Wrongful Conviction Resources
Organizations, research, and reporting on wrongful convictions.
Reporter’s Unbiased Look Aids In Exoneration
The wrongfully accused need all the help they can get so, when reporter Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” felt the evidence didn’t add up in the Ryan Ferguson case it…
Paid Per Conviction
Roger Koppl and Meghan Sacks authored a paper written for the journal Criminal Justice Ethics. They looked into how the criminal justice system incentivizes wrongful convictions. One section shows the
Execution Stayed for Mississippi Man
From the Innocence Project – The Mississippi Supreme Court granted death row inmate Willie Manning a stay of execution four hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. Mississippi’s…
Yelp Used To Rate Prisons
Prisoners are turning to the online review site Yelp to rate prisons and speak out about the treatment they are receiving in them. The reviews cover complaints ranging from food…
Stanford 3 Strikes Project
Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone Magazine has a wonderful post on his blog about Stanford’s 3 Strikes Project and some of the people behind it. Click here to read Matt…
18 States Now Outlaw Death Penalty
Maryland will become the 18th state to outlaw the death penalty. After the House voted 82-56, Governor O’Malley told reporters that the ban validates a “core belief that we share in…
Reforming Drug Laws
Is the end to federal “mandatory minimum” sentencing for drug offenders finally on the way. Law makers are hoping a bipartisan effort can be made to regulate marijuana the same…
Police Brutally Beat Up Man With Down’s Syndrome
Another instance of police brutality occurred when a police officer in Vista, California savagely beat a man with Down’s Syndrome. 21-year old Antonio Martinez was walking to his family’s bakery…
False Confession Capitol
The Chicago Police Department is under investigation by the Federal Justice Department for coercing teenagers to confess to crimes they didn’t commit. According to Peter Neufeld, the co-founder of the
Make Believe Memories
Elizabeth F. Loftus has been researching memory for almost four decades. Her research in creating false memory has earned her both respect and awards in the field of psychology. Click…
Tactics Police Use That Would Shock You
For those of you who have never had dealings with law enforcement, AlterNet has a very interesting list of 10 legal tactics the police use that most of us would…
National Registry of Exonerations
The National Registry of Exonerations is a joint project of the University of the Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. They…