When It Comes to Claims of Actual Innocence, Courts Need to Consider Recantations
Read More:
Exoneration,
Johnnie Lee Savory,
Capital Punishment,
Death Row,
Cook County Criminal Justice System,
Criminal Justice,
Recantations,
Center on Wrongful Convictions,
Thaddeus Jimenez,
Innocence,
Troy Davis,
Antonin Scalia,
Illinois Death Penalty,
Chicago News
You might think that judges would be willing to review convictions based on testimony that was later recanted, but in fact courts frequently ignore recantations.
John Maki | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago