Looking Back: ‘Zero Percent,’ A Documentary About Hudson Link Wins Silver Heart Award
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Looking Back: Habeas Corpus – Now More Than Ever
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
U.S. Assigns $2.9 Billion in Compensation to Exonerees – Number of Collective Years Served by Wrongfully Accused Reaches 25,000 Years.
By Sydney Kaplan and Koda Slingluff “Freedom” is a word that, for many, is closely tied with…
New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years
(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the…
Walter Ogrod, Death Row Inmate, Exonerated after 28 Years
By Peter Eibert and Ankita Joshi (Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what…
Krasner’s Office Releases Report on More than 20 People Exonerated During His First Term in Office
By David M. Greenwald Philadelphia – Calling the work of the Philadephia DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit “historic”…
Looking Back: When Shaky Eyewitness Testimony Trumps Alibi Witness Testimony
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Looking Back: When Shaky Eyewitness Testimony Trumps Alibi Witness Testimony
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
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: Harmless Error – Is It Ever Really Harmless?
by Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Guest Commentary: What Larry Krasner’s Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform – and How He Can Go Further
Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more…
Looking Back: Recent Rash of Exonerations Only the Surface – Many More Remain Wrongfully Imprisoned
By Jeffrey Deskovic Editor’s note: (This column was originally published in 2014). “Looking back” will feature reprints…
Manhattan DA Candidates Promise Conviction Integrity Units – but There Are Doubts
By Ankita Joshi MANHATTAN, NY – Dan Quart, district attorney candidate in Manhattan, has promised to build…
Looking Back: A Man Wrongfully Incarcerated Becomes a Prison Reformer
After spending 16 years wrongfully incarcerated, Jeffrey Deskovic could have re-entered society bitter and downtrodden. Instead, he…
Looking Back: Christmas in Jail Is Worse than You Can Imagine. Now Imagine If You’ve Been Wrongfully Convicted
I spent 16 holidays behind bars for a crime I didn’t commit. How many other innocent men…
Looking Back: Careers in the Innocence Movement
by Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Defendant Lectured by Judge, Faces Possible Sentence to State Prison after Violating Multiple Probation Terms over 5 Years
By Roselyn Poommai SACRAMENTO, CA – After dodging accumulated probation jail terms for the past five years…
Looking Back: A Cop’s Cop – Profile of Jim Trainum
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Innocence Project Details Connections between Wrongful Convictions and Police Accountability
By Michael Wheeler NEW YORK, NY – Since the Ferguson shooting in 2014, activists have made the…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 102 – George Ryan and Ending the Illinois Death Penalty
George Ryan was a Republican Governor of Illinois. He started his career as an advocate for the…
