021
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Another Exoneration – 17th – of Wrongfully Convicted Person in Philly

By Jose Medina PHILADELPHIA – Many people are wrongfully convicted of crimes in the U.S., but very few ar ...

By Jose Medina PHILADELPHIA – Many people are wrongfully convicted of crimes in the U.S., but very few are exonerated—Robert Outlaw was one of those few, thanks to the diligent work of Philadelphia Di ...

January 02, 2021
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Suffolk County District Attorney Argues Man Wrongfully Convicted in 1991 Homicide

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|Date: December 29, 2020
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Suffolk County District Attorney Argues Man Wrongfully Convicted in 1991 Homicide

By Kianna Anvari SUFFOLK COUNTY, MA– After the Suffolk County District Attorney motioned for a new trial ...

By Kianna Anvari SUFFOLK COUNTY, MA– After the Suffolk County District Attorney motioned for a new trial for a man convicted in a 1991 homicide, he was freed based on wrongful-conviction. District Att ...

December 29, 2020
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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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Guest Commentary: A Letter from an Innocent Man Wrongly Incarcerated

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|Date: December 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: A Letter from an Innocent Man Wrongly Incarcerated

By Tevarez Lopez Greetings and blessings. First and foremost I hope that this supplication for help, succ ...

By Tevarez Lopez Greetings and blessings. First and foremost I hope that this supplication for help, succor, grace and mercy has found you in the best of spirits. My name is Tevarez Richard Lopez but ...

December 21, 2020
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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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CA Supreme Court Tosses Kim Long Conviction – She Spent 7 Years in Prison for Murder

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|Date: December 04, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Tosses Kim Long Conviction – She Spent 7 Years in Prison for Murder

By Ruby Chavez SAN FRANCISCO – Kim Long was incarcerated seven years in prison for the murder of her li ...

By Ruby Chavez SAN FRANCISCO – Kim Long was incarcerated seven years in prison for the murder of her live-in boyfriend, which she did not commit and spent 17 years trying to prove her innocence. But ...

December 04, 2020
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VANGUARD INVESTIGATION: New Evidence Reveals California’s Longest Serving Inmate on Death Row May Actually be Innocent

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|Date: November 17, 2020
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VANGUARD INVESTIGATION: New Evidence Reveals California’s Longest Serving Inmate on Death Row May Actually be Innocent

By Roxanna Jarvis and Cailin Garcia CALIFORNIA – After decades of fighting for his release, Douglas Ray S ...

By Roxanna Jarvis and Cailin Garcia CALIFORNIA – After decades of fighting for his release, Douglas Ray Stankewitz may finally have a real chance at freedom. In an all-encompassing Writ of Habeas Corp ...

November 17, 2020
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After Years of Trying, Joseph Webster Finally Finds Relief in 2006 Tennessee Conviction

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|Date: November 11, 2020
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After Years of Trying, Joseph Webster Finally Finds Relief in 2006 Tennessee Conviction

By Ruby Chavez NASHVILLE, TN – It’s not as though Joseph Webster ever stopped trying, and on Tuesday, Nov ...

By Ruby Chavez NASHVILLE, TN – It’s not as though Joseph Webster ever stopped trying, and on Tuesday, Nov. 10, a “Note of Intent” was successfully filed in the Webster v. Tennessee Case NO. 2005-B-138 ...

November 11, 2020
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Tennessee Governor Grants Reprieve on COVID Grounds in Pervis Payne Execution Case

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|Date: November 07, 2020
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Tennessee Governor Grants Reprieve on COVID Grounds in Pervis Payne Execution Case

By Lauren Smith TENNESSEE – Friday, Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee granted defendant Pervis Payne, a man ...

By Lauren Smith TENNESSEE – Friday, Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee granted defendant Pervis Payne, a man whose execution was scheduled for December 3, a reprieve until April 9, 2021 because of the COV ...

November 07, 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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ACLU Files Brief in Support of Motion to Reopen Case of Woman Convicted of Murder for Stillborn Birth

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|Date: October 22, 2020
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ACLU Files Brief in Support of Motion to Reopen Case of Woman Convicted of Murder for Stillborn Birth

By Özge Terzioğlu FRESNO— The ACLU of Northern California and Drug Policy Alliance filed briefs in suppor ...

By Özge Terzioğlu FRESNO— The ACLU of Northern California and Drug Policy Alliance filed briefs in support of a motion to allow for Adora Perez, who is serving 11 years in prison for manslaughter afte ...

October 22, 2020
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Exonerated Roscetti 4 Oppose Patrick O’Brien for Cook County State Attorney with History of Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: October 18, 2020
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Exonerated Roscetti 4 Oppose Patrick O’Brien for Cook County State Attorney with History of Wrongful Convictions

By Linhchi Nguyen CHICAGO – The “Roscetti Four” – wrongfully convicted men who were eventually exonerated ...

By Linhchi Nguyen CHICAGO – The “Roscetti Four” – wrongfully convicted men who were eventually exonerated – are opposing, in a campaign video, one of the candidates for Cook County State Attorney, cha ...

October 18, 2020
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Commentary: Scott Peterson’s Case May Return for a New Trial – and It Should

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2020
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Commentary: Scott Peterson’s Case May Return for a New Trial – and It Should

By David Greenwald While last month the California Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in the Scott ...

By David Greenwald While last month the California Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in the Scott Peterson case, that was almost a moot point because there effectively is not a death penalty i ...

October 16, 2020
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‘Factually Innocent’ Man Exonerated after Spending 7 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery

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|Date: October 07, 2020
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‘Factually Innocent’ Man Exonerated after Spending 7 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – After seven years in prison, Derek Harris was exonerated and released Tuesd ...

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – After seven years in prison, Derek Harris was exonerated and released Tuesday. Director of the California Innocence Project Justin Brooks stated, “This is the way exonera ...

October 07, 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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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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