Alyssa Johnson: Montana: (Police training on mental impairment): This 22-month pregnant woman claims she was wrongfully arrested by the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) for allegedly driving under the influence, during a traffic stop, KPAX (Reporter Heven, Van) reports…"Alyssa is a photographer from Sheridan who, at 22 weeks pregnant, was pulled over by an MHP trooper on Dec. 1, 2024, for an alleged traffic violation. "I have a stutter, and he thought I was slurring so he pretty much said can you step out of the car? Made me do all these kinds of tests," says Alyssa. Alyssa explains that she has severe dyslexia, which makes understanding directions, and completing any sort of test, difficult. "I mean, Alyssa, when she was in school, she used to have extra time to take an exam and she’d have questions read to her," explains Alyssa's husband, Tim Johnson. Alyssa says in addition to her mental handicap, she was in a state of panic during the traffic stop — affecting her ability to give a proper breathalyzer result. "They were saying that since I couldn’t breathe through the breathalyzer and the testing wasn’t doing good, they arrested me and pretty much took me to the hospital for more blood work," she says. A written statement by her therapist confirms Alyssa's dyslexia diagnosis."

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ""I was just pretty shocked. And I constantly told him I'm pregnant, and I haven’t drunk in probably eight months," says Alyssa Johnson."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Following the incident, the couple got a third-party blood test — because the one conducted by law enforcement could take up to eight weeks to return. The blood test, provided by the Johnsons, shows negative for any type of drug. Alyssa says, "I take a prenatal, an aspirin for my blood pressure, and stuff for my heartburn, like Tums. Just like simple stuff." Tim explains that in addition to expecting their second child, they’re currently building a home — making the cost of bail and towing a hard hit on finances. "We have a budget to stick to and the budget doesn’t include any unexpected costs like this," Tim told MTN. Tim says this is an opportunity for police to receive better training on mental impairments and hopes that charges will be dropped from Alyssa's record. "And I understand they have to do their job too. I mean, support police. But this wasn’t right to do," she says."

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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "The couple says they have filed a formal complaint with the Montana Highway Patrol. A response provided by MHP's Sergeant John Metcalfe reads, "The case is still open as we are awaiting toxicology results. It would be premature to comment further."

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STORY: "Pregnant woman claims Montana Highway Patrol wrongfully arrested her for DUI," by Reporter Hevenn  Van, published by KPAX, on December 18, 2024.

GIST: "A pregnant woman from Sheridan is claiming she was wrongfully arrested by the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) for allegedly driving under the influence during a traffic stop near Bozeman.

"I was just pretty shocked. And I constantly told him I'm pregnant, and I haven’t drunk in probably eight months," says Alyssa Johnson.

Alyssa is a photographer from Sheridan who, at 22 weeks pregnant, was pulled over by an MHP trooper on Dec. 1, 2024, for an alleged traffic violation.

"I have a stutter, and he thought I was slurring so he pretty much said can you step out of the car? Made me do all these kinds of tests," says Alyssa.

Alyssa explains that she has severe dyslexia, which makes understanding directions, and completing any sort of test, difficult.

"I mean, Alyssa, when she was in school, she used to have extra time to take an exam and she’d have questions read to her," explains Alyssa's husband, Tim Johnson.

Alyssa says in addition to her mental handicap, she was in a state of panic during the traffic stop — affecting her ability to give a proper breathalyzer result.

"They were saying that since I couldn’t breathe through the breathalyzer and the testing wasn’t doing good, they arrested me and pretty much took me to the hospital for more blood work," she says.

A written statement by her therapist confirms Alyssa's dyslexia diagnosis.

Following the incident, the couple got a third-party blood test — because the one conducted by law enforcement could take up to eight weeks to return.

The blood test, provided by the Johnsons, shows negative for any type of drug.

Alyssa says, "I take a prenatal, an aspirin for my blood pressure, and stuff for my heartburn, like Tums. Just like simple stuff."

Tim explains that in addition to expecting their second child, they’re currently building a home — making the cost of bail and towing a hard hit on finances.

"We have a budget to stick to and the budget doesn’t include any unexpected costs like this," Tim told MTN.

Tim says this is an opportunity for police to receive better training on mental impairments and hopes that charges will be dropped from Alyssa's record.

"And I understand they have to do their job too. I mean, support police. But this wasn’t right to do," she says.

The couple says they have filed a formal complaint with the Montana Highway Patrol.

A response provided by MHP's Sergeant John Metcalfe reads, "The case is still open as we are awaiting toxicology results. It would be premature to comment further."

The entire story can be read at: 

https://www.kpax.com/news/montana-news/pregnant-woman-claims-montana-highway-patrol-wrongfully-arrested-her-for-dui?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark#google_vignette

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;

Robert Roberson: Death Row; Texas: (Death penalty and junk science): Bulletin: The legislative committee meeting at the state capital - at which he is expected to testify today - is still scheduled for noon today (Friday, December 20) - but Texas Attorney General Paxton has moved' to block the session: The Austin American-Statesman (Reporter Bayliss Wagner) explains what is going on…"Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday night filed a motion in state District Court seeking to block death row inmate Robert Roberson from testifying at the Capitol on Friday, extending an intra-party power struggle that began when a Texas House committee in October successfully fought to have the man's execution delayed. Paxton's motion comes two days after the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence again subpoenaed Roberson to appear at a hearing Friday at noon, with Chair Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, and state Rep. Jeff Leach saying the man could provide valuable insight into a Texas law on "junk science."

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  "Roberson's attorney, Gretchen Sween, asserted that she feels the subpoena was valid and suggested Paxton had ulterior motives for seeking to keep the condemned man from speaking about his conviction. She said that the motion was made "seemingly without legal basis." "The real 'fear' at play here seems to be that seeing and hearing from Robert will make it clear to the public that an innocent man sits on death row who is also a gentle soul with a pronounced disability," Sween wrote in an email to the American-Statesman. "Texans deserve better." As of 9 p.m. Thursday, the committee hearing was still scheduled for noon Friday at the Capitol."

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STORY: "Here's why Texas AG wants to stop death row inmate Robert Roberson from testifying at Capitol," by Reporter Bayliss Wagner, published by The Austin American-Statesman, on December 19, 2024.

GIST: Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday night filed a motion in state District Court seeking to block death row inmate Robert Roberson from testifying at the Capitol on Friday, extending an intra-party power struggle that began when a Texas House committee in October successfully fought to have the man's execution delayed.

Paxton's motion comes two days after the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence again subpoenaed Roberson to appear at a hearing Friday at noon, with Chair Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, and state Rep. Jeff Leach saying the man could provide valuable insight into a Texas law on "junk science."

The motion once again could jeopardize House lawmakers' plan to hear from the man after the attorney general intervened to block the committee's first effort two months ago.

Roberson, of East Texas, would be the first man in the country executed for a conviction involving 'shaken baby' syndrome, and his lawyers and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have argued that new scientific evidence casts doubt on a diagnosis of shaken baby that a jury was provided before Roberson was convicted of murdering his two-year-old daughter, Nikki, in 2003.

Several prominent Texas Republicans, including Paxton, Gov. Greg Abbott and some House lawmakers, have not supported Roberson's innocence claim. Abbott declined to grant the condemned man a reprieve in October.

This time, Paxton filed for a last-minute protective order against the new subpoena on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which oversees the state prison system. Texas law allows “any … person affected” by a subpoena to file for a protective order, and doing so automatically exempts them from complying with the subpoena until and unless a court says they must do so.

While Paxton does not represent Roberson, he argues that TDCJ is affected by the subpoena because Roberson is in the prison system's custody. The motion was filed in state District Court in Polk County, where the death row unit for men is located.

Paxton's office also argued in the Thursday filing that the new subpoena is invalid.

"In addition to presenting serious security risks, the subpoena is procedurally defective and therefore invalid as it was issued in violation of the House Rules, the Texas Constitution, and other applicable laws," a news release from Paxton's office reads.

Paxton said the subpoena violates House rules because a quorum of committee members did not vote to approve it, though the Jurisprudence Committee voted to allow Moody to subpoena Roberson indefinitely.

"In addition to violating House Rules, any purported delegation of the Legislature’s future subpoena power to a single legislator violates the Texas Government Code and the Texas Constitution," Paxton's filing reads. 

The state's top lawyer also requested that a hearing on the motion not take place until Jan. 13 — the day before the House committee that summoned Roberson dissolves as the 89th legislative session begins. The lawmakers' subpoena would no longer be valid when the Legislature reconvenes Jan. 14.

Both Moody and Leach declined to comment on the new development Thursday night. However, several weeks ago, Leach said he felt that Paxton would seek to run out the clock.

“What the attorney general's office, I feel like, is doing right now, is trying to delay as much as possible and not work with us,” Leach told The Texas Tribune on Dec. 6. "They’re basically ignoring the Supreme Court's order, knowing that in a month or so, when the new legislative session convenes, our committee goes away."

In the Supreme Court decision which Leach referred to, all nine Republican justices ruled that a subpoena could not delay a future execution or interfere with another branch's "prerogatives," but upheld the Legislature's power to compel legislative testimony otherwise.

Roberson's attorney, Gretchen Sween, asserted that she feels the subpoena was valid and suggested Paxton had ulterior motives for seeking to keep the condemned man from speaking about his conviction. She said that the motion was made "seemingly without legal basis."

"The real 'fear' at play here seems to be that seeing and hearing from Robert will make it clear to the public that an innocent man sits on death row who is also a gentle soul with a pronounced disability," Sween wrote in an email to the American-Statesman. "Texans deserve better."

As of 9 p.m. Thursday, the committee hearing was still scheduled for noon Friday at the Capitol."

The entire story can be read at: 

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/12/19/texas-ag-ken-paxton-seeks-block-robert-roberson-testifying-capitol/77095947007/

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;

Technology: (Gone wrong?): What's wrong with police forces using artificial intelligence technology to wrote crime reports? Law prof. Cassandra Burke Robertson has lots of concerns about its accuracy in police reporting, and tells us about them on 'The Daily,' (Case Western Reserve) noting that, " AI’s predictive nature can generate plausible but potentially inaccurate text, which is problematic in criminal investigations."... Police officers have been impressed by the results, drafting reports in as little as 10 seconds. Yet legal experts are raising concerns over accuracy, transparency, and potential bias — challenges that could significantly shape the future of AI both in policing and in the courtroom."

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Axon’s Draft One has built-in safeguards that require officers to review and sign off on each report before submission, according to Smith. The system also includes controls, like placeholders for key information that officers must edit, ensuring that no critical details are missed. And beyond the officer’s review, the report undergoes multiple levels of human oversight by supervisors, report clerks, and others to ensure it meets agency standards before it’s finalized. Even so, some members of law enforcement — like Keith Olsen, a retired New York detective and president and CEO of consulting firm KO Solutions & Strategies, which advises police associations — don’t see the benefits of using AI for police reports.“It seems to be trying to solve a problem that just doesn’t exist,” Olsen said. “It doesn’t take that long to write a police report, and I think it’s going to miss the officer’s perspective, and the officer still has to add stuff, delete stuff. I don’t think there’s a saving-of-time claim. And if you get a clever defense attorney, I can see all kinds of problems with it.”

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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "New Jersey-based lawyer Adam Rosenblum said “hallucinations” — instances when AI generates inaccurate or false information — that could distort context are another issue. Courts might need new standards to require detailed, transparent documentation of the AI’s decision-making process before allowing the reports into evidence,” he said. Such measures, he added, could help safeguard due process rights in cases where AI-generated reports come into play."

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STORY: "Police departments across U.S. are starting to use artificial intelligence to write crime reports," by Barbara Booth, published by The Daily, on November 26, 2024. (Barbara Booth is an award-winning writer and editor whose work covers a wide range of business and social topics, including health care, work/life issues, international business and personal finance.)

SUB-HEADING: "Law's Cassandra Burke Robertson expresses concerns about AI in police reporting." (CNBC: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker Hostetler Professor of Law, expressed concerns about AI in police reporting, noting that AI’s predictive nature can generate plausible but potentially inaccurate text, which is problematic in criminal investigations. She emphasized the need for transparency and thorough vetting to ensure reliability, particularly in legal contexts.)

KEY POINTS

• An increasing number of companies are stepping up to help police departments ease the burden of administrative tasks with AI tools.
• Axon, widely recognized for its Taser devices and body cameras, was among the first companies to introduce AI specifically for the common police work of report writing and its AI is being tested in California, Colorado and Indiana.
• Police officers have been impressed by the results, drafting reports in as little as 10 seconds. Yet legal experts are raising concerns over accuracy, transparency, and potential bias — challenges that could significantly shape the future of AI both in policing and in the courtroom.
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GIST: "With law enforcement focused on reducing crime rates and budget pressures, while recruiting and retaining staff, technology companies are having some early success selling artificial intelligence tools to police departments, especially to ease the burden of administrative work.  

Axion,  widely recognized for its Taser devices and body cameras, was among the first companies to introduce AI specifically for the most common police task: report writing. Its tool, Draft One, generates police narratives directly from Axon’s bodycam audio. Currently, the AI is being piloted by 75 officers across several police departments, including Fort Collins, Colorado; Lafayette, Indiana; and East Palo Alto, California.

Axon CEO Rick Smith said it is restricted to drafting reports for only minor incidents so agencies can get comfortable with the tool before expanding to more complex cases. Early feedback, he added, indicates that Draft One reduces report-writing time by more than 60%, potentially cutting the average time for report completion from 23 minutes to just 8 minutes. 

“The hours saved comes out to about 45 hours per police officer per month,” said Sergeant Robert Younger of the Fort Collins Police Department, an early adopter of the tool. “When I first tested it myself, I was absolutely floored, because the draft report was incredibly accurate. There weren’t any suppositions or guesses about what somebody was thinking or feeling or looked like or anything like that. The information it provided in that draft report was a very well-written, balanced report, chronological in order, based on facts, with an intro and an outcome,” he said, adding that the draft was produced in under 10 seconds.

Lawyers are concerned about AI reports in court

Yet as AI gains traction in police work, legal experts are raising concerns over accuracy, transparency, and potential bias — challenges that could significantly shape the future of AI both in policing and in the courtroom. Much of the impact, however, depends on how heavily these tools are relied upon and the ways in which they are implemented.

“For all of the potential issues that AI technology creates in terms of admissibility of evidence, in terms of being completely transparent, in terms of trying to mitigate the biases that can be introduced into the system, I just don’t know that it’s worth it,” said Utah State Senator Stephanie Pitcher, a defense attorney with Parker & McConkie.

Though Pitcher and other experts agree that AI in police reporting can offer benefits, it must be used with clear protocols and careful oversight to ensure accuracy.

“If the police officer is going to rely on artificial intelligence [to draft the report], that report should be reviewed,” said New York trial attorney David Schwartz. “The police officer should have to sign off and attest that the facts are truthful to the best of that police officer’s knowledge. So, if you have all that, it should be admissible. But it could create many, many problems for the police officer and the prosecution at trial [during cross-examination].”

Axon’s Draft One has built-in safeguards that require officers to review and sign off on each report before submission, according to Smith. The system also includes controls, like placeholders for key information that officers must edit, ensuring that no critical details are missed. And beyond the officer’s review, the report undergoes multiple levels of human oversight by supervisors, report clerks, and others to ensure it meets agency standards before it’s finalized.

Even so, some members of law enforcement — like Keith Olsen, a retired New York detective and president and CEO of consulting firm KO Solutions & Strategies, which advises police associations — don’t see the benefits of using AI for police reports.

“It seems to be trying to solve a problem that just doesn’t exist,” Olsen said. “It doesn’t take that long to write a police report, and I think it’s going to miss the officer’s perspective, and the officer still has to add stuff, delete stuff. I don’t think there’s a saving-of-time claim. And if you get a clever defense attorney, I can see all kinds of problems with it.”

Axon competitors Truleo and 365 Labs are positioning their AI tools as quality-focused aids for officers rather than time savers.

Truleo, which launched its AI technology for auto-generated narratives in July, captures real-time recorded voice notes from the officer in the field rather than relying on bodycam footage like Axon. “We believe dictation and conversational AI is the fastest, most ethical, responsible way to generate police reports. Not just converting a body camera video to a report. That’s just nonsense. Studies show it doesn’t save officers any time,” said Truleo CEO Anthony Tassone.

365Labs, meanwhile, uses AI primarily for grammar and error correction, with CEO Mohit Vij noting that human judgment remains essential for reports involving complex interactions. “If it’s burglary or assault, these are serious matters,” said Vij. “It takes time to write police reports, and some who join the police force are there because they want to serve the communities and writing is not their strength. So, we focus on the formulation of sentences and grammar.”

Accuracy in criminal investigations

Cassandra Burke Robertson, director of the Center for Professional Ethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, has reservations about AI in police reporting, especially when it comes to accuracy.

“Generative AI programs are essentially predictive text tools. They can generate plausible text quickly, but the most plausible explanation is often not the correct explanation, especially in criminal investigations,” she said, highlighting the need for transparency in AI-generated reports.

Still, she says “I don’t think the genie is going back into the bottle. AI tools are useful and will be part of life going forward, but I would want more than just a simple reassurance that the reports are fully vetted and checked.”

In the courtroom, AI-generated police reports could introduce additional complications, especially when they rely solely on video footage rather than officer dictation. Schwartz believes that while AI reports could be admissible, they open the door for intense cross-examination. “If there’s any discrepancy between what the officer recalls and what the AI report shows, it’s an opportunity for the defense to question the report’s reliability,” he said.

This potential for inconsistency could create a perception of laziness or lack of diligence if officers rely too heavily on AI and don’t conduct thorough reviews.

New Jersey-based lawyer Adam Rosenblum said “hallucinations” — instances when AI generates inaccurate or false information — that could distort context are another issue. Courts might need new standards to require detailed, transparent documentation of the AI’s decision-making process before allowing the reports into evidence,” he said. Such measures, he added, could help safeguard due process rights in cases where AI-generated reports come into play.

Axon and Truleo both confirmed their auto-generated reports include a disclaimer. 

“I think it’s probably a uniform opinion from many attorneys that if we’re overcomplicating something or introducing potential challenges to the inadmissibility, it’s just not worth it,” sair Pitcher.

But Sergeant Younger at Fort Collins remains optimistic: “The thing that’s crucial to understand with anything that involves AI is that it’s a process,” he said. “I’ve had officers tell me this makes the difference between deciding whether or not to continue in law enforcement, because the one thing they were not counting on when they became a cop was the incredibly huge amounts of administrative functions, and that’s not necessarily what they signed up for.”

The entire story ca be read at: 

https://thedaily.case.edu/laws-cassandra-burke-robertson-expresses-concerns-about-ai-in-police-reporting/

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;