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Scott Peterson's Lawyers Seek New DNA Tests In Court

Scott Peterson seeks new DNA tests based on a burglary theory in the murder case of his wife Laci.

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Innocence Project takes on Scott Peterson case, citing newly discovered evidence

The Los Angeles Innocence Project is investigating newly discovered evidence in Scott Peterson's case, as he claims innocence in the murder of his pregnant...

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L.A. Innocence Project takes on Scott Peterson case, seeks DNA testing

Explore the L.A. Innocence Project's involvement in the Scott Peterson case as defense attorney Misty Maris discusses potential new evidence and DNA testin...

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Los Angeles Innocence Project Takes on Scott Peterson's Conviction

The Los Angeles Innocence Project is taking on the conviction of Scott Peterson, seeking to retest evidence in the high-profile murder case from 2002.

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Exonerated man looked forward to college after prison. A deputy killed him during a traffic stop

Leonard Cure was trying to make up for lost time in the three years since his release from prison after Florida officials concluded he had been wrongfully convicted of armed robbery

The Independent UK

Oklahoma judge dismisses case of man who spent 30 years in prison for Ada rape

An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent 30 years in prison for a 1987 rape and burglary in Ada

The Independent UK

After 30 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free

As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself

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Where David Cross draws the comedy line

Cross talks to Salon about his stand-up tour, capitalism, rejecting theocracy and how a fan once changed his mind

Salon

Missouri executes Leonard Taylor, convicted of 2004 murders, despite innocence claim

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Leonard “Raheem” Taylor, who was convicted in a 2004 quadruple murder but maintained his innocence, died by lethal injection Tuesday night at a prison in eastern Missouri.

Tribune News Service

US man released after 25 years in prison amid new evidence

Judge ordered Albert ‘Ian’ Schweitzer ‘released from shackles immediately’ during proceedings in Hawaii court.

Al Jazeera

A judge orders the release of a Hawaii man in the case of a 1991 rape and murder

A judge ordered Albert Schweitzer released from prison after his attorneys presented evidence and argued he didn't commit the 1991 murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman visiting Hawaii.

WEKU

For the exonerated, compensation is a battle for stability and dignity

Both Malcolm Alexander and Frederick Clay were exonerated after spending decades in prison. Clay has received financial compensation for his wrongful conviction, while Alexander still waits.

WEKU

Eyewitness misidentification is the leading cause of known wrongful convictions

Blackstone’s ratio, developed by jurist William Blackstone, states that: “Better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.”

The Conversation

Children's eyewitness testimony can be as accurate as adults' or more so – if interviewers follow these guidelines

Eyewitness memory has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, as organizations such as the Innocence Project suggest it was a key piece of information in as many as 75% of wrongful convictions in the United States. Unfortunately, human memory doesn’t work like a video camera recording a…

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'Serial' podcast's Adnan Syed has murder conviction vacated. How common are wrongful convictions?

In 2000, 18-year-old Baltimore man Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. Syed was sentenced to life in prison and served close to 23 years in prison for the crime.

Tribune News Service

New ‘Serial’ episode on Adnan Syed case drops; victim’s family, advocates respond to his release from prison

BALTIMORE — A day after a Baltimore City judge overturned Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, a new episode of the hit podcast “Serial” that first made his decades-old case famous details the decision to free him.

Tribune News Service

Baltimore prosecutors move to vacate Adnan Syed conviction in 1999 murder case brought to national fame in ‘Serial’ podcast

BALTIMORE — Adnan Syed, the Baltimore man whose legal saga rocketed to international renown with the hit podcast “Serial,” could get a new trial after city prosecutors determined their predecessors withheld information about alternative suspects in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee.

The Guardian - US

Sullivan Walter freed after 36 years for New Orleans rape he didn’t commit

‘I just want to live an honest, free life,’ says Walter, who was just 17 when he was locked up based on disputed identification evidence

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Texas Observer

A Brief History of Junk Science and Bad Forensics

“Texas has a long history with the use of unreliable evidence. [It also has made] unique efforts to address that searing history.”

Tribune News Service

Norfolk man exonerated 2 decades after conviction on testimony from coerced witness, disgraced police detective

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Norfolk man convicted of murder following a trial that hinged on testimony from a coerced witness and a disgraced former Norfolk police detective was exonerated this month.

Tribune News Service

Suspected NYC serial stabber arrested in attacks on sleeping homeless victims

NEW YORK — The knife-wielding attacker suspected of stabbing three sleeping homeless men in Manhattan, killing one, was arrested Wednesday morning after a passer-by spotted him at a Harlem bus stop, a police source said.

Reason

Review: Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System

M. Chris Fabricant's new book details how flawed techniques have led to numerous wrongful convictions.

The Conversation

Dervla McTiernan: a crime writer probing the complexity of relationships and the courage of good people

Dervla McTiernan appeared as a crime writer of impressive quality in 2018, and has already produced four novels across the past four years. Her new, stand-alone crime thriller, The Murder Rule, builds on those first three novels, and moves beyond them as well.

WEKU

Supreme Court hobbles challenges by inmates based on poor legal representation

Writing for the 6-3 conservative majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said federal courts may not hear post-conviction evidence to show how deficient the trial or appellate lawyer in state court was.

The Guardian - US

Inside the Division: how a small team of US prosecutors fight decades of shocking injustice

Part one: In New Orleans, a man pleaded his innocence for 28 years. Was there evidence that could set him free?

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