Back in action: Flawed technology; A callous United Kingdom Postal Service; And good, honest, innocent postmasters and postmistresses: The victims: The UK Postal Service debacle: Often referred to as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history: Major (Welcome) Development: Sir Alan Bates, who threw his life into campaigning for justice for victims of the Horizon scandal which led a group of 555 sub-postmasters into launching landmark legal action against the Post Office. has agreed to a"multi-million pound ' compensation payout, The BBC (Business Reporter Emer Moreau) reports, noting that: "Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted after the faulty Horizon IT system indicated shortfalls in Post Office branch accounts. Hundreds more poured their own savings into their branch to make up apparent shortfalls in order to avoid prosecution. Marriages broke down, and some families believe the stress led to serious health conditions, addiction and even premature death. A spokesperson for the Department for Business and Trade said: "We pay tribute to Sir Alan Bates for his long record of campaigning on behalf of victims. "We can confirm that Sir Alan's claim has reached the end of the scheme process and been settled." As of September 2025, a total of £1.23bn had been awarded to more than 9,100 sub-postmasters."

BACKGROUND: From a previous post on this Blog: (January  13, 2024): "The scandal is frequently described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history.  What harm did it cause?  Hundreds of sub-post office operators ended up with criminal records and punishments ranging from having to do community service and wear electronic tags to being jailed. Many were left struggling financially or even bankrupt following convictions. Even those who did not go to court had to drum up money to cover nonexistent shortfalls.  Victims and their families were severely hit by stress, and in many cases illness, with the scandal linked to at least four suicides.  For years the Post Office, which has the power to investigate and prosecute without the need for police involvement, continued to defend itself against accusations and press reports highlighting problems with the IT system, developed by Japan’s Fujitsu, including through legal means.  In 2019, a group of post office operators won a high court case in which their convictions were ruled wrongful and the Horizon IT system was ruled to be at fault.   In 2021, the ruling was upheld on appeal, quashing the convictions of some workers who were wrongly accused of committing crimes, paving the way for compensation.  However, even since the computer system was found to be defective, the Post Office has still opposed a number of appeals by operators.  What kind of justice have victims got since?"

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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Sir Alan was part of the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme, under which claimants can either receive £75,000 or seek their own settlement. Former sub-postmaster Tim Brentnall from Pembrokeshire had his conviction overturned after he was prosecuted for false accounting. Brentnall told BBC Radio Wales Drive that Sir Alan's "tenacity and dogged spirit" kept him and other sub-postmasters going over the past 20 years. "We all owe him a great debt."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The Post Office/Horizon scandal reached new heights in the public consciousness last year after Sir Alan's campaign for justice was portrayed in the ITV drama series Mr Bates vs the Post Office. The government adopted all but one of the recommendations of a report published following a public inquiry into the scandal. The inquiry detailed the full human impact of the scandal for the first time: the report said that more than 13 people may have taken their own lives as a result of what happened to them."

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STORY: "Alan Bates to get multi-million-pound payout over Post Office scandal," The BBC (Business Reporter Emer Moreau) reports, on November 4, 2025.

GIST: "Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has agreed a multi-million-pound compensation figure from the Post Office, sources close to the deal have confirmed to the BBC.

The payout for Sir Alan comes more than 20 years after he started campaigning for justice for victims of the Horizon scandal which led a group of 555 sub-postmasters launching landmark legal action against the Post Office.

The exact sum paid to Sir Alan has not been made public and he has not responded to requests for comment.

Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted after the faulty Horizon IT system indicated shortfalls in Post Office branch accounts.

Hundreds more poured their own savings into their branch to make up apparent shortfalls in order to avoid prosecution.

Marriages broke down, and some families believe the stress led to serious health conditions, addiction and even premature death.

A spokesperson for the Department for Business and Trade said: "We pay tribute to Sir Alan Bates for his long record of campaigning on behalf of victims.

"We can confirm that Sir Alan's claim has reached the end of the scheme process and been settled."

As of September 2025, a total of £1.23bn had been awarded to more than 9,100 sub-postmasters.

Sir Alan first received an offer of redress in January 2024, which he rejected, describing it as "cruel and derisory".

He was made another offer in May 2024 which he said was around a third of what he had requested. In May of this year, he said that he'd received a third offer for less than 50% of his original claim.

Sir Alan was part of the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme, under which claimants can either receive £75,000 or seek their own settlement.

Former sub-postmaster Tim Brentnall from Pembrokeshire had his conviction overturned after he was prosecuted for false accounting.

Brentnall told BBC Radio Wales Drive that Sir Alan's "tenacity and dogged spirit" kept him and other sub-postmasters going over the past 20 years.

"We all owe him a great debt."

The Post Office/Horizon scandal reached new heights in the public consciousness last year after Sir Alan's campaign for justice was portrayed in the ITV drama series Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

The government adopted all but one of the recommendations of a report published following a public inquiry into the scandal.

The inquiry detailed the full human impact of the scandal for the first time: the report said that more than 13 people may have taken their own lives as a result of what happened to them.

Earlier this year, Sir Alan accused the government of putting forward a "take it or leave it" offer of compensation amounting to less than half of his claim.

Many victims have previously complained about being forced to accept low offers of compensation, without the benefit of legal help.

Last month, the government announced that all victims who are claiming compensation will now be entitled to free legal advice to help them with their offers.

There are three different compensation schemes, which are aimed at different groups of victims.

Individual eligibility for compensation depends on the particular circumstances of each case.

However, the schemes have been criticised for being too slow and complicated, with many of the worst-affected victims receiving far less than their original claims.

Sir Alan told the inquiry that, as part of his plan to claim his own settlement, his lawyers had included compensation for his 20 years of campaigning for justice for other victims.

He said: "I'm trying to fight for everyone's financial redress in this but I've also got to fight for my own as well."

He said his lawyers added the 20 years' compensation to his claim without his knowledge.""

The entire story can be read at: 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5e723qv0no

PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"  section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com.  Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.

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FINAL WORD:  (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases):  "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."

Lawyer Radha Natarajan:

Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;

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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions.   They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!

Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;

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Back in Action: Jose Maysonet Jr: Chicago, Illinois: False confessions and much more: Heather Cherone reports on WTTE (Chicago news) that senior lawyers recommend that $17M should be paid to this man to man who spent 27 years in prison after being beaten Into confessing to murder by the disgraced ex-Detective Reynolds Guevara, noting that: "The proposed settlement is set to be considered Monday by the City Council’s Finance Committee. A final vote of the full City Council could come Nov. 14. If approved, it would be the ninth lawsuit filed by Chicagoans who said they were the victims of Guevara’s misconduct to be resolved, for a total cost of more than $112 million to Chicago taxpayers. With 39 lawsuits pending, that toll is sure to grow since city lawyers have little hope of winning any of those cases at trial because Guevara has refused to testify about his conduct as a Chicago detective, and many of the people he helped convict who have sued the city have been exonerated by judges. Chicago taxpayers paid $2.53 million to defend Guevara and the other Chicago police officers named in Maysonet’s lawsuit, which was filed more than seven years ago."

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This Blog is interested in false confessions because of the disturbing number of exonerations in the USA, Canada and multiple other jurisdictions throughout the world, where, in the absence of incriminating forensic evidence the conviction is based on self-incrimination – and because of the growing body of  scientific research showing how vulnerable suspects are to widely used interrogation methods  such as  the notorious ‘Reid Technique.’ As  all too many of this Blog's post have shown, I also recognize that pressure for false confessions can take many forms, up to and including physical violence, even physical and mental torture.

Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog:

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Guevara interrogated Maysonet for 17 hours based on a tip from another man who would later tell authorities that Guevara forced him to implicate Maysonet, according to court records. Maysonet said Guevara beat him with a telephone book and flashlight, striking his head, body and testicles after covering up the only window into the interrogation room to prevent his conduct from being observed by others, according to court records. Maysonet said Guevara squeezed his genitals until he soiled himself and threatened to arrest his sister and girlfriend unless he confessed, according to court records. During Guevara’s interrogation, detectives allowed Maysonet’s pregnant girlfriend to speak with him. Rosa Bella told him that police said that unless he cooperated, they would take away her two children from a previous relationship, records show. Guevara and representatives of the Cook County state’s attorney ignored Maysonet’s requests to speak with an attorney, according to his lawsuit.

Maysonet confessed, implicating three other men, Justino Cruz, Christopher Gossens and Alfredo Gonzalez, in the double murder. After convicting Gonzalez of two counts of first-degree murder, the jury in Gonzalez’s case found him eligible for the death penalty. However, the judge sentenced him to life in prison, citing his lack of a criminal records. Gonzalez has also been exonerated, and his suit against the city is pending.

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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "No physical evidence linked Maysonet to the double murder, nor did the jury hear any eyewitness evidence that tied him to the murders. In 2011, Maysonet challenged his conviction, telling a judge that his lawyer failed to tell him he was representing Guevara in child support proceedings while Maysonet was being tried for murder based on evidence gathered by Guevara."

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STORY: "Pay $17M to Man Who Spent 27 Years in Prison After Being Beaten Into Confessing to Murder by Disgraced Ex-Detective, City Lawyers Recommend," by Reporter Heather Cheroe, published by WTTE (Chicago News), on November 6, 2025.  (Heather Cherone Heather Cherone is a senior reporter for WTTW News covering Chicago and Illinois politics, based out of Chicago City Hall. A native of the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, and a graduate of Kenwood Academy, Heather Cherone  has a bachelor's and a master's degree from Northwestern University.)

GIST: "Chicago taxpayers should pay $17 million to a man who spent 27 years in prison after he was beaten and coerced by a disgraced former Chicago police detective into confessing that he killed two brothers in 1990, city lawyers recommended.

Jose Maysonet Jr. was convicted and sentenced to life in prison after being investigated by Reynaldo Guevara, a former Chicago police detective accused of routinely framing suspects.

The proposed settlement is set to be considered Monday by the City Council’s Finance Committee. A final vote of the full City Council could come Nov. 14.

If approved, it would be the ninth lawsuit filed by Chicagoans who said they were the victims of Guevara’s misconduct to be resolved, for a total cost of more than $112 million to Chicago taxpayers.

With 39 lawsuits pending, that toll is sure to grow since city lawyers have little hope of winning any of those cases at trial because Guevara has refused to testify about his conduct as a Chicago detective, and many of the people he helped convict who have sued the city have been exonerated by judges.

Chicago taxpayers paid $2.53 million to defend Guevara and the other Chicago police officers named in Maysonet’s lawsuit, which was filed more than seven years ago.

Maysonet was 22, spoke no English and was intellectually disabled when he was arrested in connection with the slaying of Kevin Wiley, 26, and his brother, Torrence Wiley, 27, in May 1990 near Humboldt Park.

Guevara interrogated Maysonet for 17 hours based on a tip from another man who would later tell authorities that Guevara forced him to implicate Maysonet, according to court records.

Maysonet said Guevara beat him with a telephone book and flashlight, striking his head, body and testicles after covering up the only window into the interrogation room to prevent his conduct from being observed by others, according to court records. Maysonet said Guevara squeezed his genitals until he soiled himself and threatened to arrest his sister and girlfriend unless he confessed, according to court records.

During Guevara’s interrogation, detectives allowed Maysonet’s pregnant girlfriend to speak with him. Rosa Bella told him that police said that unless he cooperated, they would take away her two children from a previous relationship, records show.

Guevara and representatives of the Cook County state’s attorney ignored Maysonet’s requests to speak with an attorney, according to his lawsuit.

Maysonet confessed, implicating three other men, Justino Cruz, Christopher Gossens and Alfredo Gonzalez, in the double murder.

After convicting Gonzalez of two counts of first-degree murder, the jury in Gonzalez’s case found him eligible for the death penalty. However, the judge sentenced him to life in prison, citing his lack of a criminal records. Gonzalez has also been exonerated, and his suit against the city is pending.

Cruz pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 22 years in prison in return for testifying against Gonzalez, who prosecutors accused of firing the fatal shots.

Gossens, who opted for a bench trial, was acquitted. Maysonet, who was tried by a jury, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

No physical evidence linked Maysonet to the double murder, nor did the jury hear any eyewitness evidence that tied him to the murders.

In 2011, Maysonet challenged his conviction, telling a judge that his lawyer failed to tell him he was representing Guevara in child support proceedings while Maysonet was being tried for murder based on evidence gathered by Guevara.

In 2016, a judge vacated Maysonet’s conviction and prosecutors moved to retry him.

In 2017, Cook County prosecutors dropped all of the charges against Maysonet after five former Chicago police officers, including Guevara, told a judge they would invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions in court.

The Cook County Board of Commissioners agreed in October 2024 to settle Maysonet’s lawsuit for $2.4 million.""

The entire story can be read at: 

https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/pay-17m-man-who-spent-27-years-prison-after-being-beaten-confessing-murder-disgraced-ex

PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"  section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com.  Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.

SEE BREAKDOWN OF  SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG,  AT THE LINK BELOW:  HL:

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FINAL WORD:  (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases):  "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."

Lawyer Radha Natarajan:

Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;

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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions.   They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!

Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;

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Back In Action: Catch-up: Danyel Smith: Georgia. Shaken Baby Syndrome: After 22 years behind bars his fight for a new trial isn't over, Reporter Madeline Thigpen reports on 'Capital B Atlanta' noting that: "In 2003, Smith was convicted of murdering his infant son based on a medical examiner’s diagnosis that the 2-month-old boy had sustained abusive head trauma, labeled at the time as shaken baby syndrome. He was sentenced to life. Last week, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a ruling by a Gwinnett County judge denying Smith a new trial and sent the case back to the lower court with an order to apply the appropriate legal framework in their decision. “It’s somewhat bittersweet because we, for the last five years, have been litigating this case with what we believe is evidence that Mr. Smith is innocent, and while we won today, he’s still in prison,” Mark Loudon-Brown, Smith’s attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights Capital Litigation Unit told Capital B Atlanta on Oct. 15."

BACKGROUND:  (THEN):  Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg: Published by 'The Appeal', on September 27,  2004, under the  heading: "Georgia Judge Refuses to Overturn ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Conviction."…"Medical experts testified that Danyel Smith’s child likely died of natural causes, but Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge Ronnie K. Batchelor rejected a motion to overturn his 2003 murder conviction. Yesterday, Danyel Smith’s fight to prove he did not kill his two-month-old son suffered a devastating blow when a Georgia state court denied his request for a new trial. In 2003, Smith was convicted of shaking to death his son, Chandler, based on the largely discredited theory of shaken baby syndrome (SBS).  In April, the Superior Court of Gwinnett County held an evidentiary hearing on Smith’s motion for a new trial. Prior to the hearing, the Gwinnett County prosecutor’s office offered Smith a plea deal for time served, which would mean he would be released from prison, according to his legal filings. Smith, who has always maintained his innocence, rejected it. “Imagine watching your baby boy die of natural causes after frantically trying to save his life, and then being asked to say, untruthfully, that you killed him,” Smith’s attorney, Mark Loudon-Brown, told The Appeal in an email. “That is something Mr. Smith would not do, even at the price of freedom.” For years, the courts have refused to believe Smith’s protestations of innocence. At trial, Smith testified that Chandler suddenly stopped breathing while they were driving to see the baby’s mother. Smith said he performed CPR on the side of the road, then got back in the car, and drove to his partner’s location. Once he arrived at the office building where his partner was waiting, he carried Chandler out of the car. His partner called 911, and two bystanders attempted to perform CPR. Paramedics arrived and took Chandler to the hospital.  The police quickly assumed that Smith had abused Chandler. They arrested him at the hospital, five days before his son was taken off life support.  At trial, Smith told the jury he was innocent.  “I did not beat my son,” he testified. “I did not shake my son.” The jury convicted Smith, and the judge sentenced him to life. 

STORY: (NOW)  "After 22 years behind bars a Georgia man's  fight for a new trial isn't over," by  Criminal Justice Reporter Madeline Thigpen, published by Capital B Atlanta, on October 20, 2025.

SUB-HEADING: "In a unanimous opinion, the state Supreme Court said the lower court failed to apply the proper legal framework when denying Danyel Smith a new trial.

PHOTO CAPTION: "Danyel Smith, seen in 2001, has spent more than 20 years fighting to clear his name in the death of his infant son."

GIST: "After spending over 20 years incarcerated for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Danyel Smith had hoped to celebrate his first Thanksgiving at home this November. However, despite a recent victory at the Supreme Court of Georgia, it is likely he will remain incarcerated for the rest of the year.

“I jokingly told him last night that we have five white [lottery] balls, but we just didn’t get the Mega Ball,” Smith’s fiancée, Latasha Pyatt, told Capital B Atlanta. “We won a little bit, but we just didn’t get the Mega Ball this time. But it’s coming.”

In 2003, Smith was convicted of murdering his infant son based on a medical examiner’s diagnosis that the 2-month-old boy had sustained abusive head trauma, labeled at the time as shaken baby syndrome. He was sentenced to life.

Last week, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a ruling by a Gwinnett County judge denying Smith a new trial and sent the case back to the lower court with an order to apply the appropriate legal framework in their decision.

“It’s somewhat bittersweet because we, for the last five years, have been litigating this case with what we believe is evidence that Mr. Smith is innocent, and while we won today, he’s still in prison,” Mark Loudon-Brown, Smith’s attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights Capital Litigation Unit told Capital B Atlanta on Oct. 15.

Even though they had been warned by the attorneys that this was a possible outcome, Pyatt said her fiancé had been optimistic that the Supreme Court would grant him a new trial because of how long he had been incarcerated.

“He was extremely disappointed. … I would even go as far as saying he was devastated with the news,” she said.

About a week before the court’s decision was announced, Smith was transferred from Dooly State Prison in Unadilla to Riverbend Correctional Facility, a privately run prison in Milledgeville, which Pyatt believes is contributing to his distress.

“Another delay is just very, very disheartening and heartbreaking for the both of us and the whole family, to be honest,” Pyatt added.

Loudon-Brown doesn’t expect to have to present the evidence again but said they anticipate a hearing to argue why a correct application of the law means Smith should be granted a new trial.

“While this is a pending case, the Georgia Supreme Court has sent it back for consideration by the trial judge. We will continue to advocate on behalf of the victims and the people of the state of GA,” a spokesperson for Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson wrote in a statement to Capital B Atlanta.  

The entire story can be read at: 

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"  section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com.  Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.

SEE BREAKDOWN OF  SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG,  AT THE LINK BELOW:  HL:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985

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FINAL WORD:  (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases):  "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."

Lawyer Radha Natarajan:

Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;

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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions.   They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!

Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;

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