Tuesday, March 17, 2026

March 17: Jay Dill; Bermuda: He is seeking to sue the island's top prosecutor over her handling of a review into criminal cases involving evidence from since-discredited DNA expert Candy. Zuleger, founder of beleaguered Trinity DNA Solutions, as reported by The Royal Gazette (Reporter Sam Strangeways), noting that: "Mr Dill, 36, in a sworn affidavit accompanying the application, said that on January 20 this year, Ms Clarke refused to disclose material relating to her review of convictions involving expert evidence from Trinity DNA Solutions and its founder Candy Zuleger, and refused to refer his murder conviction for independent expert review. He claimed the latter refusal went against undertakings the DPP gave to the Privy Council in 2024 about how the review of hundreds of convictions would be handled. “I respectfully contend that the DPP’s decision was unlawful, irrational, procedurally unfair and contrary to legitimate expectation and that it effectively prevents me from meaningfully pursuing appellate remedies,” said Mr Dill, as he asked the court to overturn it."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY:   " Jay Dill, who was  jailed for life  in 2013 for fatally shooting footballer Randy Robinson, filed an applicatio...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Amanda Knox: USA: Neonatal Nurse Lucy Letby: UK: In an interview with the Independent's Megan Lloyd Davies, Amanda Knox explains why she is taking on the case of Nurse Letby's on the release of her new podcast, which examines Lucy Letby’s conviction in August 2023 for the murder of seven babies and attempted murder of six others when working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital. She was subsequently convicted of another attempted murder and sentenced to 15 whole-life terms"..."Knox, who was infamously convicted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia before Italy’s highest court threw out the verdict, is now adding her own thoughts to the debate, in her new podcast investigating the nurse, Doubt: The Case of Lucy Letby."... Amanda Knox: “I was not looking for Lucy Letby,” Amanda Knox tells me. “Lucy Letby found me.”

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PASSAGE ONE OF THE DAY: "The 36-year-old’s 10-month trial was one of the longest murder trials in UK history. Two applications for perm...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

James Duckett: Florida: His lawyers claim that a single piece of hair that has never been tested for DNA until now could prove his innocence; He is to be executed on March 31. As Martin E. Comas reports in the Orlando Sentinel: "James Duckett has always maintained his innocence. His lawyers have argued his conviction was based on circumstantial evidence — including an FBI report that has largely been discredited, the testimony of a pregnant 16-year-old who later recanted, tire tracks of a police car, palm prints, and a single piece of hair that has never been tested for DNA until now."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: " But the most compelling pieces of evidence in the Mascotte murder, according to prosecutors, were a single hair f...