Professor James Forman to speak on UM Campus: Nov. 14, 2017
Posted onThanks to a number of folks at the law school, especially Professor Michelle Alexandre and Professor Jack Nowlin, we are pleased that on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, Professor James Forman will be… Read More >
Read More...Letter to Editor of the NYTimes:
Posted onFlawed Forensic Work Published: January 13, 2013 To the Editor: The truly incredible two-decade legacy of flawed autopsies and pro-prosecution testimony by Dr. Steven T. Hayne in Mississippi is… Read More >
Read More...The New York Times Publishes article about Dr. Steven Hayne
Posted onQuestions Left for Mississippi Over Doctor’s Autopsies By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON of The New York Times Published: January 7, 2013 Read below or click below to read: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/us/questions-for-mississippi-doctor-after-thousands-of-autopsies.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 JACKSON, Miss. —… Read More >
Read More...Innocence Network Organizations Secured 22 Exonerations in 2012, Including 300th DNA Exoneration
Posted onNew report details this year’s wrongful convictions across 10 states, two countries (NEW YORK, NY; Monday, December 17, 2012) – A report released today by the Innocence Network reveals that… Read More >
Read More...Despite Evidence From Discredited Medical Examiner, Mississippi’s Jeffrey Havard Nears Execution
Posted onby: Radley Balko, Senior Writer and Investigative Reporter of The Huffington Post Posted: 11/29/2012 5:49 pm Last year, NPR looked at two dozen cases in which adults had been convicted of killing… Read More >
Read More...Pathologist’s credibility on line: Expert admits he failed to compete certification exam
Posted onWritten by Jerry Mitchell of The Clarion Ledger November 6, 2012 The testimony of pathologist Dr. Steven Hayne has helped lead to the convictions of hundreds of Mississippians over the past… Read More >
Read More...Today Damon Thibodeaux became the 300th person to be exonerated by DNA evidence
Posted onTragically, Damon, who was just 22 when he was arrested for the murder of his 14-year-old cousin, is also the 18th person to have served time on death row before being… Read More >
Read More...Bite evidence in doubt
Posted onby : Jerry Mitchell of The Clarion Ledger August 6, 2012 Since the 1980s, Hattiesburg dentist Michael West has raised his right hand and sworn dozens of times that bite… Read More >
Read More...National Registry of Exonerations Created
Posted onNew Report Reveals Many More Exonerations and False Convictions than Previously Found, but Represents Only “the Tip of the Iceberg” More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of… Read More >
Read More...Did Texas execute an innocent man?
Posted onLos Tocayos Carlos, a book-length monograph and comprehensive website published by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, helps answer these haunting questions. Based on one of the most thorough… Read More >
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