Clemency Petition Denied in Oklahoma for Man Claiming Self-Defense; New Defense Team Calls Original Trial ‘Drive-by Defense’
By Fanelisa Leconte, Alphaeus Bey and Sophia Barberini OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Jemaine Cannon, an inmate on...... Read more.
Man Exonerated After 33 Years in Prison for Wrongful Attempted Murder Conviction
By Sophia Barberini LOS ANGELES, CA – Daniel Saldaña’s exoneration was announced during a press conference Thursday...... Read more.
Racist, Discriminatory Lending Class Action Suit Filed against Wells Fargo by Civil Rights Lawyers
By Sophia Barberini SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A team of attorneys and former San Francisco Mayor Willie...... Read more.
Woman Convicted of Identify Theft Gets Light Sentence and Lecture by Judge to ‘Choose’ Friends ‘Better’
By Gracy Joslin and Sophia Barberini WOODLAND, CA – Judge David Rosenberg of Yolo County Superior...... Read more.
Federal Court Win Requires Mississippi City to Approve Building of a Mosque after Previous Denial
By Sophia Barberini HORN LAKE, MS – After Horn Lake, Mississippi, city officials denied zoning approval for...... Read more.
Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow
By Katherine Coviello and Sophia Barberini PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK – Wade Greeley Lay, on death row in...... Read more.
Henry Montgomery Finally Released on Parole After 57 Years in Prison, Conviction by All-White Jury
By Sophia Barberini Baton Rouge, LA – After being denied twice, 75-year-old Henry Montgomery appeared for a...... Read more.
Defense Lawyers Win Due Process Argument, Insisting Missing Cop Body-Cam Footage Needed before Preliminary Hearing
By Sophia Barberini ALAMEDA, CA – Eny Avilaalmendarez and Jose Rosales appeared in front of Alameda County...... Read more.
Alameda Judge Refuses to Grant OR to Two Men Accused of Violent Crimes
By Sophia Barberini ALAMEDA, CA – Judge Jacob Blea in Alameda County Superior Court refused to release...... Read more.
Judge Refuses to Release New Mother without Bail, Despite Her Pleas
By Sophia Barberini ALAMEDA, CA – Judge Stuart Hing of Alameda County Superior Court refused to release...... Read more.