Authors at the University of Florida have researched the negative reactions and stigma associated with exonerated persons compared to parolees and average individuals. The abstract of the article “After Exoneration: An Investigation of Stigma and Wrongfully Convicted Persons” states: Research…
On July 25, 2012, Santa Clara Laws International Human Rights Clinic filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of six Dominicans of Haitian descent who have been denied renewals of their birth certificates, passports, and…
The New Jersey Supreme Court has issued new guidelines for what juries are instructed about eyewitness identification. The instructions come almost a year after the court ruled that the current methods of identification resulted in a “troubling lack of reliability.”…
Professor Colleen Chien was one of five witnesses that testified on July 18, 2012 before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, about the current use of the International Trade…
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB.) and The High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law present: Complying with the EU Cookie Directive – How Not to Get Left Holding the Bag The 2009 amendments to the European…
Kirk Odom became the second man in two months to have his rape conviction overturned due to erroneous hair matches. Odom, 49, was released in 2003 but only found to have been wrongfully convicted early this July after a court-ordered…
The Ohio Innocence Project has won a new trial for Dewey Amos Jones III. Jones, 50, was convicted of murder and robbery in 1993 but always maintained his innocence. A jailhouse snitch implicated Jones and another man, Gary Rusu, of…
Life has been hard for Robert Dewey since he was released from prison in April. The Colorado exoneree spent 16 years wrongfully imprisoned and left empty-handed. Not only was Dewey denied access to all the post-release aid that parolees are…
Openings available for Summer and Fall 2012, and Spring 2013. Extern will work with the patent team to maintain and update internal docketing system and database, track major prosecution items, and support provisional, non-provisional and foreign filings, as requested by…
All of us, when we turn age 65, are supposed sign up for Medicare. But for employees covered by employer health plans, the only requirement is to sign up for Part A (Hospital Insurance). No need to sign up for…