Innocence Unmodified, Washington University Law School Emily Hughes, 2010 LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES PAPER NO. 10-10-04 October 5, 2010 Innocence Unmodified by Emily Hughes Associate Professor of Law Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1726060 Innocence Unmodified By Emily Hughes The Innocence Movement has unwittingly participated in the construction of a …

Wrongful Convictions Report,CA Commission on Fair Administration of Justice, 2008 February 22, 2008 CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON REMEDIES. Introduction. The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice was established by California State Senate Resolution No. 44 to carry out the following …

Medwed Arizona Law Review Innocent Prisoners and Newly Discovered Non-dna Evidence in State Courts 2005 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES Up the River without a Procedure: Innocent Prisoners and Newly Discovered Non-DNA Evidence in State Courts Daniel S. Medwed Arizona Law Review, …

Are False Imprisonment Recoveries Taxable, Robert Wood, 2008 By Robert W. Wood Robert W. Wood practices law with Wood & Porter, in San Francisco (http://www.woodporter.com), and is the author of Taxation of Damage Awards and Settlement Payments (3d Ed. Tax Institute 2005 with 2008 update), available at http://www.taxinstitute.com. This discussion …

Policing and Wrongful Convictions NIJ 2014 New Perspectives in Policing augus t 2014 VE RI TAS HARVARD Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management National Institute of Justice Policing and Wrongful Convictions Anthony W. Batts, Maddy deLone and Darrel W. Stephens Introduction Executive Session on Policing and Public …

Police Misconduct as a Cause of Wrongful Convictions Russell Covey Wash. L. Rev. 2013 POLICE MISCONDUCT AS A CAUSE OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS RUSSELL COVEY ABSTRACT This study gathers data from two mass exonerations resulting from major police scandals, one involving the Rampart division of the L.A.P.D., and the other occurring …

Innocent Defendant's Delimma-Plea Bargining, J of Crim Law & Criminology, 2013 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Volume 103 | Issue 1 Article 1 Winter 2013 The Innocent Defendant's Dilemma: An Innovative Empirical Study of Plea Bargaining's Innocence Problem Lucian E. Dervan Vanessa A. Edkins Ph.D. Follow this and additional …

Who Polices Prosecutors Who Abuse Their Authority? Usually Nobody by Joaquin Sapien by Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Sergio Hernandez, Special to ProPublica The murder case against Tony Bennett seemed pretty straightforward. Shortly before midnight on May 7, 1994, police found a 26-year-old man in the foyer of an apartment building …

Judge Slams Bureau for Inmate's Solitary Lockup, Daily Business Review, 2010 JUSTICE WATCH John Pacenti JUDGE SLAMS BUREAU FOR INMATE'S SOLITARY LOCKUP N icole Defontes pulled her life back together in dramatic fashion after serving 41/2 years in federal prison for participating in a cocaine deal with her then-boyfriend. But …

Addressing the Evidentiary Sources of Wrongful Convictions, Southwestern University Law Review, 2008 LITTLE M ACRO.DOC 10/6/08 11:23 PM ADDRESSING THE EVIDENTIARY SOURCES OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS: CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE IN CAPITAL STATUTES Rory K. Little∗ In an effort to provoke realistic remedial thinking,1 this essay presents and discusses a proposed …

The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World, Steven Drizin and Richard Leo, North Carolina Law Review, 2004 HeinOnline -- 82 N.C. L. Rev. 891 2003-2004 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1134094 HeinOnline -- 82 N.C. L. Rev. 892 2003-2004 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1134094 HeinOnline -- 82 N.C. L. …

Ntl Registry Exonerations Report Update April 2013 UPDATE: 2012 The National Registry of Exonerations April 3, 2013 The National Registry of Exonerations was launched on May 21, 2012, as a joint project of the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of …

Report on Wrongful Conviction of Jeffrey Deskovic Ny 2007 Report on the Conviction of Jeffrey Deskovic Prepared at the Request of Janet DiFiore Westchester County District Attorney Judge (ret.) Leslie Crocker Snyder, Member, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman Judge (ret.) Peter J. McQuillan Hon. William L. Murphy, Former Richmond County …

Medwed Boston University Law Review Prosecutorial Resistance to Post-conviction Claims of Innocence 2004 THE ZEAL DEAL: PROSECUTORIAL RESISTANCE TO POST-CONVICTION CLAIMS OF INNOCENCE DANIEL S. MEDWED* INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 125 I. THE INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE OF PROSECUTORS’ OFFICES ................ 132 A. Professional Incentives to Obtain and Maintain Convictions ..... 134 B. Psychological …

Ca Commission on Fair Administration of Justice Eyewitness Identification Report 2006 FOR RELEASE APRIL 13, 2006 CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EYE WITNESS IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice was established by California State Senate Resolution No. 44 …

Wrongful Imprisonment, Ga, Harrison Compensation Bill, Ga Legis. Hr108, 2005 05 LC 14 9197S House Resolution 108 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE) By: Representatives Benfield of the 85th, Watson of the 91st, Talton of the 145th, Crawford of the 127th, Henson of the 87th, and others A RESOLUTION 1 Compensating Mr. Clarence Harrison; …

Ga Legislature Resolution Re Payment for Robert Clark for Wrongful Conviction, 2007 07 LC 21 9398S The House Committee on Appropriations offers the following substitute to HR 102: A RESOLUTION 1 Compensating Mr. Robert Clark and providing for a state income tax exclusion with respect 2 to such compensation; and …

Medwed Uc Davis Law Review Ca Approach to Newly Discovered Evidence of Innocence 2007 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES California Dreaming? The Golden State’s Restless Approach to Newly Discovered Evidence of Innocence Daniel S. Medwed [U.C. Davis Law Review, Vol. 40, forthcoming …

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