Susan Neill-Fraser: Australia: The Mercury reports: '‘Game-changing’ evidence...
STORY: '‘Game-changing’ evidence next year as Sue Neill-Fraser’s appeal against her murder conviction adjourned, by reporter Patrick Billing, published by The Mercury on November 1, 2017.GIST;...
View ArticleSonja Farak: Massachusetts: 'Prosecutors: Thousands of cases impacted by lab...
STORY: "Prosecutors: Thousands of cases impacted by lab misconduct," by reporter Alanna Durkin Richer, published by The Seattle Times on october 31, 2017.PHOTO CAPTION: "In this Jan. 22, 2013, file...
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Warren Abbey: Ontario: Ten years after he was acquitted, this Toronto man...
STORY: "Ten years after he was acquitted, this Toronto man faces a third trial for the same murder," by Toronto Star Legal Affairs Reporter Jacques Gallant, published on November 1, 2017.SUB-HEADING:...
View ArticleMotherisk: (Now defunct, discredited, disgraced lab Hospital for Sick...
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "There was certainly a need for forensic lab accreditation and better controls over the evidence that’s being presented in criminal courts,” he said. “Hundreds of people have been...
View ArticleLarry Swearingen: Anthony Shore; Texas; "Investigators comb lake for new...
STORY: "Investigators comb lake for new evidence in Swearingen death row case," by reporter Keri Blakinger, published by The Houston Chronicle on November 2, 2017.GIST: "Nearly 20 years after the...
View ArticleFrits Van Beelen; Case involves discredited "forensic scientist" Dr. Colin...
STORY: "Will the High Court vindicate convicted murderer Frits Van Beelen after 46 years?, by reporter Matt Smith, published by The Sunday Mail S.A. on November 4, 2017.PHOTO CAPTION: "Frits Van...
View ArticleRodricus Crawford: Louisiana: Radley Balko takes a hard look at Louisiana's...
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Hugo Holland captures everything that’s wrong with the criminal-justice system in Louisiana."Lawyer G. Ben Cohen: Promise of Justice...
View ArticleLarry Swearingen: Texas: Divers...Divers come back empty handed, the...
STORY: "Divers come back empty-handed in search in murder case," by reporter Keri Blakinger, published by The Chronicle on November 5, 2017.PHOTO CAPTION: "In this Jan. 7, 2009, file photo, Texas...
View ArticleSusan Neill-Fraser: Andrew Urban's perceptive impressions of the first part...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Memory and justice: Peddie’s play highlights the vital role of memory in the execution of the law. Neill-Fraser’s memory let her down and lead her down the path to conviction. At...
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Frits Van Beelen: Australia; As the 'watershed' moment for delivery of the...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The High Court's ruling, its interpretation of what constitutes fresh and compelling evidence under the new law, and any findings about Dr Manock's reliability will have...
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Frits Van Beelen; Australia; Bulletin: Significant Development; He has lost...
"A man sentenced to death over the murder of an Adelaide teenager in the 1970s has lost a High Court bid to overturn his conviction. Mr Van Beelen, who is now in his 70s, served 17 years in prison for...
View ArticleEddie Lee Howard: Mississippi; (Flawed bite-mark evidence case)...Mississippi...
STORY: "Supreme Court presses Lowndes judge on bite mark case status," by reporter Isabelle Altman, published by The Dispatch on October 31, 2017. (Thanks to CSIDDS (Forensics in Focus) for drawing...
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Frits Van Beelen: South Austrailia: The Advertiser reports that Van Beelen...
STORY: "The High Court has thrown out an appeal by child killer Frits Van Beelen for the murder of Deborah Leach at Taperoo Beach in 1971," by court reporter Meagan Dillon, published by The Advertiser...
View ArticleBulletin: Eric Kelley; Ralph Lee ; Bulletin; Innocence Project announces...
POST: "Eric Kelley and Ralph Lee Walk Out of Prison After 24-Year Fight for Freedom," published by The Innocence Project on November 9, 2017.GIST: "Today, Innocent Project client Eric Kelley and...
View ArticleLarry Fandrich Wisconsin; Flawed FBI hair, fiber analysis: Larry Fandrich...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY:"The Inquisition persecutors of Galileo are smiling at the new Trump/Sessions policy of ignoring and denying scientific fact and method. Americans should be very, very scared about...
View ArticleFritz Van Beelan: Australia: (A discredited forensic pathologist Dr. Colin...
STORY: "Push for royal commission following High Court finding on pathologist's flawed testimony," by court reporter Candice Prosser, published by ABC News on November 8, 2017.PHOTO CAPTION: The High...
View ArticleMichael West bite mark junk science travesties; Mississippi: Clarion Ledger:...
STORY: "Under scrutiny: Bite mark testimony in death row cases," by reporter Jimmie E. Gates, Published by The Clarion Ledger on November 10, 2017.PHOTO CAPTION: "Jackson resident Cedric Willis...
View ArticleFlawed Forensics: The Innocence Project’s 25th Anniversary: Flawed...
STORY: "Flawed Forensics: The Innocence Project’s 25th Anniversary, by Sonia Mahajan, published by The Columbia Science Review on November 12, 2017.GIST: "This year marks the Innocence Project’s 25th...
View ArticleRay Krone; Arizona. Junk bite mark science case: Ray Krone explains why...
COMMENTARY: "Wrongful Convictions Like Mine Are Why It’s Time To End The Death Penalty," by Ray Krone, published by The Huffington Post on November 9, 2017. (Death row exoneree, co-founder of...
View ArticleRicky Newman: Arkansas: Read this and weep! Criminal justice at its most...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The National Registry of Exonerations is a project of the University of California Irvine Newkirk Center for Science and Society, University of Michigan Law School and Michigan...
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