According to a report by the National Registry of Exonerations, a record high number of 87 men and women who were wrongfully convicted of crime in the United States were exonerated in 2013. The National Registry of Exonerations is a…
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According to a report by the National Registry of Exonerations, a record high number of 87 men and women who were wrongfully convicted of crime in the United States were exonerated in 2013. The National Registry of Exonerations is a…
The California Supreme Court refused to overturn the conviction of William Richards, 63, even though the forensic evidence used to convict him of murdering his wife has been discredited. Richards, who is serving a life sentence, was convicted using a…
Full Circle: A True Story of Murder, Lies and Vindication While a third-year law student, Gloria Killian was arrested and convicted of a robbery and murder she did not commit, and even faced the death penalty for the crimes. She…
In an editorial in the Albany Times Union, the editorial board calls for the New York legislature to finally pass bills aimed at protecting defendants from wrongful conviction. “For all the law-and-order bills that move through legislatures like New York’s…
Investigative reporters at USA Today have discovered an unusual problem with the North Carolina criminal justice system. Based on court records and interviews with government officials, the investigation revealed more than 60 men who went to prison for violating federal…
Retired federal judge and NCIP Justice Award recipient H. Lee Sarokin opines on why defendants, like recently exonerated Brian Banks, would plead guilty when they are innocent. Sarokin blames what he calls the “Ins of Court – intimidation by the…
Santae A. Tribble, 51, always maintained his innocence in the 1978 killing of a taxi driver in Washington, D.C. After 28 years in prison, a judge overturned Tribble’s conviction and precluded Tribble from being charged again. Tribble was connected to…
James Curtis Williams and Raymond Jackson were released last Monday after being wrongfully convicted in a 30-year-old rape and shooting. Williams and Jackson had been convicted of aggravated sexual assault in 1983 but were exonerated through DNA testing. Judge Susan…
Dennis Riordan, Donald Horgan, John Philipsborn and Michael Burt. These attorneys were amazing in their representation of the West Memphis Three on their appeals from convictions for crimes they did not commit. More at www.justiceforalldinner.com.