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Friday Roundup: Arson, Confessions and DNA Backlogs
Posted: October 16, 2009 5:45 pm
We reported yesterday on new developments in the Cameron Todd Willingham case in Texas and New Yorker reporter David Grann blogged on still further developments today.
Ashlee Shelton and Kurt Rosenberg wrote that other questionable arson convictions around the country - including one in Pennsylvania - should also be scrutinized.
A Michigan murder trial is on hold while the defendant challenges the judge's denial of testimony by a false confession expert.
The New York Bar Association is calling for recording of interrogations to prevent false confessions in the state.
A New Brunswick man will be compensated after he served 10 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan argued that the state's DNA backlog is compromising public safety. A Herald-Tribune editorial supported his position.
The founders of the Wisconsin Innocence Project reflected on the organization's tenth anniversary.