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Dean Cage: Man Wrongly Convicted Of Rape Spent Over A Decade In Jail

CNN | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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For Jewel Mitchell, it was the worst Christmas of her life, the pain so raw she secluded herself in her bedroom to shield her two young daughters. ...

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Trial by Firefight

Rob Fishman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

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Rob Fishman

It's clear that Cameron Todd Willingham was (mis)tried by a kangaroo court, but will justice be better served by the media zoo that's ensued?

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Cameron Todd Willingham: Texas Governor Dismisses 3 Commission Members Just 48 Hours Before Arson Review

AP | JEFF CARLTON | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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DALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man's execution won't be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Go...

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Barney Brown: His First Year of Freedom

John Maki | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

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John Maki

On September 24, Barney Brown celebrates his first year of freedom after 38 years of wrongful incarceration. His story is one of the most egregious wrongful convictions in U.S. history.

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Willingham Prosecutor's Lack of Doubt Too Extreme

Amy Bach | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Amy Bach

As the Willingham case demonstrates, there's a certain kind of behavioral reaction by people who work in courts -- prosecutors especially -- that defends the system over all contrary evidence.

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Dare Devils: Governor Rick Perry and the Texas Death Panel

Rachel Farris | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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Rachel Farris

Since when do conservatives care about anyone dying? The most disturbing example is Cameron Todd Willingham, was sentenced to death after refusing a plea-bargain for life in prison in Texas.

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Blinded by Tunnel Vision: What the Execution of Cameron Todd Willingham Can Teach Us About Wrongful Convictions

John Maki | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

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John Maki

Even when there is compelling evidence of actual innocence, it can be almost impossible to shake a mistaken but firmly held belief in a convicted person's guilt.

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Still Clinging to the Barbarity of the Death Penalty

Byron Williams | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Byron Williams

Since it is impossible to avoid error, the only way one can support the death penalty is to suggest that we have expendable portions of society.

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Cameron Todd Willingham: Did Texas Execute An Innocent Man?

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Huffington Post blogger Barry Scheck, of the Innocence Project, weighs in on the new evidence revealed by an investigative report in the New Yorker on...

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Innocent, but Executed

Barry Scheck | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Barry Scheck

Whether our criminal justice system has executed an innocent man should no longer be an open question. Cameron Todd Willingham's case proves that.

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Death Penalty Opposition Say Newspapers' Troubles Hurt Efforts

New York Times | TIM ARANGO | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

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Opponents of the death penalty looking to exonerate wrongly accused prisoners say their efforts have been hobbled by the dwindling size of America's n...

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Report on Forensic Science Challenges Accuracy of Evidence Analyses

Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dna, Cameron Todd Willingham, Forensic Science, Death Penalty, Arson, Innocence Project, Death, Politics News
Diann Rust-Tierney

Many forensic methods such as hair samples and blood spatters, are often mishandled by poorly trained technicians. Thousands of people convicted on the basis of such evidence may actually be innocent.

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Barack, Steele and Timothy Cole

Sarah Newman | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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Sarah Newman

Obama's run for the presidency brought us together as a community and helped us to acknowledge the slavery-based roots that established the foundations of our government.

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Fed Up With Waiting for Blago

Rob Warden | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Innocence Project, Rod Blagojevich, George Ryan, George Ryan and Exonerated, Wrongfull Convictions, Illinois General Assembly, Blagojevich and Exonerated, Blago, Chicago News
Rob Warden

The men and women unlucky enough to enough to have been convicted of crimes they didn't commit -- and lucky enough to prove it -- had a champion in former Illinois Governor George H. Ryan. But they don't have one in Rod Blagojevich.

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