COURT WATCH: Defense Claims Vague Description of ‘Black Male’ Not Enough to Identify – But Judge Denies Evans Motion
By Audrey Sawyer and Sarah Chayet MODESTO, CA – During a law & motion hearing at Stanislaus…
Andre Brown Relates His Tale Having Gone Free After 23 Years
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor New York – Last week, Andre Brown, who has been wrongly…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 173: Simon Cole, Director of National Registry of Exonerations
The advent of DNA testing has transformed the criminal legal system since 1989. For the first time,…
VANGUARD INVESTIGATION: More than 20 Years after Conviction, Man’s Legal Nightmare about to End
By Jose Medina and Samara Yarnes NEW YORK, NY – After years of waiting for someone to…
Looking Back: Exposing the Death Penalty, Part 3
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Family and Supporters of Andre Brown Seek to Press Bronx DA to Allow for Virtual Hearing
By David Greenwald It has been a year since Bronx Supreme Court Judge David Lewis granted a…
‘Factually Innocent’ Man Exonerated after Spending 7 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery
By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – After seven years in prison, Derek Harris was exonerated and released…
Looking Back: Never Again – Part 3
Eyewitness Identification Testimony Reform Identification Procedures Must Be Improved To Increase Their Reliability Misidentification has been the…
Looking Back: Misidentification: The Leading Cause Of Wrongful Convictions
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester…
Looking Back: The Complicity of Silence
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester…
Looking Back: Case Not Handled ‘Righteously’
(Editor’s note: This is the first installment of the new weekly column “Looking Back.” “Looking Back” will…
Wrongful Conviction Project – Episode 2, Franky Carrillo
Franky Carrillo was one of the cases featured on Netflix’s series, “The Innocence Files.” The story begins…
My View: “Isn’t that Appalling to Justice?”
Is Justice Even Possible 44 Years Later? Innocent until proven guilty. That’s the hallmark of our…
Wrongly Convicted Man Gets a Hearing Before the Fourth Circuit After 44 Years
After 44 years, Ronnie Long, convicted—and many people, including Jamie Lau from the Duke Project for the…
Netflix’s ‘Innocence Files’ Continue with Limitations of Human Memory
By Nancy Martinez The second subseries of Netflix’s “The Innocence Files” focuses on two wrongful convictions caused…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 56 – Duke Wrongful Conviction Clinic Discusses Ronnie Long
Ronnie Long has served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He…
Witness Claims He Identified Intruder by Voice and Height during A Cold Show
By Danielle Silva A man states he identified an intruder in an alleyway by voice after he…
My View: Reading Sacco-Vanzetti as a Wrongful Convictions Case
Over the holiday break, one of my books I am reading is the case of Sacco and…
My View: Audit Report Reveals Problems with Davis Policing
The city of Davis efforts at police oversight really began in 2005 and 2006, resulting in the…
Davis Police Auditor Admonishes Handling of Eyewitness Identification in Kidnapping Case
In October 2018, the Yolo County DA’s Office announced it was dropping charges against Sander Findlay, after…
