Bulletin: The Problem with "Forecasting" Crime: Civil Liberties Advocates...
"When reporters shuffled into a room on the seventh floor of Seattle Police Department headquarters on October 7, we had no idea what to expect. Once inside, we whirled around to get our bearings. A...
View ArticleThe Future of Policing Is Here, and It's Terrifying; Backscatter vans, crowd...
STORY: "The Future of Policing Is Here, and It's Terrifying," by reporter Peter Moskowitz, published by GQ Magazine on November, 9, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "Backscatter vans, crowd dispersal microwaves,...
View ArticleBulletin: Predictive policing: "The series is the stuff of science fiction....
"Like any field, the science of criminal investigation is changing because of technology. One area that has grown dramatically is predictive policing. Ten years ago, UCLA Anthropology Professor Jeff...
View ArticleBulletin: The Constitution Can't Defend You From Predictive Policing — Here's...
STORY: "The Constitution Can't Defend You From Predictive Policing — Here's Why," by Jack Smith IV, published by mic.com on November 10, 2015. (Jack Smith IV is a writer and reporter covering the...
View ArticleBulletin: Joseph Buffey: West Virginia allows him to withdraw a guilty plea...
"The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a man could withdraw a guilty plea after prosecutors withheld DNA testing that would have likely exonerated him. The decision could have major...
View ArticleBulletin: Bill Kuenzel; Alabama: Death row inmate asks Alabama Supreme Court...
"A death row inmate asked the Alabama Supreme Court on Monday to review his nearly 30-year-old conviction, arguing jurors never heard evidence that could have proven his innocence.Lawyers for Bill...
View ArticleBulletin: Annie Dookhan; Massachusetts: More than four years after Dookhan’s...
"Imagine, for a moment, you are one of the thousands of defendants whose cases were sullied by Annie Dookhan’s drug-lab skulduggery. Shouldn’t someone let you know? But who? Should it be the...
View ArticleBulletin: Breaking news; South Australia; Extraordinary development: Henry...
BREAKING NEWS: Henry Keogh, the man whose conviction for one of the state’s most notorious murders was overturned last year, is expected to walk from the Supreme Court a free man later today with all...
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Henry Keogh: Aftermath 1: Henry Keogh murder charge dropped by Director of...
STORY: "Henry Keogh Walks Free" by Nigel Hunt and Sean Fewster, published by the Advertiser on November 13, 2015.Key Points: Analysis: Will he be entitled to compensation?;The Anne-Jane Cheney murder...
View ArticleBulletin: Larry Pohlschneider; California. Exonerated Red Bluff man fights...
"A Red Bluff man, who spent more than a decade in prison before being exonerated in October, was back in a Tehama County courtroom on Thursday fighting for his innocence. Larry Pohlschneider was...
View ArticleIvan Henry: British Columbia; How a Wrongful Conviction Traumatized a...
STORY: "How a Wrongful Conviction Traumatized a Canadian Family for Generations," by Jake Kivanc, published by VICE on November 10, 2105.GIST: 'When Tanya Olivares was nine, her father, Ivan Henry, was...
View ArticleBulletin: Henry Keogh: South Australia: ABC News report that the South...
"The police Major Crime Investigation Branch is not investigating anyone else over the drowning death of Adelaide woman Anna-Jane Cheney, police have told the ABC. The Director of Public Prosecutions...
View ArticleBulletin: Stephen Beattie: Police forced to reopen 350 cases botched by...
"More than 350 police probes spanning 15 years were reopened after it emerged they had been botched by a senior forensics officer who lied about his qualifications. Stephen Beattie worked for...
View ArticleBulletin: Hassan Diab: One year after extradition to France, Ottawa academic...
STORY: "One year after extradition to France, Ottawa academic still pushes for freedom," by reporter Chris Cobb, published by the Ottawa Citizen on November 9, 2014.GIST: A year after being...
View ArticleBulletin: Henry Keogh: South Australia; Aftermath 2: 9 News sets out key...
ANDREW MARK MALLARD was convicted of the murder of Pamela Lawrence in 1995 and sentenced to life. He was released in 2006 after his conviction was quashed by the High Court.Compensation: $3.25...
View ArticleFlawed forensics: James Kluppelberg; Junk arson science. Reuven Fenton lists...
STORY: "Top reasons people are falsely imprisoned," by Reuven Fenton, published by the New York Post on November 15, 2015. (Post reporter Reuven Fenton’s book, “Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongly...
View ArticleProfessor M. Bonner Denton: (Junk bitemark science); University of Arizona...
STORY: "UA Professor Tackles Faulty Courtroom Science," by reporter Emily Litvack, published by the University of Arozpna on November 13, 2105.SUB-HEADING: "For years, M. Bonner Denton has been...
View ArticleBulletin: Ivan Henry; British Columbia; Ivan Henry’s accuser to testify,...
STORY: "Ivan Henry's accuser to testify, finally," by reporter Ian Mulgrew, published by the Vancouver Sun on November 15, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "Key witness in wrongful conviction case never showed up at...
View ArticleBulletin: Ivan Henry: British Columbia; Major development; City of Vancouver...
"A statement released in B.C. Supreme Court says the City of Vancouver unequivocally withdraws its allegations in its opening statement, saying Henry was guilty of the crimes. The trial was to...
View ArticleBulletin: Henry Keogh: South Australia; (Aftermath 3); Government excuse that...
COMMENTARY:"Keogh trial ends: major inquiry needed," by Bill Rowlings, Civil Liberties Australia, published o November 16, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "Finally, the inexplicable attempt to re-try Henry Keogh...
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