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Sharing: Prisoners Exonerated, Prosecutors Exposed
FACT: On average, 3 convicted people are now exonerated of their crimes every week. Travis Dove for The New York Times In 2015, 149 people convicted of crimes large and small — from capital murder to burglary — were exonerated. It is the highest yearly total since this grim form
Court cases challenge ‘Shaken Baby’ diagnosis
Picture: Drayton Witt pauses for a moment at his home Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in Surprise, Arizona An Arizona judge in 2012 dismissed a murder charge against Witt, after he spent 10 years in prison, after the county medical examiner said developments in the understanding of shaken baby syndrome and
Prosecutor who sent innocent man to death row is disbarred
AUSTIN, Texas — A former prosecutor who used false testimony and withheld evidence to send a now-exonerated man to Texas’ death row has lost an appeal to overturn his disbarment. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1TPB1fq ) reports that the Board of Disciplinary Appeals on Monday upheld the decision of the
2015 – The National Registry of Exonerations
Did you know that most 2015 exonerees who falsely confessed to murder were kids, mentally disabled or both? See full chart: http://bit.ly/1SMHdFg #falseconfession
Exonerations averaged 3 per week in 2015—a record pace!
EXONERATIONS IN 2015 The National Registry of Exonerations, February 3, 2016 2015 had the most exonerations with false confessions & guilty pleas of any year in history. Read the full report here: http://bit.ly/1SkFxRO #wrongfulconvictions
Dateline – Voices of the Exonerated
Feel the immeasurable pain and suffering of 3 men who were wrongfully convicted via Dateline NBC. “It’s like I’m swimming against the current.”- Carlos Perez “And then it takes you 15 years or better to prove your innocence.” -Devon Ayers Dateline Video: Voices of the Exonerated
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Sharing: Prisoners Exonerated, Prosecutors Exposed
FACT: On average, 3 convicted people are now exonerated of their crimes every week. Travis Dove for The New York Times In 2015, 149 people convicted of crimes large and small — from capital murder to burglary — were exonerated. It is the highest yearly total since this grim form
Court cases challenge ‘Shaken Baby’ diagnosis
Picture: Drayton Witt pauses for a moment at his home Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in Surprise, Arizona An Arizona judge in 2012 dismissed a murder charge against Witt, after he spent 10 years in prison, after the county medical examiner said developments in the understanding of shaken baby syndrome and
Prosecutor who sent innocent man to death row is disbarred
AUSTIN, Texas — A former prosecutor who used false testimony and withheld evidence to send a now-exonerated man to Texas’ death row has lost an appeal to overturn his disbarment. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1TPB1fq ) reports that the Board of Disciplinary Appeals on Monday upheld the decision of the
2015 – The National Registry of Exonerations
Did you know that most 2015 exonerees who falsely confessed to murder were kids, mentally disabled or both? See full chart: http://bit.ly/1SMHdFg #falseconfession
Exonerations averaged 3 per week in 2015—a record pace!
EXONERATIONS IN 2015 The National Registry of Exonerations, February 3, 2016 2015 had the most exonerations with false confessions & guilty pleas of any year in history. Read the full report here: http://bit.ly/1SkFxRO #wrongfulconvictions
Dateline – Voices of the Exonerated
Feel the immeasurable pain and suffering of 3 men who were wrongfully convicted via Dateline NBC. “It’s like I’m swimming against the current.”- Carlos Perez “And then it takes you 15 years or better to prove your innocence.” -Devon Ayers Dateline Video: Voices of the Exonerated