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Exculpatory Evidence

Radley Balko

Landmark Case Turns 50 -- But Defense Attorneys Aren't Celebrating

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Read More: Brady v. Maryland, Crime, Exculpatory Evidence, Criminal Justice, Innocence, Innocence Project, Brady v Maryland 50 Years, Brady v Maryland Anniversary, Fair Trial, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Politics News

One of the Supreme Court's most celebrated criminal procedure decisions turns 50 years old Monday. By a 7-2 vote, the Court ruled in the 1963 case Bra...

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Trial by Newspaper

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Freedom of the Press, Exculpatory Evidence, Swedish Chief Prosecutor Eva Finne, Muhammad Alzery, Daniel Ellsberg, Due Process, Wikileaks, Freedom of Speech, The Guardian, Trial by Newspaper, US Government, Julian Assange, Swedish Legal System, Ahmed Agiza, US Attorney General Eric Holder, Convention Against Torture, World News
Bianca Jagger

A mighty mountain of innuendos has been made to cast Julian Assange as some kind of rapist. As a women's rights advocate, I condemn and abhor rape, but Assange is innocent until proven guilty.

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The Devastating Consequences of Prosecutorial Misconduct

John Terzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wrongful Conviction, Exculpatory Evidence, The Justice Project, Post-Conviction Dna, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Murder, US Prison System, Prison System, Prison, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Prisoners, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, Politics News
John Terzano

Tim Masters was fifteen years old at the time of his alleged crime, and was not convicted until 12 years later. He languished in prison for almost ten years, and spent half his life trying to prove his innocence.

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