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Deliberately Convicting the Innocent: Exonerations Expose the Criminal Justice System’s Callous Indifference Toward Official Misconduct

Loaded on June 15, 2021 by Douglas Ankney published in Criminal Legal News July, 2021, page 1
Filed under: Prosecutorial Misconduct, Deliberate Indifference. Location: United States of America.

by Douglas Ankney

In 1987, in Williamson County, Texas, 32-year-old Michael Morton was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his 31-year-old wife, Christine. The young mother of a three-year-old son had been bludgeoned to death in their bed.

Decades later, Morton’s attorneys would discover that district attorney Ken Anderson ...

 

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  2. Tenth Circuit: District Courts Have Authority to Decide What Constitutes ‘Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons’ for Compassionate Release After First Step Act, by Dale Chappell
  3. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Warrantless Arrest Designed to Elicit a Confession Constitutes Flagrant Misconduct Requiring Suppression of Confession, by Douglas Ankney
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  7. An Ignoble Process How High-Pressure Tactics and Flawed Investigative Techniques Created a Miscarriage of Justice, by Casey Bastian
  8. Inflation Increases Likelihood of Felony Theft Charges, by David Reutter
  9. Report Shows Cellphone Searches Common, by Jayson Hawkins
  10. Iowa Supreme Court: Successful Adjustment to Sex Offender Registry Requirements Not a Reason to Deny Modification, by David Reutter
  11. California Court of Appeal: Defendant Cannot Be Convicted of Robbery and Kidnapping to Commit Robbery for Same Act, by Anthony Accurso
  12. Alaska Supreme Court: ‘Set Aside’ Conviction From 1997 Is Not ‘Conviction’ Triggering Lifetime ASORA Registration, by Anthony Accurso
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  15. Ninth Circuit Joins Five Other Circuits in Holding § 1B1.13 Doesn’t Apply to Compassionate Release Motions by Prisoners, by Dale Chappell
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  17. North Carolina Governor Announces Formation of Juvenile Sentence Review Board, by Douglas Ankney
  18. The Era of Punitive Excess The criminal justice system is marred by an overreliance on excessive punishment, by Bruce Western, Jeremy Travis
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  20. Sixth Circuit: State Court Committed Constitutional Error in Applying Ohio Rules of Evidence 606(B) to Deny Right to Fair Trial, by Dale Chappell
  21. Direct Collateral Review Creates Path Around AEDPA Hurdles for State Prisoners Seeking Postconviction Relief, by Dale Chappell
  22. Maine Supreme Court: Counsel’s Introduction of Victim’s Video Interview with Police Was Not ‘Sound Trial Strategy,’ Constituted IAC, by Dale Chappell
  23. D.C. Circuit: Conflicted Counsel During Habeas Proceeding Requires Appointment of Conflict-Free Counsel, by David Reutter
  24. Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Conviction due to Double Jeopardy Violation Because of Mistrial Without Manifest Necessity in Initial Trial, by Matthew Clarke
  25. Wyoming Supreme Court Abandons Alter Ego Rule in Relation to Defense-of-Another Claim, by Anthony Accurso
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