Santa Clara University School of Law professor David L. Sloss published “Bond v. United States: Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils” in the Notre Dame Law Review. Abstract: In Bond v. United States, Carol Anne Bond used toxic chemicals in…
By Jon Hart J.D. ‘15 Jon Hart is a Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) and Santa Clara University School of Law graduate. He recently completed a graduate research fellowship with NCIP after having taken both the beginning and advanced NCIP…
Santa Clara University School of Law professor Pratheepan Gulasekaram has authored a new book with S.K. Ramakrishnan entitled “The New Immigration Federalism”, published by Cambridge University Press. Abstract: Since 2004, the United States has seen a flurry of state and…
Santa Clara University School of Law professor Colleen Chien has published “Beyond Eureka: What Creators Want (Freedom, Credit, and Audiences) and How Intellectual Property Can Help (by Supporting Sharing, Licensing, and Attribution)” in the Michigan Law Review. Abstract: In the…
Santa Clara University School of Law professor David Ball has published an article examining California’s prison system in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Abstract: Realignment in California comes at a time when the state’s…
By Lucy Salcido Carter This summer has been active on the legislative front for NCIP sponsored and supported bills. One bill, SB 1186, has already been signed into law; NCIP is working with legislative staff to amend language on another…
By Todd Fries For three days in June, 19 people who were impacted by wrongful conviction gathered for NCIP’s transformative second restorative justice retreat at NatureBridge Retreat Center in the Marin Headlands. The retreat brought together people from across the…
By Ko’Fawn Jones, as told to Lucy Salcido Carter Luther Jones was wrongfully convicted in Lake County, CA, and spent 20 years in prison before he was exonerated and released in February 2016, gravely ill from health issues he developed…
By Lucy Salcido Carter The harms to exonerees from wrongful conviction and incarceration are impossible to quantify: years spent in prison, loss of family, death of relatives, lost educational and career opportunities, and loss of health are just a few.…
NCIP Spearheads Statewide Coalition to Review Microscopic Hair Analysis Cases NCIP continues to prioritize its review of California hair microscopy cases and is organizing a statewide coalition made up of California innocence organizations and pro bono law firm partners to…
