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Article • November 20, 2018
Wrongful convictions: Tax relief deadline for exonerees looms by Betty Nelander Exonerees can receive a special tax refund, thanks to a federal law that allows exonerees to recoup taxes paid on damages or restitution they received for their wrongful convictions.  However, the deadline for filing a claim — December 17, 2018 — is looming. Among …
Article • November 8, 2018
Exonerated Waukegan, Illinois, Man Receives $9 Million for Wrongful Conviction by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Jason Strong, a former Waukegan, Illinois, resident, settled a wrongful conviction lawsuit against that city and numerous surrounding suburbs for $9 million. Strong was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to 46 years for the …
Brief • October 30, 2018
Norfolk Four v. City of Norfolk, VA, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Conviction, 2018
Article • October 25, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018
Conviction Integrity Units, Innocence Commissions Tackle Wrongful Convictions, Prosecutorial Misconduct by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Conviction integrity units, known as CIUs and sometimes referred to as conviction review units or CRUs, have in recent years become increasingly widespread in county prosecutors’ offices throughout the U.S. They sit alongside actual …
Article • September 24, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
$9 Million Settlement in Baltimore Wrongful Conviction Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Baltimore officials agreed in May 2018 to settle a claim of wrongful conviction brought by a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The city agreed to pay …
New York, Faced With Millions in Payouts for Prosecutorial Misconduct, Becomes First State to Create Oversight Commission by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna New York Governor Mario Cuomo has signed a bill that many hope will rein in prosecutorial misconduct. New York, with 250 exonerations since 1989, has paid out …
Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
$28.1 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Convictions Upheld by 8th Circuit by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a jury’s verdict that awarded six wrongfully convicted individuals approximately $28.1 million in connection with their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims and parallel …
Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
New Jersey AG Intervenes in Possible Wrongful Conviction Case, Considers Reforms by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Newly appointed New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has directed his prosecutors to take over an investigation into the 1993 murder conviction of two men who might be innocent. He also formed a …
Article • September 20, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Iowa Supreme Court Announces Actual Innocence Claim Is Freestanding Claim That Can Be Made Even After Guilty Plea by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Iowa adopted and announced a new rule that characterizes claims of actual innocence as freestanding claims under Iowa’s postconviction-relief statute, regardless of …
Article • September 18, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
From Abuse of the Body to Abuse of the Mind: Police Use Psychologically Coercive Interrogation Techniques to Produce False Confessions by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In mid-1997, Michelle Moore-Bosko was raped and stabbed to death in her Norfolk, Virginia, apartment. Based on a tip from a friend of the …
Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Petition, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018 IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS, JOHNSON COUNTY In the matter of the wrongful conviction of RICHARD JONES ) ) ) ) ) ) PETITION FOR CERTIFICATE OF INNOCENCE PURSUANT TO 2018 Kansas Laws Ch. 108 (H.B. 2579) …
Article • August 20, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
$9 Million Settlement in Baltimore Wrongful Conviction Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Baltimore officials agreed in May 2018 to settle a claim of wrongful conviction brought by a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The city agreed to pay …
Article • August 20, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
New Kansas Law Compensates Those Wrongfully Convicted by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Kansas has become the thirty-third state to offer compensation to those who were wrongfully convicted. The new law signed by Gov. Jeff Colyer allows exonerees to be paid $65,000 for each year that they wrongfully spent in …
Article • August 20, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
New Jersey AG Intervenes in Possible Wrongful Conviction Case, Considers Reforms by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Newly appointed New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has directed his prosecutors to take over an investigation into the 1993 murder conviction of two men who might be innocent. He also formed a …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Immigration Authorities Seize Wrongfully Convicted Man After Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke March 2018 should have been the happiest month of his life. After over two decades of wrongful imprisonment, the Cook County State’s Attorney agreed to drop murder charges against Illinois state prisoner Ricardo Rodriguez. He should …
Secondary DNA Transfer: The Rarely Discussed Phenomenon That Can Place the Innocent (and the Dead) at a Crime Scene They’ve Never Been To by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In 1930, the French scientist Edmond Locard published a journal article in which he laid the groundwork for what would become …
Peltier v. Sacks Et Al, WA, Order on Motion for Summary Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-05209-RBL Document 54 Filed 07/16/18 Page 1 of 18 HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 LEONARD PELTIER, …
Wilson v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 se 2:18-cv-05775-KS Document 1 Filed 07/01/18 Page 1 of 75 Page ID # :1 1 BARRETT S. LITT, SBN 45527 Email: blitt@.kmbllaw.com 2 RONALD . KA YE, SBN 145051 Email: rok~kmbllaw.com 3 KEVIN J. aHUE, SBN 237556 KA YE, …
Brief • June 27, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Dennis v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 t\\ ri8S Case 2:18-cv-02689-JS Document 1 Filed 06/27/18 Page 1 of 39 "« <'<• 0 "'" /<6 (! 1/- a CIVIL COVER SHEET The JS 44 c1v!l cover sheet and the mformat1on contamed herem neither replace nor supplement the fllmg …
Article • June 18, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
$10 Million Award for California Man Wrongfully Imprisoned by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A man who was wrongfully accused, convicted, and imprisoned because of the alleged misconduct of four San Francisco police officers who fabricated and withheld evidence to frame him for a 2007 murder, has been awarded $10 …
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