I’m sharing this important article about the reliability of forensic evidence. Link Much of the forensic evidence used in convictions has been found unreliable. Prosecutors want to use it anyway by Daniel Denvir Under fire yet again, law enforcement is fighting back. Facing heavy criticism for misconduct and abuse, prosecutors are protesting a new report from President Obama’s…
Exonerations are at an all time high as more wrongful conviction cases continue to surface. While some are due to mistakes, an overwhelming number of them involve abuses of power — fraud and corruption — coerced witnesses, jailhouse snitches, junk science, fabricated evidence, perjury, prosecutorial misconduct and unfair judges. In two Wake County, North Carolina murder…
Everyone accepts the assertion that Teresa’s remains were found on the Avery property, but I wouldn’t be so quick to accept that conclusion. Remember that there is no evidence there were ever any bones found on the Avery property. Investigators can say what they want, but not a single photo captured this very important evidence.…
Michelle Young was living the American dream. The former NC State cheerleader was married to Jason and they had a beautiful two year old daughter and a son on the way. The couple enjoyed a comfortable life in the quiet Enchanted Oaks Community of Raleigh, North Carolina. It was autumn—a time for football games and…
UPDATE 8/23/16 Pam Hupp has been arrested! http://fox2now.com/2016/08/23/pam-hupp-handcuffed-one-week-after-fatal-shooting-in-ofallon-home/ Russ Faria was wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife, Betsy in November 2013 in Troy, Missouri. Police failed to investigate a key alternate suspect — Pam Hupp and the judge suppressed critical information that would have pointed toward Hupp’s possible involvement in the murder.…
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
29 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 305 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics Spring, 2016 Lara Bazelon ABSTRACT Shaming sanctions have a long history in the United States. In the colonial era, judges routinely subjected criminal offenders to a variety of public humiliations that included branding and even maiming. These punishments…
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
While writing the latest post about Jack McCullough‘s exoneration, and while reading Courtney Bisbee‘s latest filing with the US District Court for Arizona, I got to reflecting on my experiences with the justice system over the past eight years, and I thought I would share some of my (unvarnished)…
Originally posted on Justice For Jason Young:
Jason Young was convicted in 2012 of murdering his wife, Michelle. It was a flimsy circumstantial case with no physical evidence linking him to the crime, but nonetheless he was convicted. He won his appeal in April 2014 and was granted a new trial, however the North Carolina…
Elizabeth Leland with the Charlotte Observer recently published a six part series about the Mark Carver case. The series contains updates about Mark’s case as he continues to maintain his innocence. The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence is currently representing Mark Carver. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/special-reports/death-by-the-river/
Updated for clarity 8/30/16 My previous article addressed the issues with chain of custody and documentation of the bone evidence. The issues don’t stop there. The testimony and DNA reports contain even more serious concerns about the validity of the bone evidence. Recently Reddit contributor, Amber Lea pointed out major red flags with the way…
Thanks, Global News for sharing my blog article on your site! By Chris Jancelewicz National Online Reporter, Entertainment Global News Making a Murderer subject Steven Avery may have even more hope for freedom after new research, conducted by Stop Wrongful Convictions campaigner and author Lynne Blanchard, has seen the light of day. Blanchard points out a…
Originally posted on Forensics Forum:
Watch the entire conference – hosted by WVU College of law and West Virginia Law Review – streaming on youtube. The symposium website is here and the agenda is here.
