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Medical experts and law enforcement officials are questioning the science behind shaken baby syndrome convictions, leading to some cases being overturned and others being re-evaluated.
The Exonerated Five, who were wrongfully convicted of a crime in 1989, have become a testament to resilience, solidarity, and systemic change, and their case has led to policy reforms in New York’s interrogation laws and inspired a Netflix miniseries that has reached a new generation of viewers.
The ACLU of Florida has condemned the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a non-unanimous jury standard for imposing the death penalty, warning that it increases the risk of wrongful convictions and threatens constitutional protections.
The Fitzgerald, Alvarez and Ciummo law firm has been criticized for its high caseloads, lack of investigation and litigation, and for attorneys having inappropriate relationships with clients and struggling with addiction, leading to an increased likelihood of wrongful convictions for poor people accused of crimes in California.
Texas judges scheduled the fewest executions in at least three decades in 2025, but the state continues to spend millions of taxpayer dollars pursuing capital punishment despite persistent problems involving cost, geography, innocence claims, and racial disparities.
Elwood Jones was exonerated from Ohio’s death row after Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich dismissed the case against him due to evidence that excluded him as the perpetrator and raised concerns about the integrity of the original prosecution.
The Innocence Project released a new short film, “What I Didn’t Know,” which documents the emotional and practical challenges exonerees face as they rebuild their lives after decades of wrongful incarceration.
The U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty, a coalition of over 50 organizations, has been launched to abolish capital punishment, citing rising executions, political pressure, and a widening gap between public sentiment and state practices.
The Economist reports that the US is executing people at double the rate compared to last year, with the rise attributed to Republican political ambitions and a decrease in court oversight of the death penalty.
Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003 of shaking his 2-year-old daughter to death, may have a chance to retry his case after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that shaken baby syndrome testimony is inadmissible in trials due to lack of scientific evidence.
The ACLU released a report Wednesday outlining how wrongful convictions, especially of Black men, remain a predictable outcome of the nation’s death penalty system, due to racism, human error and systemic failures.
Support for the death penalty in the United States has dropped to its lowest point in over 50 years, with 44% of Americans now opposing it, according to a new Gallup poll.
Robert Eugene Brashers has been identified as the sole suspect in the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders, and two men who were previously wrongfully convicted have had their convictions overturned.
Autism advocacy groups, exonerees, and experts are urging Texas to halt the October 16 execution of Robert Roberson, an Autistic man convicted under the discredited “Shaken Baby Syndrome” hypothesis, citing overwhelming medical evidence that his daughter died from illness, improperly prescribed medications, and accident.
Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) has filed an amicus brief in Johnson v. Superintendent, Mahanoy SCI, calling for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to rehear a decision that restricts prosecutors’ ability to exercise discretion and pursue justice when confronted with an unjust conviction.
Exonerees are urging the Texas courts to halt the execution of Robert Roberson and review new evidence in his case, warning that the state risks executing an innocent man based on the now widely debunked “Shaken Baby Syndrome” hypothesis.
Corinna Lane, a former prosecutor, discusses the flaws in the US death penalty system, the pharmaceutical crisis that halted lethal injection, and the humanity of those on death row in her book Secrets of the Killing State.
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