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Lawsuit filed over dog scent evidence
Off the Kuff —
Authority: 145
Three men have filed a federal lawsuit against Fort Bend Deputy Keith Pikett and his use of “evidence” gathered by scent dogs, which they say led to them being falsely accused of and imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit. The men — Cedric Johnson, Curvis Bickham and Ronald Curtis — ask for ...2 days ago -
Thinking Matters: Remembering
Blogs —
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Nov. 4, 2009 Blog: THINKING MATTERS by Henry Kellerman REMEMBERING This is my 3rd blog entry. In each of the previous two, Ive spelled out the relation of the appearance of psychological symptoms to a persons repression of anger. In this blog entry I will focus more on repression, but in this case its about ...5 days ago -
An Update on Scent Lineups
The StandDown Texas Project —
Authority: 511
The Court of Criminal Appeals will be looking at one of the cases involved in scent lineups, that of Richard Lynn Winfrey from San Jacinto County. His petition for discretionary review was granted by the Court today. The appellants brief is due December 4th. Todays New York Times article is here .5 days ago -
Scent Lineup
The StandDown Texas Project —
Authority: 511
" Picked From a Lineup, on a Whiff of Evidence ," is the title of John Schwartz report in todays New York Times. Heres an extended excerpt: A dog’s sniff helped put Curvis Bickham in jail for eight months.Now that the case against him has been dropped, he wants to tell theworld that the investigative technique ...5 days ago -
Two views of Willingham and Perry
Off the Kuff —
Authority: 145
Couple of good op-eds in the papers in the past few days concerning the Cameron Todd Willingham case. First, here’s State Sen. Rodney Ellis and Barry Scheck of the Innocence Project focusing on the forensics: In 2006, the Innocence Project brought the Willingham case to Texas’ Forensic Science Commission, ...6 days ago -
Fresh Willingham Commentary
The StandDown Texas Project —
Authority: 511
There are new OpEds and columns this morning focusing on the Todd Willingham case. Boyd Richie, Chair of the Texas Democratic Party, writes, " For Perry, its self before service ," for the Austin American-Statesman. When Gov. Rick Perry took the oath of office, he swore to "preserve,protect and defend" the laws ...1 week ago -
two california law schools get huge grant for innocence project.
The Shark —
Authority: 125
[petra] The federal government has dropped some major moolah into the hands of two California law professors for clinical programs that investigate inmates’ claims of innocence. California Western School of Law and Santa Clara University School of Law will split...1 week ago -
Todays Willingham Commentaries
The StandDown Texas Project —
Authority: 511
There is fresh commentary today. Lets begin with Eugenia Willinghams, " So many questions that refuse to go away ," in todays Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is Todd Willinghams stepmother. Nearly 18 years ago, a long nightmare began for my family. Everytime we think the truth is finally coming to light, a new ...1 week ago -
Prisoner Wrongfully Accused: A Love Story (Video)
EUR This N That | Urban Black News Blog —
Authority: 572
Dean Cage was wrongfully accused for rape 14 years ago. He spent all that time in jail and had never done anything. He didn’t have a record of any sort, yet two components came together to seal his fate.There was a young woman who thought she knew her assailant and he was a black man in America … his ...1 week ago -
More on the State of Willingham Forensics
The StandDown Texas Project —
Authority: 511
" Techniques used in Willingham case now seen as outdated ," by Dave Montgomery appeared in the Sunday Dallas Morning News. As a key witness in the capital murder trial of Cameron ToddWillingham, then-Deputy State Fire Marshal Manuel Vasquez testifiedthat the fire that killed the defendant’s three daughters was ...1 week ago -
Geanne Rosenberg: Protections for journalists shouldn’t just apply to the ones collecting paychecks
Nieman Journalism Lab —
Authority: 733
[Our friend Geanne Rosenberg is both a journalist and a lawyer, so shes well positioned to analyze the ongoing legal controversy surrounding student journalists at Northwestern. Geanne is founding chair of the Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions at CUNYs Baruch College in New York. —Ed.] ...1 week ago -
Illinois Prosecutors, Take Notice: Innocent Man Released After 12 Years in Prison
DISSENTING JUSTICE —
Authority: 516
Anita Alvarez, the District Attorney for Cook County Illinois, has served the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University with a controversial subpoena. The subpoena seeks the "grades, grading criteria, class syllabus, expense reports and e-mail messages of the journalism students themselves." ...1 week ago -
And Justice For Some
In The Pink —
Authority: 131
There’s a story in the Sunday NYT about the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern, which gives eager young journalists an opportunity to do real journalism. I was never personally involved in the Innocence Project during my tenure there as I was too busy chasing down stories in Skokie-area nursing homes. (GIVE IT ...2 weeks ago -
Shameful and Pathetic Tactics by Illinois Prosecutors: Attacking "Innocent" Students
DISSENTING JUSTICE —
Authority: 516
Students in the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University investigate claims of innocence by death row inmates. Over the course of a decade, the Medill project has saved the lives of 11 innocent persons who were slated for execution. Rather than applauding the students for their difficult and compelling ...2 weeks ago -
Prosecutors Attack Innocence Project Journalism Students
Emptywheel —
Authority: 710
Cook County Illinois is the gift that keeps on giving. From the aggressive G-Men of the Roaring Twenties to the Red Squads to the original Richard Daley Machine to the Burge Torture Scandals , Chicago and Cook County have a certain reputation for political corruption, police brutality and and prosecutorial ...2 weeks ago -
Prosecutors Go After Innocence Project Students
Delaware Liberal —
Authority: 606
Northwestern University has become famous for its journalism class in the Innocence Project, where students research old crimes. Their work actually led to a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois when they showed a significant number of inmates on death row were actually innocent of the crimes they had ...2 weeks ago -
Prosecutors Turn Tables on Student Journalists
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 915
David Protess, director of the Medill Innocence Project, says prosecutors are overreaching.2 weeks ago -
Using the legal system to intimidate — Cook County Prosecutor and Northwestern’s Medill Innocence Project
Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity —
Authority: 421
Before beginning my teaching career, I was a commercial litigator for almost 12 years. As a result, many think I’m one of those people ready to sue at the drop of a hat. But I think that litigators might be among the most litigation-averse people around — we know the price litigation extracts, and we know it’s ...2 weeks ago -
Northwestern journalism students fight subpoenas
PogoWasRight.org —
Authority: 147
The Student Press Law Center reports: Journalism students working on the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism are fighting subpoenas requesting their grades, off-the-record interviews, electronic communications, notes, course syllabi, grading criteria for the course and ...2 weeks ago -
Students prove inmates’ innocence
The Temple News —
Authority: 518
Through the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, students help prove Pennsylvania inmates not guilty.2 weeks ago
