Bulletin: Daniel Dougherty; Philadelphia; (Aftermath1 ): Updated story by...
"An angry, shouting Daniel Dougherty was escorted from a courtroom Monday moments after being convicted for a second time of setting the fire that killed his two young sons in 1985. "You got it wrong!"...
View ArticleDr. Joseph Plunkett; Dr. Waney Squier - and why do we still bother with the...
POST: "Why do we still bother with the oath?, by Andrew Fleischman, published on the Mimesis Law Blog on April 12, 2016. (AndrewFleischman is an appellate public defender in Atlanta, Georgia. He...
View ArticleFran and Dan Keller: Texas; Reporter Jordan Smith notes that the Kellers...
STORY: "Convicted of a Crime That Never Happened: Why Won’t Texas Exonerate Fran and Dan Keller?" by reporter Jordan Smith, published by The Intercept on April 8, 2016.GIST: "The 1992 prosecution of...
View ArticleHank Skinner; Texas; Douglas Prade; Ohio: Pre-eminent criminal defence...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Occasionally I come across a post which defies synopsis, is beautifully written and cries out to be read word by word. "Two Murders, Two Cities, Too Little Regard For DNA" by Joe...
View ArticleDavid Eastman: Australia: Major Development: He has lost his bid to prevent a...
David Eastman spent almost 19 years behind bars before having his conviction for the murder of ACT police chief Colin Stanley Winchester quashed: On Thursday morning, the ACT Supreme Court threw out...
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David Eastman: Australia; Retrial: (Aftermath 1): 'The Age' (Canberra Times)...
EDITORIAL: "The far from compelling case against David Eastman," published by The Age on April 14, 2016.GIST: "For all the claims to impartiality and open-mindedness by the institutions responsible for...
View ArticleBulletin: Jack McCullough Illinois: Chicago Sun-Times reporter reports that...
"Half a century after the mysterious abduction and killing of a 7-year-old Illinois girl, authorities found a suspect — a former neighbor of the child — secured his conviction and put an end to a small...
View ArticleThe Syndrome: Consummate criminal defence blogger Scott Greenfield reviews...
POST: The Syndrome, The shaken baby witch hunt," by Scott H. Greenfield, published in his Blog ''Simple Justice" on April 10, 2016.GIST: "For reasons that aren’t clear, it seemed as if the “Shaken...
View ArticleDaniel Dougherty: Philadelphia; Arson/murder retrial; Paul Bieber, Director...
POST: His thoughts on the recently concluded retrial - which underline his view that, "here's more evidence that fire investigation, as a forensic domain, hasn’t come as far as some might suggest,"...
View ArticleGrits for Breakfast: "Junk science writs." Grits for Breakfast - an awesome...
POST: "Texas, California 'junk science writs' should spur bills in other states," published by Grits for Breakfast on April 9, 2016. GIST: "Regular Grits readers are well aware of Texas'"junk...
View ArticleBulletin: David Faulkner and Jonathan Smith. Washington County; Judge...
"According to Talbot County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Kehoe, two men convicted in 2001 of the 1987 murder of a 64-year-old Easton woman will stay at the Talbot County Detention Center for the...
View ArticleRidhima Dhekane; Geoffrey Wilson; Aisling Brady McCarthy; Massachusetts: For...
STORY: "Despite medical examiner’s change, DA will still prosecute," by reporter Patricia Wen, published by the Globe on April 12, 2016.SUB-HEADING; 'Prosecutors maintain that 6-month-old Ridhima...
View ArticleBulletin: Jack McCullough: Illinois; (Flawed identification procedures...
"A DeKalb County judge has ordered a new trial for a 76-year-old man convicted of killing 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957, after prosecutors said new evidence shows Jack McCullough was wrongly...
View ArticleBulletin: Elizabeth Ramirez, Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera and Anna...
"After five long years, Austin-based filmmaker Deborah S. Esquenazi has completed her first feature documentary. Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four will make its world premiere at...
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Bulletin: Keith Allen Harward; Virginia; Editorial; Fredericksburg Free...
"The use of DNA has been the major reason so many cases have been overturned and the defendants exonerated. The Innocence Project lists 325 cases in recent years where DNA has corrected wrongful...
View ArticleKamal Shah: New Jersey; Criminal investigation under way for lab tech;...
STORY: "Criminal investigation under way for lab tech; thousands of drug convictions in doubt," by reporter Kibret Marcos, published by 'The Record' on April 16, 2016.GIST: "Authorities are conducting...
View ArticleHannah Overton: Texas; Documentary based on her case ('Until Proven...
RELEASE: P+R Productions, announces the premiere of its latest documentary, “Until Proven Innocent,” the company's second film to be screened at the Dallas International Film Festival.GIST: “We are...
View ArticleBiometric facial recognition technologies: Can they lead to mistaken...
STORY: "The FBI Now Has The Largest Biometric Database In The World. Will It Lead To More Surveillance?" by reporter Eric Markowitz, published by the International Business Times on April 5, 2016....
View ArticleKeith Allen Harwood: Virginia: Excellent Richmond Dispatch-Times story...
STORY: " Lawyers for wrongly convicted man oppose forensic bite mark comparison," by reporter Frank Green, published by The Richmond Times-Dispatch on April 16, 2016.GIST: "A young father of three...
View ArticleMaking a Murderer (Steven Avery): Academics Lucas Mentch, Maria Cuellar,...
COMMENTARY: "The Next Page: Four experts explain why forensic analysis of crime scenes is not as reliable as you might think," published by the Pittsburg Post-Gazette on March 13, 2016. (Lucas Mentch...
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