Annie Dookhan: Massachusetts; Bulletin: The clock ticks away; Prosecutors...
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “This is history, and it’s bad history. It’s a staining history. We need do something about that.”Justice Margot Botsford;------------------------------------------------------------...
View ArticleTerry Edwards; Death Row. Texas; Slate; (Dubious ballistics evidence causing...
UPDATE: DEVELOPMENT: The Dallas News reports that the Texas high court has denied a stay of execution - but Edward's appeals continue, at the link below: "Texas' highest criminal court late Tuesday...
View ArticleGuilty Plea Series: (Part 10); Texas panel on wrongful convictions calls for...
STORY: "Texas Panel on Wrongful Convictions Calls for Ending Use of Unverified Drug Field Tests," by reporter Ryan Gabrielson, published by ProPublica on January 18, 2017.SUB-HEADING: "A commission...
View ArticleGina Nicole Bailey: California; Times Herald; Shaken Baby Syndrome case;...
"A Travis Air Force Base woman suspected in the shaking death of an 18-month-old toddler appeared briefly Tuesday in Solano County Superior Court in preparation for her trial set to begin next...
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Nguyen Son Tran: Ontario; Bulletin; White Elephant Case: Corrupt drug...
In the years since I started publishing this Blog I have become increasingly disturbed by the 'white elephant' in the room: Sheer, unadulterated, willful misconduct in the criminal justice system -...
View ArticleTerry Edwards: Bulletin: To be executed Thursday 26 January; 6.00...
UPDATED at 5:04 p.m. to reflect news from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and District Judge Tammy Kemp. Convicted murderer Terry Edwards is scheduled to be executed Thursday night after 6 p.m., after...
View ArticleMotherisk;Yet another black eye for The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The 'Motherisk' fiasco gets worse and worse - and that's too bad because women could benefit from a program which provides positive, accurate health information to prospective...
View ArticleTerry Edwards: Texas: Bulletin: Execution delayed after his lawyers filed...
"The execution of a Texas death row inmate convicted of double murder was delayed on Thursday after lawyers filed last-minute appeals to spare his life, saying he was not the trigger man and his case...
View ArticleRobert Jones; Louisiana: Publisher's Note: Technical difficulties have...
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/01/robert_jones_freed_new_orleans.html PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments....
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Kyle Weldon: Iowa; White Elephant Case: False guilty plea case. He was...
In the years since I started publishing this Blog I have become increasingly disturbed by the 'white elephant' in the room: Sheer, unadulterated, willful misconduct in the criminal justice system -...
View ArticleTerry Edwards: Texas; RIP: Slate senior editor Jeremy Stahl says it well in...
"It’s unclear whether Terry Edwards, who was executed on Thursday night after the Supreme Court denied his last-minute appeal, fired the weapon that killed Tommy Walker and Mickell Goodwin at a Dallas...
View ArticleMassachusetts breathalyser machine hearing: Bulletin: Crime lab official...
"An official at the state police laboratory that oversees alcohol breath-testing equipment vouched Thursday for the accuracy of the devices, telling a judge that components undergo rigorous tests...
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Annie Dookhan: Massachusetts; White Elephant case: Decision of the State's...
In the years since I started publishing this Blog I have become increasingly disturbed by the 'white elephant' in the room: Sheer, unadulterated, willful misconduct in the criminal justice system -...
View ArticleMary Han: New Mexico; At last, there could be light at the end of the lengthy...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: "At last, there could be light at the end of the lengthy tunnel for the family of Mary Han who have spent years fighting one of the most suspicious classifications of suicide that I...
View ArticleYet another book shedding light on forensic science: 'Forensic science...
Big year for publication of books taking an honest, up-to-date, critical approach to forensic science Caitlin Pakosh, 'The Lawyer's Guide to the Forensic Sciences'; John Chipman, 'Death in the...
View ArticlePurvi Patel: Indiana; A symbol of the ever-increasing criminalization of...
POST: "You Need To Watch This Powerful Rose McGowan Film," by Erin Donnelly, published by Refinery 29 on January 17, 2017. GIST: This week ushers in a new presidential administration, and with it, a...
View ArticleRodricus Crawford: Louisiana: Bulletin: ; Once on death row, he is due in...
"A Shreveport man freed from death row after his conviction for killing his one-year-old son was overturned is due back in court on Monday for the first time since his release." It's been a long road...
View ArticleRodricus Crawford: Louisiana; Bulletin: Freed from death row by Louisiana's...
"Rodricus Crawford, who was freed in November after spending almost three years on death row, was in Caddo District Court today to set a date for arguments and hearings regarding a new trial.In...
View ArticleRaymond Jennings: California; Prosecution expert who testified at trial has...
STORY: "Judge throws out murder conviction of man in notorious Palmdale killing," by reporter Marisa Gerber, published by The Los Angeles TimesPHOTO CAPTION: "Raymond Lee Jennings sits through a court...
View ArticleJeffrey MacDonald: North Carolina: People Magzine: The former Green Beret...
STORY: "Former Green Beret Surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald Says There’s Evidence He Didn’t Kill His Family: ‘I Am Innocent,’ by Nicole Weisensee Egan, published by People Magazine, on January 18, 2017.GIST:...
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