Category Archives: InTheNews
Thousands of Wrongful Convicitions according to Survey
Associated Press article on University of Michigan and Center on Wrongful Convictions database on wrongful convictions.
GQ on the case of the WM3
Gentlemen’s Quarterly looks at the West Memphis 3 case. A definitive piece on the case from the child murders to the freedom of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley.
Juan Rivera – False Confession Conviction Overturned
Juan Rivera served 19 years in Illinois prisons, convicted on a false confession of the rape and murder of a young girl. DNA linked to another was present on the victim but prosecutors disregarded the crucial evidence to gain his conviction. Appellate court finally reversed the conviction.
The Story of a False Confession
A new book on the wrongful conviction and false confession obtained by infamous prosecutor John Reid, developer of the Reid technique for obtaining confessions.
The Yogurt Shop Murders-Austin Chronicle
Four young girls murdered and raped, two men convicted and sentenced for their murders, ten years later they are freed by the prosecutor. New DNA at the crime scene, false confessions and likely a wrongful conviction
NY Times Prosecutor Hid Evidence in Wrongful Conviction Case
Texas man freed in conviction for murder of his wife after prosecutor found to have hid evidence.
Inside the Box: False Confession of Thomas
MSNBC features story of juvenile who falsely confesses to the murder of his sister in rural Arkansas. Attorney Dorcy Corbin takes the case to the Arkansas Supreme Court and, with the help of Steve Drizen and the Center on Wrongful Convictions, wins the young man’s release.
Conviction Overturned for Pennsylvania’s Longest Serving Inmate on Death Row
A murder a false confession and a death sentence. Twenty years on death row and now a conviction overturned and the next step, freedom.
Memphis Commercial Appeal Looks at 12 Year Old’s False Confession
Thomas Cogdell was 12 years old when he was convicted of murdering his sister based upon a coerced, false confession. Now, after this case and the West Memphis 3 case have raised doubts about interrogation techniques used to obtain conviction, the Tennessee legislature is taking up the matter.