Category: “Eyewitness Testimony”

• September 3, 2020

  Richard Wanke’s Appeal to the US Supreme Court!

  Richard Wanke has recently submitted a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. The appeal filing was due this week after an extension was granted by the Court due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Writ was authored by the defendant pro se, meaning an attorney has not been appointed in this appeal thus…

• Protected: The Greg Clark Murder Trial Summation

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• July 20, 2013

  Prove innocence of innocent – Times Union

  There is reason for the public to shudder at the high number of wrongful convictions coming out of the state’s judicial system, even if they are not your hands gripping the steel uprights of a prison cell. It means that real perpetrators are free to commit more crimes. “The consequences are too grave for not using available,…
• July 15, 2013

  Bad calls by witness ‘umps’ – The Trentonian

  Eyewitness testimony can be blurry, so juries must weigh it carefully, says New Jersey’s top court, citing such research findings as the following: A report by the Innocence Project at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law that out of 254 persons wrongfully convicted but later exonerated by DNA evidence, 75 percent had been found guilty…
• September 14, 2011

  Why Eyewitness Testimony Should Rarely Be Used To Convict Anyone

  The uninformed public gives the testimony of “eyewitnesses” far too much credibility. Do any research on the reliability of eyewitness testimony and you find that not only do people not remember correctly what they think or are certain that they saw, but you learn that all too often studies show that ideas and suggestions made…
• August 8, 2010

  They didnt do the crime – JSOnline

  The DNA exonerations not only have corrected injustices on a scale previously unimagined, they also have provided an unprecedented opportunity to learn about the causes of and remedies for error in criminal cases. These cases reveal not isolated mistakes, but systemic flaws. They reveal that wrongful convictions have identifiable causes, causes that can be addressed.…
• June 24, 2010

  Stuff You Should Know Podcast – How The Innocence Project Works

  Chuck and Josh, the co-hosts of the popular podcast “Stuff You Should Know” take a look at The Innocence Project and with astonishing statistics unveil some misconceptions about how well our police and justice system work. Listen to it by clicking here.
• December 6, 2009

  Our take on the case against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito

  Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in an Italian court yesterday of complicity in the murder of Meredith Kercher (Amanda’s roommate). Amanda was sentenced to 26 years in prison and Raffaele to 25 years. Are they guilty? Who knows? In our opinion, if they had been tried in a US court, we believe that…
• September 18, 2009

  false memory

  seen this it is cool how a memory can be forced on people out of 16 people in this video only one passed the test Play along I passed and got 7 words on the first and 6 on the second test http://revision3.com/scamschool/memorygame
• April 17, 2009

  Eyewitness Testimony on Trial

  Article by Rodley Balko, April 8, 2009, taken from Reasonline, <http://www.reason.com/news/show/132791.html> New research and DNA exonerations call fresh attention to an old problem Radley Balko | April 8, 2009 DNA testing has been something of a mixed blessing for prosecutors. Provided the samples are handled correctly, a positive test on hair, blood, semen, or other…