Innocence Blog

Weekly Roundup: Honoring the Exonerated and Reviewing the Justice System

Posted: January 30, 2012 10:30 am

North Carolina exoneree Darryl Hunt will receive an honorary degree from Duke University in the institution’s springtime commencement.
 
Two years after the exoneration of Donald Gates in Washington, D.C., sparked further examination of similar cases, a review by the U.S. Attorney’s Office claims that none of 229 cases that were reviewed had a viable claim of actual innocence.
 
The Innocence Network UK has called for an overhaul of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the independent entity set up to investigate possible miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 
 
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