Scott Watson: New Zealand; Bulletin: The convicted double-murderer - who...
"Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson will be back in court today, over how a long-awaited meeting with the father of Olivia Hope will play out. Watson, who's serving a life sentence for the...
View ArticleCleveland: Eugene Johnson, Derrick Wheatt and Laurese Glover. Bulletin:...
"A judge on Monday dismissed a murder case against three East Cleveland men convicted in 1995, Eugene Johnson, Derrick Wheatt and Laurese Glover...A judge will not hold another trial for three East...
View ArticleAmy Pollpeter; Iowa; Officials are conducting an independent review of the...
STORY: "Iowa will recheck fired forensic scientist’s work," by reporter Jason Clayford, published by The Des Moines Register on August 16, 2016.GIST: "The work of a forensic scientist for the state of...
View ArticleMajor Development; Flawed forensic labs; 'Bureau of Forensic Fire and...
"Florida's only state-run lab that analyzes fire evidence has been stripped of its national accreditation after a review team doubted its work in more than a dozen cases. The lab is run by Jeff...
View ArticleDavid Camm: Indiana; Major Development; Bulletin: Settlement reached in the...
"A $450,000 settlement was reached Friday in a lawsuit between Floyd County and former Indiana State Trooper David Camm, who was twice acquitted of killing his family. Camm had sued Floyd County for...
View ArticleFalse confessions: Vice Magazine explores why police interrogations lead to...
GIST: On Friday, Brendan Dassey, the 26-year-old convicted murderer who became famous thanks to Netflix's documentary series Making a Murderer, learned that his conviction had been overturned, meaning...
View ArticleAnnie Dookhan: Massachusetts: Bulletin: Court gives American Civil Liberties...
"The Supreme Judicial Court will allow the ACLU to present arguments that all of the 24,400 tainted drug lab cases involving disgraced state chemist Annie Dookhan should be dismissed. Adriana Lafaille,...
View ArticleMelissa Calusinski: Illinois; Bulletin: Hearings to begin on the former...
" A former daycare worker convicted in the death of a toddlerwill return to a Lake County courtroom on Thursday, for hearings on her request for a new trial. Melissa Calusinski, 29, is serving a...
View ArticleMajor Development: (A very welcome, long-over due development. HL); Bulletin;...
"As part of AIDWYC’s Legal Education Initiative, we are increasing our web presence and the number of resources available for Canadians to help prevent wrongful convictions. As part of this process,...
View ArticleMelissa Calusinski: Illinois: Major (if not shocking) Development; The case...
"The case of a north suburban woman currently serving a 31-year sentence for the murder of a 16-month-old child at the daycare where she once worked, has taken an unexpected turn. A doctor who...
View ArticleMichael Morton: Texas; Aftermath; Aftermath to revelations of criminal...
STORY: "Mark Norwood Returns to Court Accused killer in 1988 murder," by reporter Chase Hoffberger, published by The Austin Chronicle on August 19, 2016.GIST: Accused killer in 1988 murder now three...
View ArticleMelissa Calusinski: Illinois; Bulletin: Computer expert Eric Stauffacher...
Melissa Calusinski, the former day-care worker convicted of the murder of a toddler, at the conclusion of the hearing on her request for a new trial Friday in Waukegan. Calusinski is serving a 31-year...
View ArticleIdentification: Birth of the "super-recognizers" - a group of detectives who...
STORY: "Letter from London: The detectives who never forgot a face," by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by The New Yorker in August 22, 2016 issue; SUB-HEADING; "London’s new squad of...
View ArticleNeal Robbins: Texas: Major Development: Prosecutors have dismissed all...
"Montgomery County prosecutors dismissed all charges Thursday against Neal Robbins, whose murder conviction was vacated in 2014, after he served 15 years for the murder of his girlfriend's 17-month-old...
View ArticleWilbert Jones: Louisiana; The Marshall Project's remarkable account of a case...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I got goose bumps when I read this account of the Wilbert Jones case. For reasons you will understand after reading the post, I truly wonder whether Louisiana's criminal justice...
View ArticleMelessa Calusinski: Illinois; Bulletin; CBS News reports on Friday's hearing;...
"Attorneys on Friday continued sparring in court over whether Melissa Calusinski deserves a new trial in the 2011 death of a toddler at a daycare center. CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez reports from Lake...
View ArticleRyan Ferguson: Chicago; Bulletin: 'Unlocking the Truth': MTV takes on his...
"In the last two years, stories of possible wrongful convictions have taken the true-crime genre by storm. To the Serial podcast and Netflix's Making a Murderer, we can now add MTV's Unlocking the...
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Criminal exoneration rates in America: Miami Herald reports they have reached...
STORY: "Criminal exoneration rates in America reach a record high but not because of DNA evidence," by , published by The Miami Herald on August 18, 2016.PHOTO CAPTION: "Peter Reilly relaxes at home...
View ArticleChristine Rupert: Ontario; Disgraced Hospital for Sick Children "Motherisk"...
STORY: "Mother sues Sick Kids and children’s aid over false hair test results," by reporter Jacques Gallant, published by the Toronto Star on August 23, 2016.SUB-HEADING: Suit alleges that a positive...
View ArticlePurvi Patel; Indiana; Welcome development: Bulletin; South Bend Tribune...
"Purvi Patel, the Granger woman whose feticide conviction was overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals last month, may soon walk free after the state chose not to appeal the case to the Indiana...
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