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Man Free From Prison After 16 Years For A Crime He Didn't Commit

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Robert Dewey was 33 when he went to prison for the 1994 rape and murder of a Colorado woman. The 51-year-old walked away free...

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New DNA Evidence Clears Man Of 1994 Rape And Murder

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Mesa County Colorado, Video, Jacie Taylor, Grand Junction Police Department, Palisade Colorado, Robert Dewey, Dna Evidence, Tim Masters, New DNA Evidence, Grand Junction Colorado, Denver News

A man who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole nearly 16 years ago may walk free Monday after being exonerated by a new a...

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A Call to Empiricism

The Cornell Sun | Posted 05.15.2012

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The scientific study of human behavior is shedding new light on our actions and inner life. To ignore these insights is not just a mistake. It is criminal.

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Do You Live in a Rapist-Friendly State? (Yes, There Is Such a Thing.)

Keli Goff | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Dna, Rape, Sexual Assault, Statute of Limitations, Rape Kits, Brian Brockington, Untested Rape Kits, Dna Evidence, Crime News

In interviews with representatives from organizations dedicated to aiding survivors of sexual assault and improving the criminal justice system's prosecution of sex crimes, I learned that as the current system stands the release of proven rapists is virtually inevitable.

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"The Pope of Humboldt Park" Case Tests State's Attorney's New Direction

David Protess | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Wrongful Convictions, Jailhouse Informants, Dna Evidence, Anita Alvarez, Francisco Vicente, Jailhouse Snitch, Chicago News

A troubling case provides a test of Ms. Alvarez's commitment to right wrongful convictions. It turns on an issue that cuts to the core of the criminal justice system: The procurement of false testimony by a jailhouse snitch.

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Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions

Wray Herbert | Posted 03.13.2012

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Confessions are powerful and damning evidence, which is a good thing if the defendant is guilty. But what if the defendant is innocent?

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Cabbie Arrested For Raping Passenger

Posted 01.10.2012

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Cops have arrested a New York City cab driver for allegedly raping a female passenger at knifepoint in his taxi. In May, the victim, an unidentifie...

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Public Officials Call On Rick Perry To Allow DNA Testing For Questionable Execution

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Texas Death Penalty, Dna Testing, Dna, Rick Perry Texas, Capital Punishment, Republican Candidates, Cameron Todd Willingham, Execution, 2012 Elections, Elections 2012, Rick Perry Death Penalty, Perry Execution, Rick Perry Execution, Rick Perry, Texas Criminal Courts, Texas, Hank Skinner, Video, Henry Skinner, Death Penalty, Texas Execution, Greg Abbott, Dna Evidence, Perry Death Penalty, Politics News

A group of current and former lawmakers, judges and lawyers is calling on Texas Gov. Rick Perry to grant DNA testing for a convicted murderer with an ...

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Tim Masters Speaks Out At CU Law School

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 12.14.2011

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Tim Masters, the man who spent almost a decade in prison for a murder he didn't commit, faced an overflowing courtroom on Thursday afternoon--this tim...

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Corrections Officer Charged In 1997 Rape Of 10-Year-Old Girl

Posted 11.22.2011

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A Cook County sheriff's correctional officer has been charged with sexual assault of his 10-year-old step daughter based on DNA results from a rape ki...

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Battle Over DNA Evidence At Amanda Knox Trial

AP | By ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 09.29.2011

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PERUGIA, Italy -- Prosecutors at Amanda Knox's appeals trial battled it out Saturday with independent forensic experts who say some of the key DNA evi...

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Newly Passed Bill Expands DNA Collection To Those Presumed Innocent

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Guzzardi | Posted 07.26.2011

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If Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signs House Bill 3238, recently sent to his desk by the state legislature, it will mark a turning point in the national...

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The Truth About False Confessions

Katy Welter | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Illinois, False Confessions, Chicago, Videotaping Interrogations, Interrogation, Wrongful Conviction, Murder Conviction Overturned, Dna Evidence, Chicago News

Understanding the conditions that give rise to false confessions will help prevent a phenomenon that implicates innocent people.

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Police Use DNA Evidence To Find Bike Thief

River Forest, IL Patch | Casey Cora | Posted 07.05.2011

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A Berwyn man has been charged in connection with a River Forest garage burglary after DNA evidence from a bloody drape linked him to the crime, author...

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Fearing Truth: Why Do Prosecutors Fight Against Post-Conviction DNA Tests?

Locke Bowman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dna Testing, Henry Skinner, Post Conviction DNA Testing, Dna Evidence, Johnnie-Lee-Savory, James O'Dell, Criminal Justice, Chicago News

One of the hardest things in the world is to admit a mistake -- and that old saying applies with particular force to mistakes made in this country's criminal justice system.

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A Sour Twist In Story Of Reunited Family

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carlina White, Dna, New York Crime, Elizabeth White, Kidnapping, Crime, Ny News, Joy White, Carlina White Kidnapping, Nejdra Nance, Dna Evidence, Carl Tyson, New York News

What was once a heart warming story has now gone cold. After being reunited with her family for the first time in 23 years, Carlina White has retur...

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Amanda Knox 'Murder Knife' DNA Evidence To Be Retested

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERUGIA, Italy — Independent forensic experts will have 90 days starting next month to review crucial evidence linking American student Amanda K...

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Baby Kidnapped In 1987 Reunited With Family

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — More than two decades ago, a newborn sick with fever was snatched from a New York City hospital, her frantic mother returning to the ...

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Amanda Knox Court Makes Crucial Ruling

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERUGIA, Italy — Amanda Knox won an important victory in her appeals trial of her murder conviction in Italy on Saturday, when a court ruled tha...

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Take the Loco out of Local New York Politics: Local Issues That Matter

Lynne Glasner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exoneration, Jeffrey Deskovic, Death Row Exoneration, Eric Schneiderman, Criminal Justice System, Conviction, Attorney General, DNA Exoneration, Wrongful Conviction, Dna Evidence, New York City, New York News

Although we know there are many aspects of our criminal justice system that are broken, most politicians are unwilling to support measures that might address the injustices.

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DNA Evidence Could Lead To Release Of Zion Man Jailed For Murdering Two Children

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Zion man jailed since 2005 on charges he murdered his young daughter and her friend could be released from custody as soon as Wednesday. ...

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Jerry Brown Battles ACLU Over DNA Samples

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — A swab of saliva was at the center of a legal battle Tuesday over DNA collection of felony suspects and privacy rights. A three...

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Youngest Murder Defendent In High-Profile 1998 Case Now Guilty Of Attempted Murder

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois, Ryan Harris, Romarr Gipson, Dna Evidence, Ryan Harris Murder, Romarr Gipson Convicted, Chicago, Chicago News

At the age of 7, Romarr Gipson made headlines as the youngest murder suspect in Chicago history. Gipson and an 8-year-old friend were accused (and ult...

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DNA Evidence Found On Murdered Zion Girls Could Clear Father, In Prison For The Crime

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zion Murders, Jerry Hobbs, Illinois, Zion, Krystal Tobias, Laura Hobbs, Dna Evidence, Chicago News

UPDATE: According to the Chicago Tribune, Lake County Major Crimes investigators have linked Jorge "George" Torrez, a 21-year-old Marine, to the doub...

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Raymond Towler, Convicted Rapist, Exonerated By DNA Tests After 30 Years In Prison

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CLEVELAND — An Ohio man tasted freedom for the first time in nearly 30 years on Wednesday after a judge vacated his conviction because DNA evide...

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