Tag: cost of wrongful conviction
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And You Ask, How has This Happened???”
An AP article was just posted about a defendant in Atlanta, GA who has been sitting in jail and waiting to go to trial for the past 10 years: “Kharon Davis has spent nearly 10 years in jail. He’s had four sets of attorneys, with two judges on the bench. His co-defendants’ cases have wrapped up.…
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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…
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Growing Evidence That Prosecutors & Courts Are Often Wrong
Prosecutors are under pressure to obtain convictions at any cost; it does not seem to matter much to them whether or not a suspect is guilty. Once prosecutors charge an individual, police seldom continue to look for other suspects and the prosecutors push ahead to try to convict in court. Often evidence arises during or…
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Court of claims awards $3.5 million to Steven Barnes for wrongful conviction | NBC-WKTV News Channel 2 – Utica News, Weather, Sports – | Local News
ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. (WKTV) – A court of claims has awarded $3.5 million to the local man wrongfully convicted of a murder he didn’t commit. Steven Barnes spent nearly 20 years in prison for the 1985 murder of Kimberly Simon. Former State Court of Claims Judge Norman Siegel awarded Barnes the $3.5 million back in…