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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
