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National Center for Reason and Justice- Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Failed to Present Evidence That Could Have Prevented a Newly-Freed New Orleans Man from Spending 36 Years In Prison; Judge At a ‘Loss for Words’ September 1, 2022photo/gofundme “Prosecutors got their conviction, but at a great cost to an innocent man. To make matters worse, defense attorneys did an inadequate job of saving their client. “Blood and semen evidence that could’ve cleared a Black man’s name in … The post Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Failed to Present Evidence That Could Have Prevented […]rbchatelle
- Is the pastor guilty? August 26, 2022brianna paciorka/news sentinel We do not know enough about this case to have an informed opinion about Pastor Richards’ innocence. But a founder of the Tennessee Innocence Project believes him and is advocating for him. Read the article by Liz … The post Is the pastor guilty? first appeared on The National Center for Reason […]rbchatelle
- “It’s Crushing”: The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated July 30, 2022photo credit: Steven Hirsch/New York Post “It’s PTSD that all of us in this sort of fraternity suffer,” Herman Atkins told NBC News, in a story this week about the lasting trauma of wrongful convictions on Black men convicted of … The post “It’s Crushing”: The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated first appeared on The […]rbchatelle
- Dying in Prison in the “Live Free or Die” State July 13, 2022“Former NH detective James McLaughlin, the shady detective who was instrumental in pursuing lie after lie about Fr. Gordon MacRae sending him to a long prison term in 1994, was prominent on the Laurie List for “Falsification of Records” and/or … The post Dying in Prison in the “Live Free or Die” State first appeared […]rbchatelle
- The case against the trauma plot June 14, 2022illustration: Aldo Jarillo “How to account for trauma’s creep? Take your corners. Modern life is inherently traumatic. No, we’re just better at spotting it, having become more attentive to human suffering in all its gradations. Unless we’re worse at it—more … The post The case against the trauma plot first appeared on The National Center […]rbchatelle
- The Real Monsters June 3, 2022“Public and political support for registries remains high. There is little evidence that attitudes have been impacted by a growing body of research showing that public registration, community notification, and residency restrictions do not decrease the incidence of sexual offense. … The post The Real Monsters first appeared on The National Center for Reason and […]rbchatelle
- No Crime Wrongful Convictions May 28, 2022We invite you to watch this brief (about 15 minutes) TED talk on No Crime Wrongful Convictions. The cases sponsored by the NCRJ all fall into this category. Thanks to Jordan Silverman for the tip. … The post No Crime Wrongful Convictions first appeared on The National Center for Reason and Justice.rbchatelle
- Restorative Justice for Sex Offenses? May 11, 2022On April 13, 2022. this important conference was held via Zoom. Susannah Karin is a licensed social worker with over 20 years of experience in NYC’s criminal justice system. For the past nine years, she has been coordinating re-entry services … The post Restorative Justice for Sex Offenses? first appeared on The National Center for […]rbchatelle
- Judge calls BS on “Shaken Baby Syndrome” May 4, 2022Illustration by Claire Merchlinsky Jimenez wrote that the diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome, also known as Abusive Head Trauma, is “an assumption packaged as a medical diagnosis” and “lacks scientific grounding.” Read the article by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg in The Appeal… The post Judge calls BS on “Shaken Baby Syndrome” first appeared on The National Center […]rbchatelle
- Two videos from an important conference April 30, 2022Bill Dobbs of The Dobbs Wire sent us links to videos of a conference that took place in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 8, 2022: the eighth annual Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration (URMI) Conference. This year’s conference … The post Two videos from an important conference first appeared on The National Center for […]rbchatelle
- Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Failed to Present Evidence That Could Have Prevented a Newly-Freed New Orleans Man from Spending 36 Years In Prison; Judge At a ‘Loss for Words’ September 1, 2022
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- Group sues over passport marker for sex offenders January 14, 20181-11-18 California: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group representing sex offenders sued again Thursday to challenge a law that requires a marker to be placed in the passports of people convicted of sex offenses against children. Attorney Janice Bellucci filed the lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles on behalf of her nonprofit organization, the Alliance […]
- Lawsuit over Indiana sex offender registry requirement January 14, 201812-21-17 Indiana: Three men have filed a lawsuit over an Indiana requirement that they register as sex offenders when moving to the state. They say they're being treated differently than other residents in similar situations. The men were convicted out of state, and before the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act was enacted. The lawsuit says […]
- New Passport Rules for Sex Offenders January 11, 20181-11-18 National: The US State Department has begun revoking the passports of registered child sex offenders. The change has been made in order to comply with a law passed last year, the International Megan’s Law. Under the new law, registered sex offenders who have been convicted of an offense against a minor will no longer […]
- Scarlet-Letter Passports Are Unjust and Irrational January 11, 201811-1-17 Washington DC: The new "unique identifier" for sex offenders stigmatizes people who pose no threat. The notice, which will appear on the second-to-last page of U.S. passports, is officially known as an "endorsement," but it is more like a badge of shame. "The bearer was convicted of a sex offense against a minor," it […]
- Sex offenders settle lawsuit over living in 'school zones' December 22, 201711-14-17 Michigan: GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Three Grand Rapids men on Michigan's Sex Offender Registry have settled a federal lawsuit against the state over housing requirements that restrict where they can live. They had been told they could not live in homes that were within 1,000 feet of a school zone. Attorney Sarah Riley Howard […]
- In bizarre case, 4th Circuit panel finds forced erections unconstitutional December 12, 201712-11-17 Virigna: A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of a Virginia man who, as a teen, was once ordered by a lower court to be photographed while masturbating in the presence of armed police officers. That warrant was ostensibly part of an ongoing sexting investigation into the then-teen, Trey Sims, who had exchanged […]
- Federal court says state can put sex offender status on driver's licenses December 12, 201711-29-17 Oklahoma: Federal judges say red letters on driver’s licenses are not cruel and unusual OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court has ruled that Oklahoma can include aggravated sex offender status on driver’s licenses. The 2007 state law allows for the note to be included in red letters in three places on the driver’s license. […]
- COA: Churches aren’t school property; sex offenders can attend November 29, 201710-24-17 Indiana: Three convicted Boone County sex offenders can return to their church congregations after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined that churches are not considered “school property,” so state statute cannot prohibit the offenders from going to church, even when children are present. The appellate court handed down that decision Tuesday in John Doe […]
- Sex offender sues West St. Paul over its rule limiting where he can live November 19, 201711-19-17 Minnesota: Tom Evenstad moved into his friend’s West St. Paul home on Aug. 21. Three days later, a West St. Paul police investigator called the landlord and said Evenstad had to go. The city cited Evenstad’s first-degree criminal sexual conduct conviction in 1999 as the reason he could not live in the home, a […]
- Here's why sexual assaults are less of a problem in Canada November 14, 201711-14-17: MONTREAL — As reports of celebrity sexual assaults escalate in the United States, Americans might want to look to its northern neighbor for clues as to why it's less of a problem in Canada. The rate of reported sexual assaults and rapes in Canada is roughly half that in the U.S. There were 431,840 […]
- Group sues over passport marker for sex offenders January 14, 2018