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Frank Gable’s innocence: Major (long overdue) Development; Police coersion...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Francke’s brothers Kevin and Patrick have consistently argued that Gable is innocent. They have long believed their brother was killed by corrupt officials within the corrections...

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Ricky Birch and Shawn Henning: Connecticut:" Reporter Edmund H. Mahony,...

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "When it reversed the convictions, the state Supreme Court said no evidence ever existed of any blood on the towel. In addition, the court said Lee had no way of knowing what the...

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Discredited former forensic scientist Yvonne 'Missy' Woods: Colorado: Major...

PREFACE: "The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scandal involving the state's most prolific and revered DNA analyst, Yvonne Woods, has led to the discovery of irregularities in procedures and...

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John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell: Illinois: Anatomy of an oppressive...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This Blog is interested in false confessions because of the disturbing number of exonerations in the USA, Canada and multiple other jurisdictions throughout the world, where, in the...

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Mark Lanterman Computer forensics expert: The former police officer and...

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "attorneys involved in at least nine cases where Lanterman or his firm provided expert witness testimony or investigative work, notifying them that the Hennepin County Attorney’s...

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Criminalizing: Abortion: Jessica Valenti, of 'Abortion, Every Day', tells the...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Attacking Science, Medicine and the Right to Live:  In recent years, I have taken on the  theme of 'criminalizing reproduction' - a natural theme for a Blog concerned with  flawed...

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Barton McNeil: Jamie Snow: Illinois; Much at stake in these two back-to- back...

PASSAGE ONE  OF THE DAY:  (McNeil): "In February 2024, McLean County judge William Yoder denied McNeil’s request for a new trial, despite assertions that Nowlin confessed to killing Christina to two...

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Areli Escobar: Texas: Major (Unwelcome) Development: Bulletin: (Testing by...

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Prosecutors heavily relied on DNA evidence analyzed by the Austin Police Department’s laboratory, as well as a private laboratory.The police laboratory was later closed down after...

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False Confessions: Amanda Knox, the author of “Free: My Search for Meaning,”...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This Blog is interested in false confessions because of the disturbing number of exonerations in the USA, Canada and multiple other jurisdictions throughout the world, where, in the...

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Tre Kenneth Clay: Vacaville, California; Shake baby syndrome: The preliminary...

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Court records indicate that Clay was to face a jury trial earlier this month, when Deputy District Attorney Elaine Kuo made a motion to continue.But Garcia objected, and Ellis did...

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Neo-natal nurse Lucy Letby: U.K. Her parents 'firmly believe" their...

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "In January her legal team said it would make a fresh bid to challenge her convictions on the grounds the lead prosecution medical expert at her trial was "not reliable". A public...

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Yvonne Missy Woods: Colorado: Bulletin: A bill aimed at preventing future...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Jeanne Segil of the Korey Wise Innocence Project stated that the bill is crucial in providing relief to defendants who may have been wrongfully convicted due to Woods' misconduct and...

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PUBLISHER/S NOTE: Iwao Hakamada and Tommy Zeigler: An extraordinary tale of...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: (Denial of DNA testing):   "WORDS TO HEED: FROM OUR POST ON KEVIN COOPER'S  APPLICATION FOR POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING; CALIFORNIA: (Applicable wherever a state resists DNA testing):...

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Tomasz Komenda: Poland: Three News Stories: From our 'Enough to make one...

 STORY ONE:  Tomasz Komenda: Poland:  ACQUITTED (After 18 years in prison): 2018;----------------------------------------------------------------QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Mr Komenda later said: "For the last...

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Tre Kenneth Clay: California; (A father facing alleged wrongful accusations...

PASSAGE  OE OF THE DAY: "When questioned by Judge Ellis as to why intubation occurred if Elijah presented at both hospitals as being “normal,” Dr. Galaznik stated, “I am not sure why…with normal vital...

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Discredited former South Australian Chief Pathologist Colin Manock:...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Eminent legal researcher Dr. Robert Moles has spent years exposing the elephant in South Australia's criminal justice system: A discredited, unqualified, incompetent chief pathologist...

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Computer Expert Mark Lanterman: Minneapolis: (Two Cities): From our 'Here we...

PASSAGE ONE OF THE DAY: "Sean Harrington — the whistleblower who raised concerns about Lanterman’s past — issued notices to several lawyers, courts and clients connected to CFS, including attorneys on...

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Louisville Metro Police Department: (LMPD): Kentucky: DNA Labs International:...

BACKGROUND: "Louisville police pay millions to use Florida DNA lab due to years-long backlog inn Kentucky…While  0000 are coming much quicker, court officials say the the lab is violating the...

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Major (Welcome) Development: (A Very rare one indeed!) Two long retired...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I hope the message will be heard, loud and clear, for every person who testifies under oath, provides information to police or who provides information to a court that your lies will...

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Iwao Hakamada; Japan: Bulletin: He has been awarded $1.4 million after 46...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This Blog is interested in false confessions because of the disturbing number of exonerations in the USA, Canada and multiple other jurisdictions throughout the world, where, in the...

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Carl Dukes: New York State will pay $8M to this man who was wrongly convicted...

PASSAGE OF THE DAY:  "Dukes and Jones were both released from prison in 2016. They had maintained their innocence from the beginning and accused detectives of making threats, including invoking the...

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Faulty DNA Tests: California: From our 'Here we Go Again' Department?: A...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "In a statement posted on social media, the Los Angeles County public defender, Ricardo D. García, said that the use of the faulty kits had a “far-reaching impact on countless pending...

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Karen Read; Massachusetts. Boston Herald (Reporter Flint McColgan) presents...

PUBLISHERS NOTE: As Karen Reads retrial (following a mistrial)  which starts tomorrow (Tuesday March 31)  promises to be loaded with issues of interest to this Blog.  I will drop in on the trial from...

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Robert Roberson: Death Row: Texas. Dallas County will consider an independent...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "“That autopsy has been the subject of widespread criticism by a range of medical specialists, including numerous forensic pathologists,” Gretchen Sween, one of Robersons attorneys,...

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Flawed Arson 'Science': Michelle Taylor: Smoke or Errors: Florida: Another...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Not long after my trip to St. Augustine, Taylor was released on bond after nearly three years in jail and reunited with her family. As her joy and relief began to fade, so did her...

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