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Illinois prosecutor bullies students, backslides to bad old days
The Platform —
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Cook County State’s Attorney Anita M. Alvarez recently created a sensation with an 11th-hour filing in a high-profile murder case, alleging that students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism may have paid witnesses for statements exonerating a convicted murderer. If it were…1 week ago -
CSI: Texas
The StandDown Texas Project —
Authority: 532
Thats the title of an editorial in todays Houston Chronicle. LINK Try to imagine how the writers and actors of the three popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation dramas on TV would handle this story line: After numerous wrongfulconvictions of innocent Texans using flawed evidence, particularly incases processed ...1 week ago -
Ypulse Essentials: Edward Cullen Unmasked, 18-24s Facebook Migration, Teen Violence
Ypulse —
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The dual sides of Edward Cullen (latest in a long line of heartthrobs… or "a photogenic monster with good hygiene ." Basically it all depends on how much you buy into the creepiness factor. Plus multiple "New Moon" specials to air on MTV . And how the franchise breathed new life into small businesses in ...1 week ago -
Defending Journalism
The Intersection —
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Undergraduate journalism students at Northwestern University investigate cases where it appears the wrong person may have been sentenced for a crime they did not commit. To date, the course taught by professor David Protess has exonerated of 11 men–including 5 on death row–and been featured widely on television ...1 week ago -
The Media Equation: Taking Aim at Student Muckrakers
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 908
A subpoena seeks to test whether Medill students who investigated the murder conviction of Anthony McKinney were actually journalists.1 week ago -
Another Proven Innocent
MAL Contends . . . —
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Madison man, who has served more than six years in prison, is ordered released by Dee J. Hall A Madison man who served more than six years in prison for a sexual assault he said he didnt commit was ordered released Friday after a Dane County Circuit judge overturned his conviction.1 week ago -
What Is Under the Rock That’s Making Folks Nervous?
Jack & Jill Politics —
Authority: 613
I’ve been following this case for about a month. The Innocence Project is a group setup of Northwestern University Journalism Students that review cases of possible false imprisonment. They go back over old cases, and see if the Justice System got it wrong. Over the years they have helped men be freed from DEATH ROW ...2 weeks ago -
Judge H. "Stinky" Lee Sarokin is Back Doing Medill Bidding and Wrong from the Headline
. . . With Both Hands —
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Judge H. "Stinky" Lee Sarokin is a retired East Coast Federal Judge who quit amid a cloud twenty years ago for sunny Californ-eyeAy! Judge Sarokin was the the legal-air-freshener for all Stinky Jurors back in the day. Hence my sobriquet -that and Judge Stinky* is doing hack work for the Medill Empire and the Greek ...2 weeks ago -
The Innocence Project: 18 Years Later, Judge Tosses Case Against NY Man
Progressive News Daily —
Authority: 162
from The Innocence Blog Saying he had proved his “actual innocence,” a judge today tossed out the conviction and charges of Fernando Bermudez, a New York man who served 18 years in prison for a crime he has always said he didn’t commit. “This court wishes to express its profound regret over ...2 weeks ago -
Friday Morning Open Thread
Mother Talkers —
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Whats up? A study of Chinese workers has linked the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), found in many plastics and the inside lining of cans, with erectile dysfunction, according to the Washington Post . Just what I thought: Eating dark chocolate every day reduces stress, according to a study covered by LiveScience ...2 weeks ago -
Northwestern students paid witnesses, prosecutors allege
PogoWasRight.org —
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Georgia Garvey reports: Two witnesses told investigators they were paid during a probe by Northwestern University journalism students into a 1978 shotgun slaying that the students believe unjustly sent a Harvey man to prison for life, prosecutors alleged Tuesday. The witnesses told investigators with the Cook ...2 weeks ago -
Cook County judge chastises Sidley lawyers for sarcasm in brief
Chicago Law —
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Lawyers from the white-shoe corporate firm of Sidley Austin probably dont find themselves in Cook County criminal court too often. And after Mondays events at 26th and California, they might want to tread carefully next time they are there. The Chicago firm represents Northwestern University in its battle with Cook ...2 weeks ago -
Prosecutors Say Students Paid Witness to Aid Case
NYT > Theater —
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Prosecutors accused former journalism students of paying a witness to help them prove that a man was wrongfully convicted of a 1978 murder near Chicago.2 weeks ago -
Cook County Prosecutors Launch Full Smear Campaign Against Innocence Project
DISSENTING JUSTICE —
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Recently, major news outlets reported that Anita Alvarez, the District Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, had subpoenaed the grades, grading standards, and electronic communications between students and professors in the Medill Innocence Project. Northwestern University runs the Medill project, which, during its ...2 weeks ago -
Prosecutors Accuse Illinois Journalism Students of Practicing Journalism [Journalismism]
Gawker —
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In the case of the mean prosecutors vs. the plucky journalism students playing out in Illinois , the most surprising fact is that some people still believe journalists are a benevolent race of energy beings devoted solely to uncovering the truth. Last month, Illinois prosecutors made news for subpoenaing the ...2 weeks ago -
Dave Mann on Todays Capitol Events
The StandDown Texas Project —
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Dave Mann covered todays Senate Criminal Justice Committee meeting and the Rodney Ellis, Barry Scheck news conference that followed. Hes posted, " The Willingham Hearing ," at his Texas Observer blog. Mann has written an impressive series of articles for the Observer uncovering other flawed Texas arson cases, noted ...2 weeks ago -
Archived Video of Senate Hearing & Ellis, Scheck News Conference Available
The StandDown Texas Project —
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Streaming video of this mornings Texas Senate Criminal Justice hearing on the Forensic Science Commission has been posted to the Archived Video section of the Senate website, here . Following the hearing, Senator Rodney Ellis held a news conference with Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck. Its also ...2 weeks ago -
CNN Takes Another Look at the Willingham case
The StandDown Texas Project —
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" Texas resists familys effort to clear executed mans name ," is by Matt Smith. Here are two brief excerpts from this report that charts the history of the case. Cameron Todd Willinghams family here in Oklahoma never believed he set the fire that killed his three daughters. "We could not even imagine it," his ...2 weeks ago -
Previews of Todays Senate Hearing
The StandDown Texas Project —
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" Texas Senate hearing today to focus on panel that reviewed 2004 arson case ," is Robert Garretts report for the Dallas Morning News. John Bradley ,the new chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, is expectedto face sharp questioning by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. Committee ...2 weeks ago -
Meet John Bradley
Off the Kuff —
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So today is the day that Sen. John Whitmire gets to grill Williamson County DA John Bradley, the new Chair of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, about his plans for the Commission and the status of the Willingham case. I very much look forward to hearing what Bradley has to say even if I have little faith in his ...2 weeks ago
