CenterOnWrongfulConvictions
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The Center on Wrongful Convictions is dedicated to identifying and rectifying wrongful convictions, and focuses on representation, education, and reform.
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http://www.law.northwestern.edu/cwc/ 19-01-2012 02:14:40
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Pardon sought for Joe James, a Black man executed in 1908 in IL after not receiving a fair trial. This month, along with partners at NortheasternLaw Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, the CWC filed a petition for executive clemency. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/p…
.@lauranirider & Dave Thompson, CFI join Dr. Phil to highlight the need to reform police interrogation tactics that cause false confessions - esp for kids like Laura & Steven A Drizin client Brendan Dassey just 16 when he falsely confessed to a crime he did not commit. http://bi/t.ly/DrPhilpod
Along w/ interrogation training expert Dave Thompson, CFI, attorney Daniel Woofter from Goldstein & Russell, Laura Nirider appeared on Dr. Phil to discuss Atif Rafay’s unreliable confession and the urgent need to prohibit police from lying during interrogations.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=x_vIa2…
#Missouri plans to execute an innocent man in 8 days. Despite his airtight alibi, Leonard 'Raheem' Taylor sits in solitary confinement awaiting execution.
This is unconscionable. Follow Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty to learn how you can support Raheem's fight for his life. kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
Today marks 20 years since former IL Governor George Ryan commuted the sentences of all death row inmates in Illinois.
“The commutations paved the way for Illinois’ eventual abolition of the death penalty in 2011.” Death Penalty Information Center
deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/illinois-…
Lawyers, Advocates Prod Albany for More Legal Protections for Kids Under Arrest thecity.nyc/2022/12/7/2349… Yusef Abdus Salaam leads the charge for this essential reform to protect kids from false and coerced confessions.
Today, our own Laura Nirider spoke to the National Judicial Institute in Vancouver about how to prevent false confessions.
Educating judges is crucial to preventing wrongful convictions- esp poignant as it’s been 6 years since a judge ruled Brendan’s confession to be unreliable.