I love that this book is being talked about and addressed in the month of October! If you haven’t read it yet consider this your homework assignment. It’s the story of wrongful conviction before wrongful conviction became a national media darling. It’s painful and hard and a really important piece of our cultural dialogue....
Troy Davis is still set to be executed tomorrow in Georgia for a crime he very likely did not commit. I feel physically ill.
This insanity has got to stop! Good for Huffington Post for having the imminent execution of Troy Davis as their headline story. The list of celebrities and politicians calling for a stay is tremendous and extends to former FBI chief William Sessions. People (read anyone in Georgia with the power to stop this execution)...
Many celebrities including Johnny Depp spoke out on behalf of the Memphis three. DNA evidence does not place them at the crime scene where a boy scouts were found murdered and there was growing doubt about their guilt. It seems that in lieu of a new trial or pleading guilty they have been released...
Not in Texas of course, but perhaps equally awe inspiring in Mississippi. Very nice article about a man who lost 10 years of his life as collateral damage in the drug war. Police raided the wrong side of a duplex unannounced and the man pulled a gun and shot a cop while defending his...
There is reason to be hopeful that Amanda Knox may be released though her family and lawyers are not putting a time frame on it. Independent experts testified and heavily criticized the way evidence was gathered, stored, and tested for DNA in the case. Italian courts are expected to make a ruling in September...
I was listening to this on NPR on the way home from work yesterday. Very interesting investigative journalism that seems almost extinct these days. Hearing about any shaken baby case I immediately think about Audrey Edmonds who was wrongfully convicted in Wisconsin and has since been exonerated. I first saw her three years ago...
(The Dallas Morning News is running an abridged version of this letter in today’s paper. The did not have space to list all the people who signed it – so here it is in its entirety. Happy Easter Dallas) Dear Editor, Today is a sad day for Justice in Texas. Justice is suppose to...
I have no words. so click here to read what the CCA had to say today. Today truth and justice lost a battle but not the war. We will keep fighting until Ben is home with his family where he belongs. Dallas, all your prayers are needed now and then we need some action!...
The past 20 years have seen the incarceration rate climb to staggering heights. At the same time, crime has fallen. Why is it our government feels the need to continue to punish when the punishment is no longer taking effect. Dallas Can Do Better is an organization called to defend the rights of those...