Saturday, April 26, 2014

Bulletin: Teina Pora; New Zealand; Date set for his hearing before the British Privy Council; TVNZ; (In 1996, DNA testing showed the semen inside Ms Burdett, who was killed in 1992, belonged to Rewa, a serial rapist who was unknown at the time of Pora's trial but was convicted in 1998 of raping her. Detective Dave Henwood, a multi-award-winning criminal profiler, said there were no doubts in his mind Rewa committed the crime alone, and that Pora was innocent. HL);

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STORY: "Teina Pora appeal hearing set," published by TVNZ. GIST: A date has been set for the appeal hearing for convicted murde...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Bulletin: David McCallum; Rubin {Hurricane) Carter; "David and Me." Documentary on the McCallum case to be screened at Toronto's Hotdoc's festival: (Brooklyn teenager coerced confession case); Screening: Sunday April 27, 2014. 9.00 PM.

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The Thin Blue Line influenced a generation of filmmakers to use documentary methods to free those imprisoned for crimes they didn’t co...

James E. Hugney Sr: Forensic blogger Justin J. McShane asks whether an innocent man has been locked up for 35 years for an arson that never happened? The truth about forensic science.

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POST: "The burning bed - Has an innocent man been locked up for 35 years for an arson that never happened?" by Justin J. McShane,...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Bulletin: Doug Prade; Ohio Supreme Court permits him to remain free while the court decides to hear his case. Link provided to the decision; (Disputed bite mark evidence lies at the heart of this case. HL);

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STORY: "Doug Prade remains free as court weighs case,"  published by WKYC on April 23, 2014. GIST: "Doug Prade will remain...

Bulletin: Manuel Velez: Texas; DA's office has yet to decide if it will seek the death penalty again against Manuel Velez, who spent nearly four years on death row before a higher court threw out his capital murder conviction and sentence. His appellate attorneys have alleged that Velez was in Tennessee when Angel Gabriel Moreno received head injuries that resulted in the child’s death and that Velez’s original lawyers didn’t offer evidence that Acela Moreno had been suspected of abusing her children, as well as failing to fully investigate medical evidence that allegedly disputed the DA’s timeline of when the child received the fatal injuries. Brownsville Herald.

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STORY:"Death penalty? DA's office still undecided in Manuel Velez case," by reporter Mark Reagan, published by the Brownsvil...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Bulletin; Aubrey Levin: The former forensic psychiatrist's appeal on charges of sexually molesting three of his male patients has been dismissed. He must turn himself in by 10. a.m. Friday to begin serving a five-year prison sentence. Calgary Herald.

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STORY: "Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin exhausts all appeals, must begin serving sentence for sex assaults,"  by reporter Daryl Slade, ...

Bulletin: Colin Matchim; Newfoundland; The Telegram reports that his conviction of aggravated assault for causing his infant daughter's brain injury by shaking her has been overturned. He is waiting for a decision as to whether his lawyers at the new trial will be paid more than standard legal aid rates.

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STORY: "Lawyer's rates in brain-injured baby case expected to be settled soon," by reporter Rosie Gillingham, published by th...