Rodney Reed: Texas; His supporters want Texas' new governor to stay the March...
STORY:"Rodney Reed supporters call for Abbott to halt execution, published by KLBJ on January 20, 2015.GIST: "Supporters of death row inmate Rodney Reed want Texas' new governor to free who they say...
View ArticleSabastian Prosa: Toxicologist testifies that the accused impaired driver's...
STORY: "Accused drunk driver's memory loss possibly from date rape drug," by reporter Marianne Boucher, published by CITY News on January 20, 2015.GIST: A forensic toxicologist testified at Sabastian...
View ArticleSabastian Prosa; Ontario; Prosecution toxicologist says alcohol is sufficient...
STORY: "Toxicologist at Prosa trial says he can't rule out alcohol blackout," by reporter Marianne Boucher, published by CityNews on February 21, 2015.GIST: "The Crown continued its cross-examination...
View ArticleDavid Bain; New Zealand; His claim for compensation for wrongful conviction...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: The New Zealand government has shamefully withheld the compensation it rightfully owes David Bain for years. Hopefully the New Justice Minister will display a sense of justice that...
View ArticleReginald Tanubagijo; Suisun City; California; Foster father to be sentenced...
STORY: "Suisun City foster father to be sentenced in March in 2010 infant death case," by reporter Ryan Chalk, published by the Reporter on January 12, 2015.GIST: Attorneys on Monday agreed to return...
View ArticleJames Hugney Sr. New developments in arson science that have led to...
STORY: "Deal frees East Shore man from life prison sentence for fatal 1978 fire," by reporter Matt Miller, published by Penn Live, on January 23, 2015. GIST: "An East Shore man who served 37 years...
View ArticleAnthony Ray Hinton; Alabama; he has been removed from death row - after 30...
STORY: "Man being removed from Alabama death row for retrial in 1985 slayings of Birmingham fast food managers," by reporter Kent Faulk, published by Alabama.com on January 15, 2015.GIST: "After...
View ArticleMr. Big Stings: CTV Fifth Estate looks at the Atif Rafay case in a riveting...
DOCUMENTARY: "Mr. Big stings: Cops, criminals and confessions," by reporter Allya Davidson, broadcast by CTV, on 16 January, 2015.GIST: "Back in Monroe Atif Rafay hopes to use the Canadian Supreme...
View ArticleBack at work: Catch-up: (22); "Chemistry World" asks "hard questions" after...
STORY: "Hard questions after litany of forensic failures at US labs," by reporter Rebecca Trager, published by Chemistry World on December 1, 2014.GIST: "At least five high profile cases of serious...
View ArticleJeremy Gomes: Eye-witness testimony: Massachusetts defence lawyer predicts...
STORY: "Jury instructions on eyewitness testimony updated: Guidance said to help jurors assess reliability," by Travis Anderson and Martin Finucane, published by the Boston Globe on January 12,...
View ArticleJoseph Sledge: North Carolina: Freed by DNA after spending more than half of...
STORY: "Joseph Sledge, wrongly imprisoned for decades, now free, by reporter Stephanie Gellman, published by CNN on January 24, 2105.SUB-HEADING: "70-year-old man is free after he was wrongly...
View ArticleRobert Ladd; Texas; This man who suffers from "intellectual disability" - and...
STORY: "Texas sending man to death chamber Thursday based on 'Of Mice and Men," by Mark E. Olive, capital defence attorney, published by the Huffington Post on January 28, 2015.GIST: "Under the...
View ArticleJoseph Sledge (North Carolina) and James Hugney Sr. (Pennsylvania); Radley...
POST: "This week in Innocence: Joseph Sledge and James Hugney Sr.," by Radey Balko, published by the Washington Post o January 26, 2015.GIST: (Sludge): "After serving nearly four decades behind bars,...
View ArticleRobert Ladd: Texas executes intellectually disabled prisoner despite a high...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW (EDITORIAL); Once again Texas has shown the true colours of its criminal justice system and the people who run it. So brutal, callous, vindictive and unnecessary. A horrible fate for...
View ArticleFormer Texas Governor Rick Perry: His lawyers have failed to to block the...
STORY: "Criminal case against former Texas gov moves forward," by Associated Press reporter Will Weissert, published on January 27, 2015. GIST: "A Texas judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a felony...
View ArticlePre-trial disclosure of forensic evidence: Justin J. McShane, Publisher of...
POST: "The Jed Rakoff and Matt Redle, co-chairs, Sub-Committee on reporting and testimony memo," by Justin J. McShane published on his superb Blog "The Truth About Forensic Science," on January 29,...
View ArticleExonerations due to false or misleading forensic evidence; Much appreciated...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:The National Registry of Exonerations, a project of the University of Michigan Law School, has deservedly become the "Holy Grail" of exonerations in America since it was founded in...
View ArticleGerald Barton: Nova Scotia; Incompetent police investigation resulting in a...
STORY: "Gerald Barton, wrongly convicted of rape, appeals for compensation," by reporter Blair Rhodes, pubished by CBC News on January 28, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "Barton is trying to win compensation in the...
View ArticleHenry Keogh: South Australia; Pleads not guilty for the third time to the...
STORY: "Henry Keogh pleads not guilty, for the third time, to the 1994 murder of Anna-Jane Cheney," by Chief Court Reporter Sean Fewster, published by the Advertiser on February 2, 2015.GIST: Henry...
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"Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview" (FETI): Why an article on this...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Every once in a while I am confronted with information, an article, a report, or a study, that makes me pause for a moment or two, and say to myself, "Hmmmm. Most interesting...
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