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New Book Documents the Dangers of Junk Science So Often Celebrated by Prosecutors

New Book Documents the Dangers of Junk Science So Often Celebrated by Prosecutors

by Bert | Mar 9, 2018 | Mississippi

Late last month, Washington Post journalist Radley Balko and University of Mississippi law professor Tucker Carrington released a terrific new book titled “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.” The book focuses on the disastrous and untrustworthy work done by...
TX: Texas Two-Step: Put Defendants on Death Row for Years, then Confront False Evidence Used Against Them

TX: Texas Two-Step: Put Defendants on Death Row for Years, then Confront False Evidence Used Against Them

by Bert | Feb 26, 2018 | Texas

Last year was interesting for those tracking what’s happening on Texas’s death row. The State executed seven individuals, leading the nation, but did so in the midst of a massive decline in the overall number of executions in America, and a trend of declining death...

Criminal Justice Reform Will Never Happen If We Defer to Prosecutors, Experts Say

by Bert | Jan 29, 2018 | Research

Two highly-respected legal scholars, Rachel Barkow at NYU Law and Mark Osler at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, recently wrote an excellent article titled “Designed to Fail: The President’s Deference to the Department of Justice in Advancing Criminal...
FL: Shaky Capital Conviction Built on Multiple Brady Violations and Junk Science

FL: Shaky Capital Conviction Built on Multiple Brady Violations and Junk Science

by Bert | Oct 26, 2017 | Florida

Today, we take a brief look at a capital conviction in Florida that raises eyebrows. It is no secret to regular readers that death sentences often represent the prized result of prosecutions infected by State misconduct. In case after case after case after case from...
MA: Unprecedented Crime Lab Scandal Results in Unprecedented and Appropriate Relief for 20,000+ Defendants

MA: Unprecedented Crime Lab Scandal Results in Unprecedented and Appropriate Relief for 20,000+ Defendants

by Bert | Apr 20, 2017 | Massachusetts

The crime lab scandal unleashed by Annie Dookhan’s criminal conduct in Massachusetts is finally resulting in some relief for defendants whose cases are implicated. According to a report in the Boston Globe, “[p]rosecutors across the state on Tuesday said they would...
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