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Curtis Lovelace: Illinois: Significant Development; Bulletin: His lawyers...

"Lawyers representing Quincy's Curtis Lovelace on Wednesday were granted access to several documents they sought in advance of his retrial on first-degree murder charges. In his ruling, Judge Bob...

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Jack McCullough: Illinois; Bulletin: August hearing scheduled in Maria...

"A DeKalb judge has scheduled a hearing for next month to determine if a prosecutor made statements that compromised his objectivity in the case of a 7-year-old girl’s killing in 1957. The (DeKalb)...

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Melissa Calusinski: Illinois; Hearings which are expected to focus on what...

"Melissa Calusinski will be transferred from prison back to the Lake County Jail next month for a hearing on a potential new murder trial in the 2009 death of a child at a Lincolnshire day care center....

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Rodney Lincoln: Missouri; Bulletin: New appeal filed for Missouri man...

"A 71-year-old Missouri inmate who says he was wrongly convicted of sexually attacking and killing a St. Louis woman more than three decades ago asked a state appellate court Tuesday to exonerate him....

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Catch-up Eleven: Robert Roberson: Texas: Significant Development; Shaken baby...

STORY: "Court Halts Texas Man's Execution in "Shaken Baby" Case," by reporter Johnathan Silver, published by the Texas Tribune on June 17, 2016.GIST: "The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday...

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Derrick Epps: Massachusetts; Major Development: (Shaken baby syndrome);...

STORY: "State's highest court again orders new trial in child abuse case," by reporter Allison Manning, published by Boston.com on July 14, 2016.GIST:  "The state’s highest court ruled that a man...

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Bulletin: Henry Keogh: Australia: Part Five: Question of the day: (Also worth...

"Ian: OK and one last quick one here and why didn’t defence counsel challenge Manock’sexpert status at a trial, why didn’t someone do that?Bob: Now, isn’t that the big question, he has appeared in 400...

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Catch-up Twelve: Shaken Baby Syndrome: Sue Luttner of "On SBS" devotes a...

POST: "Shaken baby Conference 2016: Defending a crumbling theory," by Sue Luttner, published by "On SBS" on June 28, 2016.GIST:  As registration opened this spring for the Fifteenth International...

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Davontae Sanford: Michigan: Bulletin: He says the Detroit officer who was the...

"Davontae Sanford, a Detroit man who was released last month after serving several years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, said this week the Detroit officer whose testimony was the linchpin in...

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Major Development: Jeffrey Dewayne Clark: Garr Keith Hardin; Kentucky:...

STORY: "Alleged 'Satanic' killers win new trial," by reporter Andrew Wolfson published by the Courier-Journal on July 15, 2016.GIST: "Twenty-one years after they were sentenced to life in prison for a...

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Henry Keogh: Part Six: Dr. Colin Manock: The self-styled forensic expert who...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Recent posts on South Australian  Henry Keogh's exoneration have revealed the infamous role played by South Australia's former Chief forensic officer  Dr. Colin Manock who falsely...

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Charles Smith: Ontario; 'What kind of man' series Part One: What kind of man...

PUBLISHER"S NOTE: In a recent post on Dr. Colin Manock - the  self-styled  forensic 'expert' who was not qualified to do death investigations and was responsible for Henry Keogh's wrongful conviction,...

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Charles Smith: Ontario: What kind of man' series: Part Two: What kind of man...

PUBLISHER"S NOTE: In a recent post on Dr. Colin Manock - the  self-styled  forensic 'expert' who was not qualified to do death investigations and was responsible for Henry Keogh's wrongful conviction,...

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Charles Smith: Ontario: 'What kind of man' series: Part Three; What kind of...

PUBLISHER"S NOTE: In a recent post on Dr. Colin Manock - the  self-styled  forensic 'expert' who was not qualified to do death investigations and was responsible for Henry Keogh's wrongful conviction,...

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Tommy Zeigler: Florida; Bulletin: His latest request for DNA analysis of...

"A judge on Monday denied a new request by Tommy Zeigler to analyze bloodstains on his crime scene clothing, the longtime death row inmate's latest attempt to exonerate himself in the 1975 Christmas...

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Raymond Tempest: Rhode Island; Bulletin: The state Supreme Court has upheld a...

 "In a sharply divided decision, the state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trial for Raymond D. “Beaver” Tempest Jr., affirming a lower court ruling that vacated his conviction in the 1982...

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Charles Smith: Ontario: Part Four of Nine. 'What kind of man' series: What...

PUBLISHER"S NOTE: In a recent post on Dr. Colin Manock - the  self-styled  forensic 'expert' who was not qualified to do death investigations and was responsible for Henry Keogh's wrongful conviction,...

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Kimberly Long: California: Bulletin: Prosecutors appeal decision to vacate...

"Kimberly Long knows how long she has been out of state prison -- 30 days -- but what she doesn’t know is if she’ll get to stay out. A cloud remains over her life as the Riverside County District...

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Davontae Sanford: Michigan: Bulletin: Major Development: Cleared at last: The...

"A judge dismissed charges Tuesday and closed a murder case against a young Detroit man who went to prison as a teen for four slayings that were eventually linked to a hit man. Though Davontae Sanford,...

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Annie Dookhan: Massachusetts; Bulletin: Major Development: State's highest...

 "The state’s highest court said Wednesday that people convicted on drug charges in cases that involved a disgraced state chemist, Annie Dookhan, can seek new trials. Last year, the Supreme Judicial...

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