A Screening and Dialogue Around “Mississippi Innocence” hosted by the American Constitution Society in Washington, D.C.
Posted onA Long Road to Innocence: A Screening and Dialogue Around Mississippi Innocence On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at 5:30 p.m., the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) will host A Long… Read More >
Read More...Innocence Project Eyes Assault Case
Posted onPosted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:00 pm | Updated: 11:15 am, Thu Feb 23, 2012. By CALEB BEDILLION of Daily Leader Lawyers with the Mississippi Innocence Project argued in a bench trial Wednesday… Read More >
Read More...Video Shows Controversial Forensic Specialist Michael West Fabricating Bite Marks
Posted onFirst Posted: 9/1/11 07:43 AM ET by Radley Balko on the Huffington Post On Aug. 9, The Huffington Post reported on the case of Leigh Stubbs, a Mississippi woman serving a… Read More >
Read More...Steven Hayne, Michael West ‘Expert’ Witness Scandal Could Affect Mississippi Attorney General Race
Posted onby Radley Balko of Huffington Post Read article on Huffington Post here. August 29, 2011 A widening scandal involving two longtime expert witnesses may become an issue in Mississippi’s race… Read More >
Read More...New Jersey Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Mandating Major Changes in the Way Courts Handle Identification Procedures
Posted onRelying on Scientific Research on Memory and Identification, Court Says Standard Set by U.S. Supreme Court 30 Years Ago Must Be Revised (Trenton, NJ – August 24, 2011) — Today the… Read More >
Read More...34 Years Later, Supreme Court Will Revisit Eyewitness IDs
Posted onThe New York Times By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON — Every year, more than 75,000 eyewitnesses identify suspects in criminal investigations. Those identifications are wrong about a third of the time, a… Read More >
Read More...‘West Memphis Three’ freed after nearly 20 years in prison
Posted onhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/west-memphis-three-may-go-free-on-friday-after-nearly-20-years-in-prison-in-boys-murders/2011/08/19/gIQAxHFkPJ_blog.html ‘West Memphis Three’ freed after nearly 20 years in prison The Washington Post By Elizabeth Flock Three men convicted as teenagers of killing three Arkansas boys will be… Read More >
Read More...“Mississippi Innocence” to screen at The Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Posted onThe University of Mississippi Media and Documentary Projects and the Mississippi Innocence Project announce the screening of their documentary film Mississippi Innocence, at The Newseum in Washington, D.C., October 3, 2011.… Read More >
Read More...The Mississippi Innocence Project is pleased to announce the award of a $10,000 grant from The Fledgling Fund.
Posted onThe University of Mississippi’s Center for Media and Documentary Projects, the School of Law and the Mississippi Innocence Project are pleased to announce the award of a $10,000 grant from The Fledgling… Read More >
Read More...Shaken Baby Syndrome
Posted onIn a follow-up set of stories that aired last spring, National Public Radio, PBS’ Frontline and ProPublica have teamed to present additional stories and analysis into Shaken Baby Syndrome. The… Read More >
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