Weekly Round-Up May 24 – 30

May 31st, 2010 by Courtney

In case you missed these stories over the past week:

Wrongful Convictions

  1. Man who spent 23 years in prison and was exonerated was cleared on a different case | abc13.com
  2. Wrongfully Convicted Man Exonerated After 35 Years | TheLoop21.com
  3. Review of cases is the right call – JSOnline
  4. Charlotte NC Criminal Law: Wrongfully imprisoned man released after 12 years | Justice News Flash | JusticeNewsFlash Release
  5. Greg Sebourn: Bill Hunt Helps Defend Innocent Latino While the Union Plays Politics
  6. Tyrone Jones case: Prosecutors drop charges against man convicted in 1998 city killing – baltimoresun.com
  7. Making book on wrongful convictions – Steve Weinberg – In Justice – True/Slant
  8. DNA Clears Potential Suspect In Wrongful Conviction Case | digtriad.com | Triad, NC | Local
  9. Time Magazine’s investigation and the rest of the story about wrongful convictions – Steve Weinberg – In Justice – True/Slant
  10. Tunnel Vision in the Criminal Justice System | Psychology Today
  11. Wrongfully convicted man gets $25K for 13 years – Examiner.com
  12. ‘Killing Time’ chronicles the righting of a wrongful conviction – The Boston Globe
  13. Grits for Breakfast: Texas’ latest DNA exoneration implicates Houston crime lab
  14. Innocence Blog: Alaska Enacts DNA Access Law
  15. FayObserver.com – N.C. Attorney General proposes expansion of DNA testing for felons
  16. Man Exonerated After 10 Years In Prison – wjz.com
  17. Exonerated death-row inmate speaks at Innocence Project reception – Springfield, IL – The State Journal-Register
  18. With new DNA results in hand, Perdue pardons exonerated man
  19. the charles smith blog: DALLAS COUNTY; TWENTY EXONERATIONS AND NOW THE FOCUS IS TURNING TO DNA CASES. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS;
  20. Wrongfully convicted man expected to receive $1.1 million from state | The Columbus Dispatch
  21. State Wants School Record Of Students Helping Convict’s Case
  22. Shamai Leibowitz | Pursuing Justice: Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Hank Skinner’s Petition to Allow Potentially-Exonerating DNA Testing
  23. Students’ work pays; prisoner exonerated
  24. How many of the wrongfully convicted are in Texas prisons? | CRIME Blog | dallasnews.com
  25. wrongful-convictions: In Death-Penalty Cases, Innocence Has to Matter
  26. Man Freed After 35 Years – Wrongful Conviction Video
  27. Smoke and Mirrors: Meet the Exonerated: North Carolina’s Death Row Part Two
  28. Daily Herald | Former cop sues Buffalo Grove, officers over wrongful conviction
  29. Fox 29 Investigates: Wrongful Conviction?
  30. Melissa Fox talks about daughter, Riley, and the man charged in slaying – chicagotribune.com

Death Penalty

  1. Supreme Court to Hear Texas Death Row DNA Case – SEOLawFirm.com
  2. DeathPro does NOT mean Pro Death « Death Pro
  3. Getting facts straight in Texas murder case | Editorials | Fort Worth, Arlington, Northeast T…
  4. Death row inmate Irick wants sentence commuted | tennessean.com | The Tennessean
  5. Texas Moratorium Network: Juan Melendez, Death Row Exoneree, to Speak at “Democrats Against the Death Penalty” Caucus at Texas Democratic Party State Convention June 25-26 in Corpus Christi
  6. Should the death penalty be imposed in all cases of people convicted of murder?

Other Prison Issues

  1. Mark Clements, exonerated alleged Jon Burge torture victim, speaks out on first day of Burge trial (Videos) « Kathy Chaney
  2. STATE OF INSANITY | Columbia City Paper
  3. Mental Health & Treatment of Inmates | eHow.com
  4. Sinking Ship | City | Portland Mercury
  5. Fluvanna Review – Need for Prison Reform Urged
  6. Politics : Discussions : Joe Arpaio on False McDonald’s Arrest: Take All Brown People into Custody, Release Citizens Later — Mom to Mom Forums Phoenix MomsLikeMe.com
  7. Chief: Guard ‘well-intended’ – Omaha.com
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