Rodricus Crawford: Louisiana; (He was sentenced to death for smothering his...
STORY: "Louisiana; America's death penalty capital: can a black DA really change the system?" by reporter Yolanda Young, published by The Guardian on March 13, 2106.SUB-HEADING: "After years of what...
View ArticleBulletin: Joseph Buffey; West Virginia; WAJR reports that a status hearing...
"Joseph “Joe” Anthony Buffey is scheduled to appear for a status hearing in Harrison County Circuit Court at 11 a.m. Thursday morning. Last month, Buffey was permitted to withdraw guilty pleas made as...
View ArticleBulletin: Keith Harward: Virginia: Bite-mark expert testimony succombs to...
"Recent DNA testing proves that a former sailor, convicted primarily on questionable bite mark evidence, is innocent of the savage 1982 rape of a Newport News woman and the murder of her husband, the...
View ArticleJoseph Buffey: West Virginia; "Even with DNA in hand, crime lab results are...
COMMENTARY: "The Genetic Panopticon" by Prof. Brandon Garrett, published by the Boston Review on March 17, 2016. (Brandon L. Garrett is Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law at the...
View ArticleBulletin: Joseph Buffey; West Virginia; Curious Development. The status...
'A status hearing for a man who recently was allowed to withdraw guilty pleas to a 2002 conviction in Harrison County was canceled Thursday. Attorneys did not disclose what issue was brought up to the...
View ArticleBulletin: Teina Pora: 'In Dark Places: The Confessions of Teina Pora and an...
"Teina Pora, convicted for a murder he did not commit and wrongly imprisoned for 21 years, needs an apology, according to a new book out on Friday. In Dark Places: The Confessions of Teina Pora and an...
View ArticleBulletin: Rodney Lincoln; Missouri: Convicted by her testimony in 1982; Now...
"It was an emotional day in a Jefferson City courtroom Thursday as the key witness in a murder trial from 1982 tearfully recanted her testimony. She did so after watching a program here on Fox 2....
View ArticleJoseph Buffey: West Virginia; WDTV reports the apparent reason his hearing -...
"News has learned the reason why a hearing for Joseph A. Buffey was canceled Thursday morning.According to the Harrison County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, a new judge will be handling the Buffey...
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Bulletin: Texas; Steven Mark Chaney); San Antonio Express-News calls for a...
Attorneys Say U.S. Sailor was wrongfully Convicted Based on Bite Mark Evidence Share This: Posted: March 14, 2016 6:10 PMOne late September night in 1982, a man was beaten to death with a crowbar...
View ArticleBulletin: Radley Balko; A trio of junk forensic science cases; Hak Tak Lee;...
POST: " A trio of junk forensic science cases," by Radley Balko, published by the Washington Post on March 17, 2016. (Radley Balko blogs about criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties for The...
View ArticleThe Charles Smith Blog Award: To Dr. Waney Squier (UK) and Meryl and Susan...
The Charles Smith Blog Award: Presented to Dr. Waney Squier (UK) and to Susan and Meryl Goldsmith (USA)respectively fortheir courage and fearlessness in challenging the validity of the 'shaken...
View ArticleBulletin: Dr. Waney Squier; UK; Devastating News: She has been thrown out of...
"A doctor who disputed the existence of "shaken baby syndrome" has been struck off for giving "misleading and dishonest" evidence in court. Dr Waney Squier, 67, was erased from the medical register for...
View ArticleBulletin: Dr. Waney Squeir: U.K. (Aftermath 1): A protest letter signed by...
"Every generation has its quasi-religious orthodoxies, and if there is one certainty in history it is that many beliefs that were firmly held yesterday will become the object of knowing ridicule...
View ArticleBulletin: Dr. Waney Squier: Aftermath (2): Guardian story on the renowned...
"A leading expert in children’s brain development who denies the existence of shaken baby syndrome has been banned from practising as a doctor after being found guilty of misleading the courts in six...
View ArticleBulletin: Development: "Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates is expected to...
'The Justice Department on Monday proposed expanding its review of forensic testimony by the FBI Laboratory beyond hair matching to widely used techniques such as fingerprint examinations and...
View ArticleDr. Colin Manock; South Australia; Video displays Manock's horrifying,...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: (Editorial): The following video broadcast by the South Australian news show 'Today Tonight' is devoted to one of the most horrifying examples of misconduct by a pathologist that I...
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Bulletin: Daniel Dougherty: Philadelphia; Junk arson 'science; McLatchy News...
"More than 30 years after his two young sons died in a house fire, and nearly 17 years after he was sentenced to death for setting it, Daniel Dougherty will get a new chance to prove what he has always...
View ArticleDr. Waney Squier; (Aftermath 3): Publisher's View: Why the outrageous attack...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: The outrageous attack against Dr. Squier by the British Medical Council - and its decision to thrust her out of the UK's medical profession reminded me of bitter, uneducated, attacks...
View ArticleKeith Kutska; Wisconsin; Murder or suicide? He has appealed to Wisconsin’s...
"Attorneys for Keith Kutska have appealed to Wisconsin’s Third District Court of Appeals seeking to overturn a judge’s decision to not grant him a new trial for the murder of Tom Monfils. Kutska is one...
View ArticleBulletin: Daniel Dougherty: Philadelphia: (New trial); Ex-girlfriend still...
"She didn't think Daniel Dougherty started the fire that killed his two young sons. She thought it was caused by an electric fan near the front door. That's what Kathleen Schuler told investigators...
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