Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million by On April 26, 2000, the city of Los Angeles, California and the federal government agreed to pay former political prisoner Geronimo Ji Jaga (formerly known as Elmer Pratt) $4.5 million to settle a wrongful imprisonment suit he had filed. Ji Jaga …

Wrongfully Convicted in California and New York Awarded Damages by Michael Rigby California On April 29, 2003, then California Governor Gray Davis signed legislation awarding two wrongfully convicted prisoners $100 per day for every day they were in prison. Ricky Daye, who spent 10 years in Folsom Prison, and Leonard …

No Credit for Time Served on Wrongful Conviction by The Fifth Circuit court of appeals has held that a federal prisoner is not entitled to credit toward the supervised release portion of other consecutive sentences for time served in prison due to a wrongful conviction. Larry Jeanes, a former federal …

Ntl Registry Exonerations Report Update April 2013 UPDATE: 2012 The National Registry of Exonerations April 3, 2013 The National Registry of Exonerations was launched on May 21, 2012, as a joint project of the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of …

Report on Wrongful Conviction of Jeffrey Deskovic Ny 2007 Report on the Conviction of Jeffrey Deskovic Prepared at the Request of Janet DiFiore Westchester County District Attorney Judge (ret.) Leslie Crocker Snyder, Member, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman Judge (ret.) Peter J. McQuillan Hon. William L. Murphy, Former Richmond County …

Medwed Boston University Law Review Prosecutorial Resistance to Post-conviction Claims of Innocence 2004 THE ZEAL DEAL: PROSECUTORIAL RESISTANCE TO POST-CONVICTION CLAIMS OF INNOCENCE DANIEL S. MEDWED* INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 125 I. THE INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE OF PROSECUTORS’ OFFICES ................ 132 A. Professional Incentives to Obtain and Maintain Convictions ..... 134 B. Psychological …

Ca Commission on Fair Administration of Justice Eyewitness Identification Report 2006 FOR RELEASE APRIL 13, 2006 CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EYE WITNESS IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice was established by California State Senate Resolution No. 44 …

Wrongful Imprisonment, Ga, Harrison Compensation Bill, Ga Legis. Hr108, 2005 05 LC 14 9197S House Resolution 108 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE) By: Representatives Benfield of the 85th, Watson of the 91st, Talton of the 145th, Crawford of the 127th, Henson of the 87th, and others A RESOLUTION 1 Compensating Mr. Clarence Harrison; …

Ga Legislature Resolution Re Payment for Robert Clark for Wrongful Conviction, 2007 07 LC 21 9398S The House Committee on Appropriations offers the following substitute to HR 102: A RESOLUTION 1 Compensating Mr. Robert Clark and providing for a state income tax exclusion with respect 2 to such compensation; and …

Medwed Uc Davis Law Review Ca Approach to Newly Discovered Evidence of Innocence 2007 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES California Dreaming? The Golden State’s Restless Approach to Newly Discovered Evidence of Innocence Daniel S. Medwed [U.C. Davis Law Review, Vol. 40, forthcoming …

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Medwed Utah Law Review Beyond Biology Wrongful Convictions in the Post-dna World 2008 LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES Beyond Biology: Wrongful Convictions in the PostDNA World Daniel S. Medwed [2008 Utah Law Review (forthcoming)] [Research Paper No. 08-07] This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research …

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Ca Commission on Fair Administration of Justice Prosecutorial and Defense Accountability Report 2007 October 18, 2007 CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE Report and Recommendations on Professional Responsibility and Accountability of Prosecutors and Defense Lawyers. Considering the large number of criminal cases successfully concluded in California each year, …

Stanford Law Review Substance of False Confessions 2010 Volume 62, Issue 4 Page 1051 Stanford Law Review THE SUBSTANCE OF FALSE CONFESSIONS Brandon L. Garrett © 2010 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, from the Stanford Law Review at 62 STAN. L. REV. 1051 (2010). …

Lessons Not Learned Ny Innocence Report 2007 Lessons not learned NEW YORK STATE LEADS IN THE NUMBER OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS BUT LAGS IN POLICY REFORMS THAT CAN PREVENT THEM AN INNOCENCE PROJECT REPORT BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rodney Ellis Texas State Senator(Houston) Board …

Innocence Project Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted Report MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME: WHAT THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED ENDURE AND HOW TO PROVIDE FAIR COMPENSATION AN INNOCENCE PROJECT REPORT BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY CONTENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gordon DuGan President and Chief Executive Officer, W.P. Carey & Co., …

Medwed Cardozo Law Review Emotionally Charged the Prosecutorial Charging Decision and the Innocence Revolution 2010 MEDWED.31-6 8/9/2010 7:44:30 PM EMOTIONALLY CHARGED: THE PROSECUTORIAL CHARGING DECISION AND THE INNOCENCE REVOLUTION Daniel S. Medwed* INTRODUCTION Efforts to rectify wrongful convictions in the United States arguably represent a new civil rights movement for …