A federal habeas corpus petition has been filed in the case of Cameron Isaac, arguing that flawed forensic testimony and a coerced witness statement led to his 2017 murder conviction, and that new evidence now calls the verdict into question.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered a new penalty-phase hearing in the case of Wayne A. Smith, after finding that his resentencing counsel was ineffective in failing to object to evidence and arguments portraying him as a “serial killer”, which was deemed to have minimal probative value but substantial prejudicial impact.
Andre Brown had his conviction vacated in 2022, only to face the threat of being sent back to prison after the appellate court reversed that ruling nearly two years later, highlighting the systemic issues of the legal system and the importance of persistence in the fight for exoneration.
Andre Brown, who was convicted of a 1999 double attempted murder, had his 40-year sentence converted to two 20-year concurrent terms, meaning he will not have to return to prison, after a resentencing motion was granted due to ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing.
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the denial of postconviction relief and rejected a habeas corpus petition filed by James Terry Colley Jr., a death row inmate, ruling that his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and fundamental error failed to justify relief.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed the denial of federal habeas relief for Juan Carlos Alvarez, a Texas death row man, who argued that ineffective legal representation and unreliable forensic evidence violated his constitutional rights during his capital murder trial.
A Los Angeles County judge denied a motion for a retrial for a man whose attorney argued there were multiple serious failings by prior counsel, and set bail on appeal at $100,000.
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