innocence project

"The case concerns Derrick Chappell, 41, Morton Johnson, 44, and Samuel Grasty, 47, who each were convicted in separate trials of second-degree murder [of a 70 year old woman near Philadelphia] and other charges in 2000 and 2001 and sentenced to life in prison...Tests on the DNA from the semen...

Here's a shocker: Victory for the Innocence Project, right? Um, no. Simon has now been released based on the details of how the Innocence Project elicited his confession:

Why do they do this kind of thing? That's the part I don't get. It's one thing not wanting to admit you sent an innocent man to jail for 25 years. But withholding the evidence before the guy is convicted, that is another psychological phenomena. DNA helps free Texas man convicted in wife's death

It seems that DNA evidence is being questioned around the world. A very reputable university in Australia has started a campaign to free "wrongly convicted" criminals. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/21/2777679.htm?section=justin So is DNA evidence reliable, or subject to...

Fortunately Scalia and Thomas do not echo the majority opinion on the Supreme Court at the moment. Supreme Court Orders New Look at Death Row Case So here's a not so unusual case of a man convicted of a serious crime, in this case one that got the death penalty, without any physical evidence...

Texan who died in prison cleared of rape conviction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas district court judge Friday reversed the conviction of a man who died in prison nearly a decade ago, almost two decades into a prison sentence for a rape he...