To Prevent Wrongful Imprisonment, Illinois Proposes Legislation to Ensure Reliability of Confessions, Reduce Wrongful Convictions
By Kaylynn Chang CHICAGO, IL — In an article published by the Innocence Project, an organization dedicated…
New York District Attorney Vacates Convictions of 2 More Men Wrongly Convicted Decades Ago
By The Vanguard Staff NEW YORK CITY, NY – Two more men—both spent more than 20 years…
Looking Back: NY Must Pass Legislation to Protects Youths from Invasive Police Interrogations
By Jeffrey Deskovic This article was originally published this past week by the Queens Daily Eagle Coerced,…
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,…
Guest Commentary: Children Deserve Protections that Too Many Aren’t Getting in the US Justice System
During interrogation police have used shackling, lies, threats and coercion to get false confessions – tactics that…
Commentary: We Talk about Qualified Immunity, How about Police Accountability for False Confessions and False Testimony?
By David M. Greenwald A recent focus in police reform has zeroed in on qualified immunity. This…
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…
EXONERATIONS: Part V – Fabricated Evidence: Forensic Deception, Planted Evidence and Forged Confessions
By Kelsea Valerio (This is the fifth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a…
Looking Back: The Reid Technique – Strong Risk of False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester…
Prosecutor at Fault for ‘Intentionally’ Deceiving Jurors, Who Sentenced an Innocent Man to Death
By Linh Nguyen New evidence shows that prosecutor Robert Heyman “intentionally deceived the jurors” at a murder…
Learning From the Past: Work in the 40s and 50s Should Have Taught about Wrongful Convictions
In my reading, I happened upon the book, The Court of Last Resort, written by lawyer-turned-author Erle…
Lester Holt Talks about Why People Falsely Confess to Crimes
When a motion to suppress came forward in the Daniel Marsh case about five years ago, I…
Controversial Interrogation Method to End?
Confessions have been a big source of concern for a number of years, as the growing body…
Sunday Commentary II: Can We Elevate Our Level of Discourse by Cleaning Up Our Verbiage?
Twice this week I have been taken aback by the casual use of invective pejorative phrases in…
Judge Kozinski: “When prosecutors misbehave, don’t keep it a secret”
This part two of Judge Alex Kozinski’s article on legal system reform and prosecutorial misconduct. Back in…
Judge Kozinski Believes It Is Time to Rein in Prosecutors – Part 1
Judge Alex Kozinski is probably not the most likely reformer – he was appointed to the Ninth…
Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?
By Jeff Adachi Imagine you’re arrested for a crime you didn’t commit. You can’t afford bail. While…
Commentary: Victim’s Son Responds to Billingsley Polemic and Restores Our Faith
We were stunned and appalled when Lloyd Billingsley, a journalist and would-be author of a book on…
Vanguard Analysis: Profiting from the Marsh Tragedy?
The verdict in the guilt phase was hardly issued on Friday when an individual, Lloyd Billingsley, a…
My View: Marsh and Juvenile Brain Development
This week a Yolo County jury took a couple of hours to convict Daniel Marsh of the…
