Monday, June 23, 2014

David Harold Eastman; Australia; Prosecutors get green light to argue that he should be kept in jail - in spite of the recent Inquiry recommendation that his conviction should be quashed because he did not receive a fair trial and was convicted on flawed forensic evidence. Eastman accuses the authorities of vexatious delaying tactics. (Sounds to me like he has a pretty good point. HL); ABC News;

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STORY:  "David Eastman Inquiry: ACT (Australian Capital Territory)  DPP wins right to argue to keep killer in jail,"  published ...

Bulletin: Barton McNeil: Illinois; Defence seeks DNA testing at hearing to be held on Tuesday in this 1988 child death case; McNeil claims his former girlfriend - convicted in 2012 of killing her mother-in-law - is the real killer; States Attorney has agreed to testing on blood and urine stains found on the child's bed sheet and clothing. Illinois Innocence Project case; The Pentagraph;

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STORY: "Defence in 1988 child death to argue for DNA testing by Edith Brady-Lunny published in the Pantagraph on June 21, 2014." ...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Death penalty leads to perverse scientific experimentation with human subjects, Al Jazeera America article charges amid calls for federal oversight. (See Al Jazeera's "The System" - Episode Six - Juvenile Justice - this evening (Sunday 22 June, 2014. Excellent series. HL);

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Tonight: Episode Six: "The system"; Juvenile Justice; As described by Al Jazeera America:  "In this ...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Bulletin: Gerry Conlon: (UK): One of the "Guildford Four," The Mirror reports that he has died after 15 years in prison for a bombing he didn't commit. While Gerry Conlon was sentenced to life on the basis of confessions obtained under torture, his father, Giuseppe, was convicted on the basis of forensic evidence "later exposed as fraudulent."

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STORY: "Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon dies after 15 years in prison for bombing he didn't commit," by reporter Karen Roc...

Bulletin: Larry Swearingen. Texas; Death Row case; His lawyer says there could be evidence to support Swearingen’s claim he was not the last person with Trotter before she was brutally murdered - and that DNA testing will show they have the wrong person in jail. Your Houston News.

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STORY: "Swearingen defence requests more DNA tests,"  by reporter Brandon K. Scott, published by Your Houston News on June 16, 2...
Friday, June 20, 2014

Billy Wayne Cope: Andrew Cohen says in The Daily Beast that the Supreme Court must right the wrong done to Billy Wayne Cope - and allow for the testing of the evidence that had never happened.

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POST: "The Supreme Court must right the wrong done to Billy Wayne Cope" by Andrew Cohen,  published by The Daily Beast on June 1...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Sonia Cacy: Texas Monthly's superb article on leading fire investigation into the twenty-first century: (Must Read. HL. Kudos to author Brantley Hargrove.)

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: ARTICLE: "Leading fire investigation into the twenty-first century," by Brantley Hargrove, published...