NCIP exoneree Franky Carrillo Jr. is now featured in the Summer 2015 issue of Loyola Marymount University Magazine. In the article, “First Person: Freed at Last,” Carrillo Jr. shares his journey from wrongful conviction at age 16, to exoneration 20…
Immediately after scoring a goal, soccer players can be seen flailing wildly as if they’d accomplished the most rare feat in human history. The Wikipedia entry on “Goal Celebration” lists 33 common celebrations, comical in and of themselves to see…
A Washington D.C. Superior Court judge has officially exonerated Cleveland Wright, 56, who spent 28 years behind bars for a wrongful murder conviction before he was released from prison in 2007. Judge Laura A. Cordero declared Wright innocent of the 1978…
With course registration coming up, we’ve put together a chart of High Tech-related courses being offered in Fall 2015. Although we’ve tried to make it accurate and comprehensive, please check see the course offerings for Fall 2015 for the most current…
Michael Kenneth McAlister was pardoned by Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Richmond, Virginia, last week after spending nearly 30 years behind bars for a violent sex offense he never committed. The 58-year-old was originally charged in February 1986 for the abduction…
By Brittney Rezaei – IHRC student Earlier this month, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) reviewed the U.S. human rights record over the past four years. Government representatives from around the world called on the U.S. to increase resources…
The New York State Bar Association Committee on Animals and the Law is sponsoring the 2015 Student Writing Competition. The deadline for submission is July 31, 2015. Law students are invited to submit to the Committee an article concerning any area of…
Exoneree Jarrett Adams, 34, who served 10 years in prison for a wrongful rape conviction, recently graduated from Loyola University Chicago Law School. At 17 years old, Adams was falsely accused of rape in Wisconsin. Despite maintaining his innocence since…
Jacques Plante is best known in sports lore for his pioneering the face mask for ice hockey goalies. Though this 7-time Vezina Trophy winner (awarded to the top NHL goalkeeper) may be immortalized more so for his commentary on “The…
Under a new law signed by Washington Governor Jay Inslee last week, DNA evidence collected in any serious felony case charged as a violent or sex offense will now be preserved through the length of the offender’s sentence, including post-prison…
