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Crowdfunding Projects Present Opportunities for Prisoners by Derek Gilna Kickstarter and other crowdfunding websites provide an interesting option for prisoners with imagination and originality to explore career-expanding opportunities, raise money and gain access to a commodity often in short supply behind bars – hope. Basically, crowdfunding involves developing online campaigns …
Dallas Conviction Integrity Unit Gains National Notoriety by Matthew Clarke The word “first” was applied to Craig M. Watkins multiple times after his election to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in 2006. He was the county’s first black D.A., the first D.A. who had been a public defender before …
Article • June 27, 2016
Are Shows Like "Serial" and "Making a Murderer" Clouding the Wider Struggle for Justice? by By James Kilgore, Truthout How many US prisoners are wrongfully convicted? And how many are technically "guilty" but still should not be locked up? This original story saw the light of day thanks to support from …
$8,000 Settlement for Medical Maltreatment by BOP; Court Finds Experts Not Required by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Michael Alan Crooker filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging “malicious prosecution, negligence, and medical maltreatment by the United States Marshal’s Service (USMS) and the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP).” …
Exonerees Fulfill Dreams, Help Other Prisoners Overcome Wrongful Convictions by David Reutter by David Reutter and Joe Watson Former Louisiana death row prisoner John Thompson has spearheaded an organization that aims to help the wrongfully convicted and former prisoners successfully rebuild their lives. Thompson was sentenced to death for the …
California’s Broken Death Penalty System by Christopher Zoukis While California taxpayers have spent over $4 billion on capital punishment since it was reinstated in 1978, more than 900 prisoners have been sentenced to death but only 13 have been executed – an average cost of around $308 million per execution. …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner Commits Suicide by Anti-death penalty advocate Darryl Hunt, who was wrongfully convicted and served almost 20 years in North Carolina prisons before being exonerated in 2004, was found dead on March 13, 2016 in a car near the Wake Forest University campus. Police officials revealed that …
Prosecutorial Oversight, Innocence Project, 2016 Prosecutorial Oversight: A National Dialogue in the Wake of Connick v. Thompson march 2016 The Innocence Project would like to acknowledge and thank the following individuals who contributed to this report and its success: Lawanna Kimbro, Liz Jansky, Emily West, Stephen Saloom, Cookie Ridolfi and …
Criminal Injustice - A Cost Analysis of Wrongful Convictions, Errors and Failed Prosecutions in California, UCLA Berkeley Law, 2015 C R I M I N INJU$TICE AL INTRODUCTION A COST ANALYSIS OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS, ERRORS, AND FAILED PROSECUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on …
Death Penalty Opponent Delbert Tibbs Dies at 74 by David Reutter Delbert Tibbs, a peaceful advocate to abolish the death penalty, has lost his battle against cancer and died at the age of 74. His advocacy was borne of personal experience of being wrongfully convicted. Tibbs was born on June …
Article • May 12, 2016
Texas Remains Leader in Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted by Derek Gilna A new report by a national prisoner-rights organization says that once again the state of Texas led the nation in 2013 in exonerations, with 13 cases, and Illinois and New York were not far behind with 9 and 8, …
PLN Exclusive: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years by Derek Gilna The lies of Chicago police officers, as well as the concealment of clearly exculpatory evidence, kept Jermaine Walker in Illinois prisons for ten years – but he never stopped proclaiming his innocence. Plainclothes officers contended that on February …
Strong v. Tessmann, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction & Imprisonment, 2016 ' I . Case: 1:16-cv.-048b"' Document#: 1 Filed: 05/03/16 Page 1 of 37 PagelD #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JASON STRONG, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, V. ) LUCIAN TESSMANN, …
Exclusive! Breaking News: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years by Exclusive! Breaking News: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years by Derek Gilna  The lies of Chicago police officers, as well as the concealment of clearly exculpatory evidence, kept Jermaine Walker in Illinois prisons for ten years – but …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Exonerated New York Prisoner Recovers $21.9 Million in Damages by An exonerated former New York prisoner received $21.9 million as a result of settlements and a jury verdict in a federal lawsuit claiming that law enforcement officials were responsible for his wrongful convictions for rape and homicide. Jeffrey Deskovic, 16, …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
$2.5 Million Award for Wrongfully Convicted Former Michigan Prisoner by An exonerated Michigan man will receive $2.5 million for his almost 26 years of wrongful incarceration. He was released from prison after it was discovered that Detroit police had tainted the victim’s identification and withheld exculpatory evidence. Walter Swift was …
Brief • March 24, 2016
McCollum v. Robeson County, NC, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Conviction Death Sentence, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------X Docket # 5:15-CV-451-BO HENRY LEE MCCOLLUM and GERALDINE BROWN RANSOM, on behalf of and as legal guardian of LEON BROWN, Plaintiffs, -versusROBESON …
Creighton v. The City of New York, NY, Order, False Arrest, 2016 Case 1:12-cv-07454-PGG-DCF Document 107 Filed 03/17/16 Page 1 of 5 -I I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CSDNY : 'lJMENT s: CTRONICALLY FILED , >C #: ----i--r--- rE FILED: ---, 3/17 / f w …
Publication • March 14, 2016
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CA gives wrongly convicted man 756G, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006 Calif. gives wrongly convicted man $756G 1 of 1 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Wrongful_Conviction.html Friday, January 20, 2006 · Last updated 6:45 p.m. PT Calif. gives wrongly convicted man $756G THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO -- A man who spent nearly 21 years …
Publication • March 9, 2016
LA Settles With Wrongly Convicted Man, FindLaw, 2006 LA Settles With Wrongly Convicted Man 1 of 1 http://news.findlaw.com Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006 LA Settles With Wrongly Convicted Man (AP) - LOS ANGELES-A man who served more than a decade behind bars for three murders he didn't commit will get $720,000 …
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