Breaking News: Amanda Knox; Rome: CNN reports that the Italian appellate...
"Italy's highest court Friday will consider whether to uphold the 2009 murder conviction of American Amanda Knox, according to Judge Gennaro...
View ArticleGlenn Ford: Columnist Leonard Pitts sets out his view of former Marty...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW (EDITORIAL): "Better late than ever" works for me in this case.The plea for compensation for Mr. Ford may be long overdue - but it appears to be the heartfelt plea of a tormented man....
View ArticleLetitia Smallwood: : Pennsylvania: Arson/murder; Locked up 42 years for...
STORY: "Hearing scheduled for Carlisle woman convicted of 1973 arson-murder: 'There was no crime here," by reporter Daniel Simmons-Ritchie, published by Pennlive.com, published on March 24, 2015....
View ArticleShaken baby syndrome: Sue Luttner's "On SBS" take on the recent Washington...
POST: "The word is out," by Sue Luttner, published Blog by "On SBS," on March 26, 2015.GIST: "After 30 years of occasional, isolated coverage, both the national and the local media are starting...
View ArticleAmanda Knox: Decision Day? Lawyers for Raffaele Sollecito, her ex-boyfriend,...
The story can be found at:http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/27/amanda-knox/70516710/PS: For latest coverage of the Mark Lundy retrial go to:...
View ArticleAmanda Knox: AP reports judges burning the midnight oil - will not break...
The story can be found at:http://news.yahoo.com/amanda-knoxs-fate-hands-italys-top-court-043239675.html PS: For latest coverage of the Mark Lundy retrial go to:...
View ArticleBreaking News: Amanda Knox: It's over! New York Times reports that Amanda...
The wonderful news can be found at:https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/14c5d529f6f10e96GIST: "Gasps went up among spectators in the Rome courtroom, where after 10 hours of deliberation,...
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"Sue Neill-Fraser: Tasmania; Andrew Urbin explains why she should be at the...
POST: "Sue Neill-Fraser: Murder by the prosecution - the evidence," by Andrew L. Urban, published on March 26, 2015 in his blog "Pursue Democracy."GIST: "Neill-Fraser remains in jail, wheelchair-bound...
View ArticleMotherisk: Sick Children's Hospital Toronto; Oversight of the Motherisk...
STORY: "Sick Kids reassigns oversight of the Motherisk program," by reporter Rachel Mendleson, published by the Toronto Star on March 28, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "Decision follows Star’s probe of financial...
View ArticleAmanda Knox; The decision: Less a defeat for the prosecutors than for Italy's...
STORY: "Eight years on, Italy asks: so who were Meredith Kercher's killers?" by reporters Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Mark Townsend, published by The Guardian on March 28, 2015.]GIST: "The decision...
View ArticleTeina Pora: New Zealand; Momentous decision: British Privy Council recommends...
"The 39-year-old's convictions for the 1992 rape and murder of South Auckland woman Susan Burdett were quashed a month ago. Now the Privy Council in London has recommended he doesn't face a retrial....
View ArticleMark Lundy retrial: Major development: New Zealand Herald reports that after...
Justice Simon France turned to the jury in the murder trial of Mark Lundy at the High Court in Wellington yesterday afternoon at 10 to one and said: "It's over to you." A moment later, he said again:...
View ArticleAmanda Knox: "48 Hours" reporter Doug Longhini describes his journey...
STORY: "Amanda Knox through the years: A "48 Hours" reporter's journey," by reporter Doug Longhini, published by CBS News on March 30, 2015.GIST: "In the wake of Amanda Knox's acquittal last Friday...
View ArticlePurvi Patel: Indiana; Young woman with no criminal record jailed for 20 years...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: (EDITORIAL); The conviction and vicious sentence - with the personal consequences as well as the implications for the criminalization of women - make this case cry out for appeal....
View ArticleLetitia Smallwood; Pennsylvania: Arson "science" case: Convicted in 1973, her...
STORY: Judge weighs arguments in Carlisle woman's appeal of 1973 arson-murder conviction" published by Penn live on March 28, 2015.GIST: "A Cumberland County judge is weighing whether to grant a new...
View ArticleMark Lundy; New Zealand; Jury returns with a guilty verdict. Dominion Post...
PUBLISHERS VIEW: "The Dominion Post says Mark Lundy had a fair trial - had his day in court. I beg to disagree. It was the prosecutor who was given another day in court. At this trial the...
View ArticleMotherisk: Tamara Broomfiefld; Criminal Lawyers Association joins growing...
STORY: "Scope of Motherisk review should be widened, say criminal lawyer," by reporter Rachel Mendleson, published by the Toronto Star on April 1, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "The Criminal Lawyers’ Association...
View ArticleSabastian Prosa; Ontario; Loss of leaky blood sample at heart of defence...
STORY: "Sabastian Prosa to await ruling from judge on blood sample," published by CBC News on April 1, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "Defence wants charges thrown out, while Crown says request is 'a Hail Mary...
View ArticleGlenn Ford: Louisiana: Judge denies Glenn Ford compensation, The Shreveport...
STORY: "Judge denies Glenn Ford compensation," by reporter Vickie Welborn, published by the Shreveport Times on March 27, 2015.GIST: "A Caddo Parish district court judge has denied a compensation...
View ArticlePurvi Patel: Indiana; Convicted of feticide and sentenced to 20 years in...
COMMENTARY: "Purvi Patel could be just the beginning," by Emily Bazelon, published by The New York Times on April 1, 2015. (Emily Bazelon is a staff writer for the magazine and the Truman Capote...
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