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Radley Balko
(mefi’s own), a journalist for reason magazine and writer of theagitator.com blog, published a startling story at reason online today (warning: disturbing photos and video) that convincingly suggests that the embattled doctors Steven Hayne and Michael West may have engaged in criminal evidence tampering that supported a capital murder conviction in the death of a 23 month old girl in Louisiana. Jimmie Duncan, the defendant, currently sits on death row. [more inside]
posted by AgentRocket
on Feb 19, 2009 -
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DNA frees 3 convicts after 17-year incarcerations --Barry Scheck and The Innocence Project have struck again. Thus far, they have used DNA to free 128 wrongly convicted people.
Read Frontline's interview with Scheck.
Learn about a sister organization, Northwestern's Center on Wrongful Convictions, which has freed nine Illinois men who were once sentenced to death.
For those sentenced to time in the can, prison can be a rough place.
How can we prevent innocent people from being put to death? Or fates worse than death?
posted by trharlan
on Jun 12, 2003 -
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