David Eastman: (New gunshot residue case): Yet another delay; He has been...
STORY: "Eastman given deadline to find legal team," by reporter Michael Inman, published by the Canberra Times on March 4, 2013.GIST: "David Eastman's legal team have been given two weeks to find the...
View ArticleAnnie Doukhan: American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts steps in:...
STORY: "Mass. high court asked to rule on drug lab scandal," published by WWLP on March 6. 2013.GIST: "The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is asking the state's highest court to get...
View ArticleBulletin: Shelley Richter Missouri; Update of Day Two; Day care facility;...
STORY: "Update: Day 2 of testimony concludes in Shelley Richter trial," by reporters Meghann Mollerus and Nick Chabarria, published by KOMU on March 12, 2013;GIST: "Prosecutors called five witnesses,...
View ArticleAnnie Dookhan: The Associated Press reports that a Massachuset's judge has...
STORY: "Mass. judge sends drug lab cases to high court," published by Associated Press on March 12, 2013.GIST: "A justice of Massachusetts' highest court has agreed to ask the full court to decide two...
View ArticleBulletin: Shelley Richter: Missouri; ("Shaken baby syndrome" case): Jury...
STORY: "Babysitter guilty of endangering child's welfare; Babysitter accused of shaking 7 month-old in her care in 2010," by reporter Bob Watson, published in the News Tribune on March 13, 2013.GIST:...
View ArticleMegan Martzen: Mistrial aftermath; Babysitter had been charged with murdering...
STORY: "Martzen hearing postponed," by reporter Jodie Reyna, published in the Reedley Exponent on March 7, 2013.GIST: "A court hearing on the future of the Megan Martzen murder case was postponed on...
View ArticleJonathan Salvador: Grits for Breakfast predicts that thousands of drug cases...
STORY: "Thousands of drug cases may be overturned because DPS lab worker allegedly faked results," published by Grits For Breakfast in March, 2013.GIST: "If the court continues to apply that standard...
View ArticleManuel Velez: Reasonable Doubt: Pamela Colloff looks at new testimony from...
ARTICLE: "Reasonable doubt: The Manuel Velez case," by Pamela Colloff, published in Texas Monthly on March 6, 2013.SUB_HEADING: "A Brownsville construction worker named Manuel Velez was sent to...
View ArticleGeorge Souliotes: California; Faulty arson "science" case; Good News: A...
POST: "Federal magistrate recommends granting the petition in NCIP arson case," by Mark Godsey. published by the Wrongful Convictions Blog on March 8, 2013.GIST: "The Magistrate recommended that the...
View ArticleHank Skinner: Latest round of DNA tests submitted to State; Final court...
STORY: "DPS submits 2nd round of (Hank) Skinner DNA tests," published by the Pampa News on March 7, 2013.GIST: "Follow-up DNA tests in the Hank Skinner triple-murder case have been submitted by the...
View ArticleAudrey Edmonds: (Shaken baby syndrome case): Innocence Blog reviews "It...
BOOK REVIEW: "It happened to Audrey," published by the Innocence Blog on March 8, 2013. GIST: "In honor of International Women’s Day, the Innocence Blog reviews a new book by Audrey Edmunds about her...
View ArticleFailed Science; Josh D. Lee reviews "Failed Science: Why criminal law ignores...
BOOK REVIEW: Josh D. Lee reviews "Failed Science: Why law enforcement resists science," by David A. Harris, published in 2012 by New York University Press, for the Chemical & Engineering Digest....
View ArticleWillie Grimes: North Carolina; Another man is indicted for the 1987 rape...
STORY: "Hickory man indicted for 1980's rape," by reporter Skip Marsden, published in the Hickory Daily record on March 8, 2013. GIST: “This case originated out of an inquiry by the Innocence...
View ArticleDoug Prade: How the Innocence Project used DNA testing to overcome junk...
STORY: "Members of Innocence Project use DNA testing to help free ex-cop," published by RYOT News on March 11, 2103.GIST: "The students’ prospect of success was tied to the evidence that helped to...
View ArticleDNA exonerations: Commentator Lisa Falkenberg takes on a prosecutors' claim...
COMMENTARY: "Prosecutors need to be accountable for their actions," by Lisa Falkenberg, publikshed by the Houston Chronicle on March 6, 2013.GIST: "In an ethics training video leaked recently by...
View ArticleBrad Cooper: North Carolina; First degree murder; Trial judge's refusal to...
STORY: "State responds to Brad Cooper's murder conviction," by reporter Herather Moore, published by News 14 on February 28, 2013.GIST: "In the appeal, Cooper's attorneys say the judge should have...
View ArticleThe Friedman case: (Subject matter of the documentary "Capturing the...
STORY: "New Scholarship spotlight: Destruction of innocence: The Friedman case: How coerced testimony and confessions harm children and families and communities for decades after the wrongful...
View ArticleAmanda Knox: Acquittal overturned; Italian court orders new trial. Court's...
STORY: "Italian court orders new trial for Amanda Knox," published by the Associated Press on March 26, 2013.GIST: "Italy's highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned the acquittal of Knox in the...
View ArticleJennifer Hollis: Mississippi; Acquitted woman sues forensic pathologist Dr....
STORY: "Acquitted woman sues forensic pathologist," by reporter Jesse Bass, published by the Hattiesburg American on March 20, 2013.GIST: "A woman acquitted of a murder charge in the 2002 Lamar County...
View ArticleAmanda Knox: Several compelling reasons why Italy should be denied a third...
EDITORIAL: "Italy should be denied a third shot at Amanda Knox," published by the Seattle Times on March 26, 2013.GIST: "More than five years after the tragic murder of her roommate, Seattle’s Amanda...
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