Wrongful Convictions Blog
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This blog covers any and all issues–wherever they arise in the world–related to the problem of wrongful conviction of the innocent.
Wrongful Convictions Blog
1y ago
Ohio man wins $45 million in lawsuit after being wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years LAURA A. BISCHOFF November 22, 2022, 10:56 AM COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio man won $45 million in a civil lawsuit against a police department and detective ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
3y ago
This month our nation exceeded 25,000 years lost to wrongful convictions. The human suffering associated with the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of 2,795 innocent people is incalculable. Without the research and reporting of the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE), we ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
3y ago
Prosecutorial and police misconduct – we’ve been preaching about those things on this site for a long time now, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in site – at least not yet. David Leonhardt of the New York ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
4y ago
The National Registry of Exonerations 2019 Annual Report, a must-read for advocates of criminal justice reform, offers important insights on wrongful conviction at a particularly distressful time for our nation and the incarcerated. “Right now, there are likely thousands of ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
4y ago
One small step. https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/ohio-chief-justice-convenes-wrongful-conviction-task-force ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
5y ago
Absolved finally of taking a life, Charles Jackson now has his sights set on saving one. Charles received the life-changing news at the end of last week that prosecutors in Cuyahoga County had finally decided to dismiss the charges against ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
5y ago
Christopher Tapp, who spent two decades behind bars for the 1996 rape and murder of Idaho Falls resident, Angie Dodge, is expected to be exonerated this week. As reported in the Post Register, unreliable evidence — a coerced confession and ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
5y ago
If you’ve followed the Ohio Innocence Project for an extended period of time, you are probably aware that summer is one of the busiest periods around the OIP offices. The break between the end of spring semester in May and ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
5y ago
“Very rarely in life are we given a gift as precious as this one. It’s humbling to tell a story from people who have suffered so much, rallied so much and given us so much to believe in, in terms ..read more
Wrongful Convictions Blog
5y ago
Since her initial acquittal in Italy and return to the US in 2011, Amanda Knox has never returned to Italy. She has remained busy getting along with her life, writing, and in supporting movements dedicated to the pursuit of true ..read more