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Charles Erickson: Missouri; Bulletin: The Midwest Innocence Project has taken on his case. Erickson is serving a 25-year sentence for second-degree murder in the 2001 death of Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt..."The Kansas City-based organization works to exonerate wrongfully convicted people in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa and Nebraska."...... (Associated Press);

Next: Leo Ackley; Anthony Ball; Michigan; Bulletin; Battlecreek Inquirer; Shaken baby syndrome; (Disappointing decision. HL); Judge has ruled that prosecutors can present evidence about head trauma in the October murder trials of Leo Ackley and Anthony Ball even if the science is disputed.Calhoun County judge ruled Friday. Circuit Judge John Hallacy said prosecutors could present evidence about head trauma in the October trials of Leo Ackley and Anthony Ball even if the science is disputed. "There is widespread acceptance even though it is not unanimous," Hallacy said Friday. He said there is science that has validity even though two experts who testified in a daylong hearing agreed there is a difference of opinion."...""You will never get 100 percent agreement," said Castellani, who was called by prosecutors to testify. "There is broad consensus but there will always be people with other points of view." Dragovic, a defense witness, said cases are individual "and there are cases when we can't determine the manner of death and we sometimes have to say 'I don't know.'"..."Calhoun County Assistant Prosecutor Karen Pawloski said while there may be different opinions reached by doctors in each case, the basic science still is sound and can be introduced. But Kymberly Schroder, representing Ball, argued the testimony only showed gray areas in the science and "both doctors said there are no reliable principals or methods. Everything is case-by-case and there is not a large body they can rely on." Andrew Rodenhouse, representing Ackley said the science can't determine how much force is required to injure a child, the critical question in both cases." Reporter Trace Christenson; Battle Creek Inquirer;
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"The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the Midwest Innocence Project has taken the case of Charles Erickson, who's serving a 25-year sentence for second-degree murder in the 2001 death of Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt. Erickson's testimony in the case, which he has since claimed was a lie, implicated Ryan Ferguson, who served nearly 10 years behind bars before he was released in 2013.
The Kansas City-based organization works to exonerate wrongfully convicted people in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa and Nebraska."
 
See also Erickson's supporter's web site at the link below. (There is a thorough summary of the case and a section deals in some detail with false confessions); 
 
See related Daily Beast story 'Escaping the hell of forced confessions' at the link below;

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