A story by a news station in Louisville, Kentucky illustrates the problems with utilizing jailhouse informants and possible reform efforts. Watch the story here. www.ncip.scu.edu
A story by a news station in Louisville, Kentucky illustrates the problems with utilizing jailhouse informants and possible reform efforts. Watch the story here. www.ncip.scu.edu
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office Crime Laboratory was awarded “International” status by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB). The ASCLD/LAB is one of only two laboratory accrediting bodies in the United States and the…
Veritas researchers found that from 2004-2008, Arizona courts found prosecutorial misconduct in 20 cases. Fifteen of the cases were deemed harmless, meaning the court ruled the misconduct would not have affected the outcome of the case. Only three prosecutors were…
 Researchers from NCIP’s Veritas Initiative found 91 cases of misconduct in Texas from 2004-2008 but no prosecutors were publicly disciplined. Read more here
Today, Massachusetts became the 49th state to approve post-conviction DNA testing aimed at correcting wrongful convictions. The legislation was unanimously approved by the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Oklahoma is now the lone holdout. www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/politics/state_politics/house-aproves-dna-bill
This opinion piece by Conrad Black appeared recently on the Huffington Post. Black cited the cases of Michael Morton, John Thompson and Ted Stevens to highlight the problem of prosecutorial misconduct. www.huffingtonpost.com/conrad-black/supreme-court-michael-morton_b_1189021.html
Washington set to review new wrongful conviction compensation law: A new bill in the Washington state legislature would give exonerated defendants $50,000 per year of wrongful incarceration, with additional compensation for death row and sex crime exonerees. By comparison, California…
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