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Amanda Knox: At last, the infamous video is utterly discredited...

POST: "Amanda Knox: The vendetta continues," by Karen Pruett, published by Ground Report, on May 14, 2014. (Author Pruett writes that she is  a member of Amanda Knox’s Greater Seattle Area community...

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Bulletin: Hassan Diab. Ottawa: He is to learn Thursday (May 15, 2014) whether...

STORY: 'Diab lives in limbo ahead of latest terrorism case ruling," by Reporter Chris Cobb, published by the Ottawa Citizen on May 14, 2014.SUB-HEADING:"  Ottawa academic Hassan Diab learns Thursday...

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Hassan Diab: Breaking News. CBC reports that his extradition to France has...

STORY: "Hassan Diab's extradition to France upheld by appeal court," published by CBC News on May 15, 2014.SUB-HEADING: "Ottawa Prof. Hassan Diab is facing charges of bombing a Paris synagogue in 1980....

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Bulletin: Nelson Hart. (Mr. Big case); Supreme Court of Canada decision could...

 STORY: "Canada's top court weighs legal loopholes in Mr. Big sting operations," by reporter Douglas Quan, published by Postmedia News on May 15, 2014.SUB-HEADING: "The Supreme Court of Canada is...

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Christopher Brandon: Radley Balko discusses a new case which again...

POST: "New case again demonstrates duplicity of embattled Mississippi medical examiner," by Radley Balko, published in "The Watch" by the Washington Post on May 15, 2014.GIST: "I’ve been covering this...

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Bulletin: Ivan Henry; Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear appeal of man...

STORY: "High court to hear wrongful conviction case," by reporter Jonathan Hayword, reported by  The Canadian Press on May 15, 2014.SUB-HEADING:  "Ivan Henry smiles as he speaks to the media outside...

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Bulletin: Judith Varnau: Ohio coroner accused of making a series of...

STORY: "Ohio lawyer accused of bungling investigations," by Associated Press  reporter Amanda Lee Myers, published by the Columbus Dispatch  on May 16, 2014.GIST: 'A judge is considering whether to...

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"The System": Al Jazeera America's eight week series begins this evening...

PUBLISHER'S  NOTE: Kudo's to Al Jazeera for putting its resources into  such an important documentary which is also relevant to criminal justice jurisdictions far beyond the borders of the USA. At the...

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Bulletin: Jennifer Hancock; Illinois; Key witness in shaken baby syndrome...

STORY: "Key witness changes his view about 2007 infant-death case," by  State Journal reporter Dee J. Hall and journalism students from Northwestern University's Medill Justice Project: Cameron...

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Bulletin: David Harold Eastman: Australia; Australian Capital Territory (ACT)...

STORY: "Eastman inquiry expected to report shortly, after DPP loses challenge to validity of inquiry,"  by reporter Elizabeth Byrne, published by the Canberra Times on May 21, 2014;GIST: "The ACT...

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Bulletin: James Hugney Sr: Pennsylvania; Who is he? "An innocent man locked...

PUBLISHER'S VIEW: Kudo's to lawyer Justin J.  McShane for going beyond words into actions in his battle to prove that James Hugney Sr. has been wrongfully imprisoned  for more than 35 years as a result...

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David Harold Eastman; Australia; Australian journalist and commentator Jack...

COMMENTARY: "David Eastman inquiry shines a light on ACT  justice system," by Jack Waterford, published by the Canberra Times on May 23, 2014. (Jack Waterford is an Australian journalist  and...

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Bulletin: James Hugney Sr. Pennsylvania; Arson "science" case. Part two of...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I encourage readers to take the very few minutes it takes to see Part 2 of the ABC News story "The Burning Bed," broadcast on May 22, 2014. It gives us the good news that  a county...

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Pre-trial release: Al Jazeera America probes the "multi-billion dollar bail...

PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  "Al Jazeera America has been distinguishing itself by producing documentaries that critically examine America's criminal justice system, including the ongoing series "The System"...

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Bulletin: Mandatory sentencing: Al Jazeera America explores the unintended...

RELEASE: "The system with Joe Berlinger," published by Al Jazeera America: Episode 2: Mandatory sentencing; Sunday May 25, 2014 at 9E/6P.GIST: "In this episode, Joe Berlinger explores the effectiveness...

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David Harold Eastman: Canberra Times Reporter Christopher Knaus provides...

COMMENTARY: "The David Eastman inquiry explained," by reporter Christopher Knaus, published by the Canberra Times on May 18, 2013.GIST: "It has been 25 years since two bullets, fired in the quiet of a...

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Commentary: Quentin Stone; California; Shaken baby syndrome acquittal:...

POST: "Vanguard analysis: Jury finds reasonable doubt in Stone acquittal," by David Greenwald, published by The People's Vanguard of Davis" on May 22, 2014. "The People's Vanguard of Davis" has been...

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Commentary; David Harold Eastman; Australia; Commentator Jack Waterford says...

COMMENTARY: "A muddied and messy business"  by Jack Waterford, Editor-at-large, The Canberra Times, published on May 25, 2014.GIST: "It seems clear that Martin will find that the evidence of the...

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Bulletin: Jeremiah Duggan: Suicide, as the German government says, or murder,...

RELEASE: "Justice for Jeremiah," published by Erica  Duggan,  published in May 2014.SUB-HEADING:  "On 27 March 2003, Jeremiah Duggan’s body was found on a road near Wiesbaden, Germany. Since then, for...

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Jennifer del Prete: Illinois; Justice Kennelly's decision seen as a "turning...

STORY: "Challenges to 'shaken baby' convictions mounting," by reporter Dee. J. Hall, published by the Wisconsin State Journal on May 25, 2014.GIST: "In January, a federal judge in Chicago issued a...

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