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Friday Roundup: Criminal Justice Reform
Posted: December 2, 2011 4:00 pm
An op-ed by Innocence Project Policy Director Stephen Saloom that addresses New York’s hesitation to enact laws and policies to prevent wrongful convictions appeared in Newsday.
A Montana judge granted a new trial in the case of Barry Beach, who has served 27 years for a murder he says he didn’t commit.
The Kentucky Supreme Court threw out the conviction of a Texas man and reopened the case because the prosecutor failed to tell the defense about discrepancies with a key witness’s recollection of events.
A public hearing was held at the Texas’ capitol, Thursday, to review the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute’s (LEMIT) proposed eyewitness identification policy for the state.
Georgia’s governor plans to sign off on the creation of a permanent Criminal Justice Reform Oversight Council to study the state’s criminal justice system.