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Friday Roundup: False Confessions and Flawed Forensics
Posted: May 20, 2011 4:13 pm
Two New Orleans men who were wrongfully convicted in 1976 will finally receive compensation.
District Attorneys in North Carolina don’t want false confession cases reviewed by the state’s Innocence Commission.
Another lawsuit is being filed against former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge by a man who claims he falsely confessed to murder after being tortured by Burge.
A former Wisconsin policeman maintains his innocence in fatal arson case as expert questions flawed forensics.
A Kansas City judge ordered post-conviction DNA testing on evidence from a 1987 sodomy case that hinged on hairs found in the victim’s underwear resembling that of the accused.