New York Man Wrongfully Convicted of 1990 Crime Will Be Released (3/20/2013)
Documentary Spotlights Bad Lawyering (3/20/2013)
Florida Officer Linked to Two Wrongful Convictions (3/19/2013)
New York State Leaders and Lawmakers Call for Better Indigent Defense (3/19/2013)
Life After Exoneration, with Compensation, or Without (3/18/2013)
Maryland Gov. Cites Risk of Executing Innocent Person in Decision to Repeal (3/18/2013)
Science News - March 15, 2013 (3/15/2013)
North Carolina Exoneree to Reunite With Sister After 40 Years (3/15/2013)
RSS FeedInnocence Blog
Friday Roundup: Preventing Wrongful Convictions
Posted: February 4, 2011 5:50 pm
A Texas man who was acquitted of rape and robbery in juvenile court but was later found guilty when he was tried as an adult for the same crime is free for the first time in 38 years.
Texas Sen. Rodney Ellis proposed an Innocence Protection Package aimed at reducing wrongful convictions throughout the state.
Law enforcement in Palm Beach County, Florida is developing standards for eyewitness identification in order to prevent false convictions.
Prosecutors in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, urged a court to reconsider its decision to grant post-conviction DNA testing that could prove a convicted man’s innocence.
This week’s episode of NBC’s “Harry’s Law” featured a wrongful murder conviction based on a false confession.