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“Demons” Push Chris Conover to Suicide 12 Years after Release by Release from prison is a great relief, and that is especially so for wrongfully convicted persons. The future, however, is wrought with difficulties, obstacles, and prejudice. For Chris Conover, it was a burden that overwhelmed him, pushing him to …
Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board by Christopher Zoukis In an unusual turn of events, a former prisoner was appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board. While ex-prisoners are typically not considered as parole board members, state officials decided that Kenneth F. Ireland was a qualified candidate. In 1989, when he …
Wisconsin: Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner Receives $6.5 Million by Chaunte D. Ott received a $6.5 million settlement from the City of Milwaukee for spending over 12 years in prison on a wrongful murder conviction, after being cleared by DNA evidence that connected the crime to a serial killer. Ott, now …
Article • August 25, 2016
Federal Bureau of Prisons claims DNA backlog no longer exists by Derek Gilna A recent announcement by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) stated that it had eliminated a previous backlog of over 90,000 prisoners DNA test results. However, a Florida congressman who had drawn attention to the backlog, while …
Article • August 22, 2016
Florida: DNA Mix-Up Calls Rapist's Conviction Into Question by When the FBI informed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) that it had a recent "hit" on the DNA of convicted rapist Andrew Lingard, the FDLE realized that something was amiss, because Lingard has been in prison for the last …
Texas Man Exonerated By DNA Test He Didn't Request by Matthew Clarke A Texas man, Michael Phillips, 57, recently became the first person to be cleared of a crime by DNA testing he did not request. Phillips was accused of raping a white teenage girl at a Dallas motel in …
Article • August 10, 2016
U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. Creates Unit to Investigate Flawed Convictions by Derek Gilna The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia has set up the first federal unit nationwide unit to internally identify, investigate, and possible wrongful convictions, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. said.  “This new unit will …
Article • August 9, 2016
Urban Institute Published Report on Post-Conviction DNA Testing and Wrongful Conviction by Paresh Patel For decades, law enforcement investigations used forensic evidence (i.e. fingerprints, DNA, and ballistics) to include or eliminate suspects. Scientific advances and improvement in forensic analysis have helped to exonerate those convicted of serious crimes. In many …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Post-conviction DNA Testing and Wrongful Conviction, Urban Institute Justice Policy Center, 2012 F R E S E A R C H Post-Conviction DNA Testing and Wrongful Conviction R E P O R T John Roman, Ph.D. (202) 261-5774 JRoman@urban.org June 2012 Kelly Walsh, Ph.D. (202) 261-5434 KWalsh@urban.org Pamela Lachman (202) …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Improving the Practice and Use of Forensic Science - A Policy Review, The Justice Project, 2008 THE JUSTICE PROJECT Improving the Practice and Use of Forensic Science A Policy Review The erroneous testimony of a forensic analyst helped convict Brandon Moon for a rape he did not commit. The botched …
Federal Jury Awards $9 Million to Illinois Man Cleared of Rape He Was Convicted of as Teenager by Alejandro Dominguez, who spent four years in prison for a rape he did not commit, was awarded $9 million by a federal jury after DNA evidence cleared him of the charges. Dominguez, …
DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Tenth Circuit Affirms Murder Conviction Called into Question by New DNA Evidence by Derek Gilna In 2005, federal prisoner Mark Jordan was convicted of the June 1999 recreation-yard murder of fellow prisoner David Stone at USP Florence in Florence, Colorado. In 2012, another prisoner who had been present at the …
Publication • March 8, 2016
Improving Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing, The Justice Project, 2008 THE JUSTICE PROJECT Improving Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing Kirk Noble Bloodsworth spent A Policy Review almost nine years in prison . for the rape and murder of . nine-year-old Dawn Hamilton before DNA testing proved . he did not …
Publication • February 19, 2016
DNA for the Defense Bar, NIJ DNA Initiative, 2012 JUNE 2012 DNA for the Defense Bar DNA I N I T I A T I V E � www.NIJ.gov � U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh Street N.W. Washington, DC 20531 Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney …
Article • November 6, 2015
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Pre-Conviction DNA Collection Unconstitutional in Vermont by Pre-Conviction DNA Collection Unconstitutional in Vermont Holding that the Vermont Constitution affords greater protections than the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution from unconstitutional search and seizures, on July 11, 2014, the Supreme Court of Vermont held that the most recent amendment …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Nebraska Law Unconstitutionally Forfeits Good Time for Refusal to Submit DNA Sample by David Reutter Nebraska Law Unconstitutionally Forfeits Good Time for Refusal to Submit DNA Sample by David M. Reutter The Nebraska Supreme Court has held that a retroactive state law which requires prisoners to submit DNA samples violates …
Article • July 2, 2015
Prosecutors Deny Defense Attorneys Access to National DNA Database, Leaving Innocent in Prison by Matthew Clarke Prosecutors Deny Defense Attorneys Access to National DNA Database, Leaving Innocent in Prison By Matt Clarke DNA testing has become a well-recognized and powerful method for freeing prisoners wrongly convicted of crimes they did …
Crime Labs Still in Crisis by Matthew Clarke Crime Labs Still in Crisis by Matt Clarke The October 2010 Prison Legal News cover story, “Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions,” provided an extensive examination of problems at crime labs nationwide. Apparently, and unfortunately, little has changed …
Article • April 8, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Lost and Improperly Destroyed Evidence Thwarts Post-Conviction DNA Testing by Matthew Clarke Lost and Improperly Destroyed Evidence Thwarts Post-Conviction DNA Testing by Matt Clarke While crime labs across the country have been in the news for improper testing of forensic evidence in criminal cases, the problem with misplaced and improperly …
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