Please join Northern California Innocence Project and Santa Clara University School of Law for a free symposium. In the Interest of Justice: Conviction Review Programs Friday, September 25th, 2015 9:00 am to 3:30 pm; breakfast starts at 8:00 am. Santa…
by Priscilla Ann Ornido Jo Handelsman, Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, called for the “eradication” of bite mark evidence at a conference sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
By Priscilla Ann Ornido The six members of Exoneree Band, Raymond Towler, William Michael Dillon, Antoine Day, Eddie Lowery, Alan Northrop and Ted Bradford, were collectively imprisoned for more than a century for crimes they did not commit. Though they live…
By Priscilla Ann Ornido In February 2011, Darrell Williams, a promising starter on Oklahoma State’s basketball team, was charged in the alleged sexual assault and rape of two women at a party. While there was no physical evidence or witnesses…
I recently watched Pixar Animated’s Film Inside Out, an imaginary tale of how the emotions inside the mind direct our interactions with the outside world. I could particularly relate to the character Fear, who, according to the movie, is supposed…
By Priscilla Ann Ornido Upon receiving the Board of Supervisors’ recent approval of $1 million in funding, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced plans for the creation of her office’s new conviction review unit. The unit will review…
The national search has begun for NCIP’s executive director. The job posting can be found here. Please feel free to share! www.ncip.scu.edu
On Friday, NCIP Assistant Legal Director Maitreya Badami was a guest on the San Francisco public interest television show, Justice Matters. She joined San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Stanford Law Professor George Fisher to discuss plea agreements and…
After Obergefell, all states must recognize marriages of same-sex spouses. Presumably the effect of the opinion is retroactive. So, should spouses who have been filing state taxes as single amend their past returns and file as married? Answer: It depends.…
I’ve taught philosophy now for 15 years at the middle school, high school, and college level. And I’ve been involved with water polo for almost 30 years, first as a player at every level and, for the past 17 years,…
