QUOTE OF THE DAY: "“The Commonwealth was right when they told Judge Bucci last September that Mr. Wright’s case is not re-triable,” said Mr. Tamton in a statement published by the New England Innocence Project. “As Judge Bucci recognized, the original conviction was flawed. And there is no new evidence the Commonwealth could rely on. Instead, for 41 years, Mr. Wright has piled up evidence showing he is innocent and someone else likely committed this murder. That is what the jury would see at any new trial."
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STORY: "Edward Wright released after more than four decades of wrongful imprisonment," by Reporter Nigel Tamton, published by skadden.com. on August 6, 2025.
GIST: "On July 31, 2025, pro bono client Edward Wright was released from prison and reunited with his family after being wrongfully incarcerated for more than 41 years for a murder in Springfield, Massachusetts, that he did not commit.
The release followed a decision in April by Hampden County Superior Court Judge Jeremy Bucci to vacate Mr. Wright’s conviction, citing police and prosecutorial misconduct, including the withholding of exculpatory evidence and presenting of false testimony.
In early July, a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice denied an appeal of that decision by the commonwealth, which could still retry Mr. Wright’s case despite previously calling it “not re-triable.”
Mr. Wright consistently maintained his innocence and worked tirelessly to overturn his conviction, even using funds from a civil rights judgment he secured against the Department of Corrections to pay for his own DNA testing.
New evidence now supports Mr. Wright’s innocence and connects another individual to the crime.
Boston litigation counsel Nigel Tamton served as co-counsel for Mr. Wright, in partnership with the New England Innocence Project.
“The Commonwealth was right when they told Judge Bucci last September that Mr. Wright’s case is not re-triable,” said Mr. Tamton in a statement published by the New England Innocence Project. “As Judge Bucci recognized, the original conviction was flawed. And there is no new evidence the Commonwealth could rely on. Instead, for 41 years, Mr. Wright has piled up evidence showing he is innocent and someone else likely committed this murder. That is what the jury would see at any new trial.”
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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.
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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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