Saturday, December 26, 2009

GRAHAM STAFFORD CASE NEW FORENSIC EVIDENCE MOVES AUSTRALIA'S COURT OF APPEAL TO QUASH MURDER CONVICTION AFTER 18 YEAR ORDEAL;

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"AT LAST MONTH'S HEARING, HIS BARRISTER DOUGLAS SAVAGE SC ARGUED SEVERAL POINTS NOT PRESENTED AT THE 1992 TRIAL. AMONG THEM WAS THA...

THE SALEHA KHATUN CASE; DAILY TELEGRAPH REPORT OF ACQUITTAL; NOT A SINGLE MARK OF INJURY ON BABY; EXPERTS DID NOT BELIEVE HER EXPLANATION;

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"MOHAMMED DIED IN JUNE 2008 AFTER SUSTAINING BRAIN INJURIES IN WHAT HIS MOTHER INSISTED HAD BEEN A FALL FROM HIS BED AT THEIR HOME IN W...
Friday, December 25, 2009

THE SALEHA KHATUN CASE: LESSONS STILL NOT LEARNED ABOUT THE DANGER OF PASSING THE BUCK OVER TO THE "EXPERTS;"

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"PROSECUTORS CLAIMED THAT THE 22-YEAR-OLD, WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM BANGLADESH, HAD CAUSED HIS DEATH BY SHAKING HIM OR BY INFLICTING HEAD...

FARAH JAMA CASE: THIRD CASE IN SIX YEARS IN VICTORIA INVOLVING DNA CONTAMINATION; ANSWERS NEEDED. INCISIVE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORP. INTERVIEW;

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"GEARIN: (REPORTER); THERE WILL BE AN INVESTIGATION, BUT SO FAR NO-ONE CAN SAY HOW THE WOMAN'S DNA SAMPLE WAS CONTAMINATED BY FARA...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

UPDATE: DONALD GATES CASE; D.C. JUDGE ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF FBI ANALYST'S WORK; INNOCENCE PROJECT PRESSES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION;

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"GATES WAS CONVICTED BASED IN PART ON IMPROPER TESTIMONY FROM AN FBI FORENSIC ANALYST WHOSE WORK HAS SINCE BEEN WIDELY DISCREDITED. ANA...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

MELENDEZ-DIAZ CASE: TEXAS DEFENCE LAWYER ISSUES RELEASE TO DRAW PUBLIC ATTENTION TO "SHATTERED FOUNDATION" OF STATE'S FORENSIC EVIDENCE SYSTEM;

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\ "Forensic methods have been developed over time, guided more by law enforcement than by scientists. A wrongful conviction based on fl...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

SHANE DAVIS CASE; AUSTRALIA; STATE GOVERNMENT AGREES TO RETESTING OF DNA MATERIALS: HAS ASSERTED INNOCENCE REFUSED PAROLE; GOLD COAST BULLETIN NEWS;

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"DAVIS'S CASE WAS REVIEWED AND CHAMPIONED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY THE GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY'S INNOCENCE PROJECT. INNOCENCE PROJECT D...