Robert Mailman; New Brunswick: Turning 77 later this month, he hopes that a promised police review will give him the answers about what led to him spending 18 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, in time for his birthday," The Canadian Press, (Reporter Hina Alam) reports, noting that: "The New Brunswick man is hoping to get his hands on a copy of the external review commissioned by the Saint John, N.B., police chief into the force’s handling of his case. Mailman and his friend Walter Gillespie served lengthy prison sentences after being convicted of a 1983 murder, and it was only in January 2024 that a court ruled they had been victims of a miscarriage of justice. Saint John’s board of police commissioners said the review is complete and undergoing a privacy check, but no date has been given for its release. “I’d like to see the (review), have some answers,” Mailman said in a phone interview last week. “A copy that has no answers, you may as well just throw in the garbage."

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "“They shouldn’t be a judge-executioner or anything sitting up in the police station,” he said. “And if they’ve done something wrong, then they should be held accountable. If they’re not held accountable … you know that the next miscarriage of justice is just around the corner.”

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Innocence Canada, which led the fight to exonerate the men, alleged in a court document that the convictions had been the result of “police tunnel vision, non-disclosure of important evidence, recantations by the two key Crown witnesses,” as well as a disregard for the men’s strong alibis. Gillespie, who spent 21 years in prison, had alleged several times before his death last April that he was told he could avoid prison by signing a false confession pinning the blame for the killing on Mailman. He said Saint John police told him if he refused to sign the confession he would be sent to jail for life. Mailman said that if there’s anybody still alive from the police force who had anything to do with influencing witnesses or falsifying information, he would like to see them face justice."

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STORY: "Wrongfully convicted N.B. man hopes promised police review comes in time for birthday," by Canadian Press Reporter Hina Alam, published on March 2, 2025.

GIST: Robert Mailman turns 77 later this month, and as a birthday gift there is nothing he would like more than answers about what led to him spending 18 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.

The New Brunswick man is hoping to get his hands on a copy of the external review commissioned by the Saint John, N.B., police chief into the force’s handling of his case. Mailman and his friend Walter Gillespie served lengthy prison sentences after being convicted of a 1983 murder, and it was only in January 2024 that a court ruled they had been victims of a miscarriage of justice.

Saint John’s board of police commissioners said the review is complete and undergoing a privacy check, but no date has been given for its release.

“I’d like to see the (review), have some answers,” Mailman said in a phone interview last week. “A copy that has no answers, you may as well just throw in the garbage."

Mailman and Gillespie had their names cleared after federal Justice Minister Arif Virani reviewed their case and ordered a new trial, citing evidence that called into question “the overall fairness” of their prosecution.

But after the Crown announced on Jan. 4, 2024, that it would present no evidence and the men were formally acquitted, questions remained about how the men had been convicted in 1984. Innocence Canada, which led the fight to exonerate the men, alleged in a court document that the convictions had been the result of “police tunnel vision, non-disclosure of important evidence, recantations by the two key Crown witnesses,” as well as a disregard for the men’s strong alibis.

Gillespie, who spent 21 years in prison, had alleged several times before his death last April that he was told he could avoid prison by signing a false confession pinning the blame for the killing on Mailman. He said Saint John police told him if he refused to sign the confession he would be sent to jail for life.

Mailman said that if there’s anybody still alive from the police force who had anything to do with influencing witnesses or falsifying information, he would like to see them face justice.

“They shouldn’t be a judge-executioner or anything sitting up in the police station,” he said. “And if they’ve done something wrong, then they should be held accountable. If they’re not held accountable … you know that the next miscarriage of justice is just around the corner.”

Saint John police Chief Robert Bruce ordered a “comprehensive review” of the case in January 2024 to be undertaken by retired RCMP officer Allen Farrah after the court exonerated the men. Last week, Tamara Kelly, chairwoman of the city’s board of police commissioners, said the chief is reviewing the report to ensure protected information is not divulged.

“A version of the report will be available,” Kelly said in an email Wednesday when asked if the review will be made public.

Mailman questioned what privacy concerns were being addressed and whether the police were reluctant to identify officers who were at fault.

“Why should they not be identified? I mean, what privacy are they going on about?” he asked. “They didn’t mind pinpointing me and Wally (Gillespie) and dragging our names through the mud. If somebody’s out there and they’re alive and if they have any involvement in this, then they should be charged. Period.”

Ron Dalton, co-president of Innocence Canada, said the federal Justice Department and New Brunswick Crown prosecutors went over the evidence and convictions with a “fine-tooth comb” as they reviewed the case.

“All these facts have been there in front of everybody for quite some time,” he said. “The police don’t need more time. They just need the intestinal fortitude to stand up and do the right thing.”

While an apology would be “nice,” Mailman said, what he wants most is for those who did wrong to be held accountable. He has terminal liver cancer and said he is getting weaker all the time.

“I’m just taking it one day at a time,” said Mailman, whose birthday is March 14. “I sure would like to see a copy of that review.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 2, 2025.

The entire story can be read at:

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/03/02/wrongfully-convicted-n-b-man-hopes-promised-police-review-comes-in-time-for-birthday/

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  I am grateful to 'Authory' a valuable service which  creates a portfolio of all of my posts since I fired  my  first post into the cybersphere  on the   Charles Smith Blog    on September 29, 2007, some 17 years ago. Today's post is number 11, 784  Yikes! Yes, this is a compulsion, but it's a healthy one ! One of the best features of 'Authory'  (which I am trying out on the Blog for the first time, is a search engine for the portfolio  which  makes it easier  for  readers to follow the many important cases, issues and developments (and occasional rants)  in the area of flawed  pathology, flawed pathologists, and whatever else might cross my mind  in jurisdictions throughout the world which are at the heart of the Blog. So, dear reader, you can access the portfolio at the following link. Just type the inquiry into the  search box  at the following link,  and hit enter.  (The search box is on the top write side of the page under 'Read more.' Why not try it out, and,  as encouraging  use of this search function  by my readers is rather new to me, any feedback on how it is working would be appreciated at: hlevy15@gmail.com. Cheers!

https://authory.com/HaroldLevy

Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.

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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.

SEE BREAKDOWN OF  SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG,  AT THE LINK BELOW:  HL:

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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Robin "Rocky" Myers: Alabama: Major (Welcome) Development: Last month, Alabama's Attorney General was authorized to set an execution date for him. Today, The Associated Press (Reporter Kim Chandler ) reports that Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence saying that there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution, and noting that, Myers, 63, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole instead of being executed later this year - the sentence jurors recommended at his 1994 trial…."There were multiple questions surrounding Myers' case, his attorney had argued. No physical evidence at the scene connected him to the crime. Tucker identified her assailant as a short, stocky Black man but did not name Myers or a neighbor as the attacker even though they had met several times, according to Myers' son. Jurors voted 9-3 that he serve life in prison. However, the judge sentenced Myers to death under Alabama's now-abolished system that let judges decide death sentences. Ivey said there was "circumstantial evidence" against Myers, but it is "riddled with conflicting evidence from seemingly everyone involved."

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Kudos to  Republican Governor Kay Ivey for having the courage and moral strength  to  commute Robin "Rocky" Myers death sentence -  in a state devoted to the death penalty. With so many questions swirling around his conviction, the thought of his remaining in prison for the rest of his life  is disturbing.  I can only hope that some day, not long from now, that his conviction will be erased, and he will be a free man.

Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.

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STORY: "Alabama governor commutes death sentence' by  Reporter Kim Chandler, published today  by The Associated Press.

QUOTES OF THE DAY: "God is answering prayers," said juror Mae Puckett, who now believes Myers is innocent and had urged Ivey to intervene.  "Governor Ivey put it back into the jury's hands," Puckett wrote. Kacey Keeton, a lawyer for Myers, had said that there were multiple failures in Myers' case, including how an earlier attorney abandoned his case, causing him to miss a deadline to raise issues in federal court. Myers, who is Black, was convicted by a nearly all-white jury. "I'm not sure there are words enough to convey my joy, relief, and gratitude at learning of Gov. Ivey's decision to commute Mr. Myers's sentence," Keeton wrote in an email."

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GIST: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution.

Ivey said Myers, 63, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole instead of being executed later this year. Ivey noted that was the sentence jurors recommended at his 1994 trial.

The Republican governor said she is a staunch supporter of the death penalty but "I have enough questions about Mr. Myers' guilt that I cannot move forward with executing him."

"In short, I am not convinced that Mr. Myers is innocent, but I am not so convinced of his guilt as to approve of his execution. I therefore must respect both the jury's decision to convict him and its recommendation that he be sentenced to life without parole," Ivey said in a statement.

Myers was convicted of capital murder in the 1991 stabbing of Ludie Mae Tucker, 69, at her Decatur home. Myers, who lived across the street from Tucker, has long maintained he is innocent, and a juror at his 1994 trial supported the push for clemency.

The reprieve came over the objections of Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall, who said he was "astonished" by the decision.

Last month the Alabama Supreme Court granted the state attorney general's request to authorize an execution date for Myers using nitrogen gas. The next step was for Ivey to set that date.

It was the first execution Ivey has stopped since she first took office in 2017. Ivey, who has presided over more than 20 executions, called it "one of the most difficult decisions I've had to make as governor."

"But I pray that the Tucker family may, in some way, find closure and peace knowing this case is closed, and Mr. Myers will spend the rest of his life in prison," Ivey said.

There were multiple questions surrounding Myers' case, his attorney had argued. 

No physical evidence at the scene connected him to the crime. Tucker identified her assailant as a short, stocky Black man but did not name Myers or a neighbor as the attacker even though they had met several times, according to Myers' son. 

Jurors voted 9-3 that he serve life in prison.

 However, the judge sentenced Myers to death under Alabama's now-abolished system that let judges decide death sentences.

Ivey said there was "circumstantial evidence" against Myers, but it is "riddled with conflicting evidence from seemingly everyone involved." 

Much of the state's case involved a VCR taken from Tucker's home and whether Myers was the person who brought it to a drug house to sell, according to court records.

"God is answering prayers," said juror Mae Puckett, who now believes Myers is innocent and had urged Ivey to intervene.

"Governor Ivey put it back into the jury's hands," Puckett wrote.

Kacey Keeton, a lawyer for Myers, had said that there were multiple failures in Myers' case, including how an earlier attorney abandoned his case, causing him to miss a deadline to raise issues in federal court. Myers, who is Black, was convicted by a nearly all-white jury.

"I'm not sure there are words enough to convey my joy, relief, and gratitude at learning of Gov. Ivey's decision to commute Mr. Myers's sentence," Keeton wrote in an email."

The entire story can be read at:

https://aldailynews.com/alabama-governor-commutes-death-row-inmate-rocky-myers-sentence-to-life-in-prison/

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  I am grateful to 'Authory' a valuable service which  creates a portfolio of all of my posts since I fired  my  first post into the cybersphere  on the   Charles Smith Blog    on September 29, 2007, some 17 years ago. Today's post is number 11, 784  Yikes! Yes, this is a compulsion, but it's a healthy one ! One of the best features of 'Authory'  (which I am trying out on the Blog for the first time, is a search engine for the portfolio  which  makes it easier  for  readers to follow the many important cases, issues and developments (and occasional rants)  in the area of flawed  pathology, flawed pathologists, and whatever else might cross my mind  in jurisdictions throughout the world which are at the heart of the Blog. So, dear reader, you can access the portfolio at the following link. Just type the inquiry into the  search box  at the following link,  and hit enter.  (The search box is on the top write side of the page under 'Read more.' Why not try it out, and,  as encouraging  use of this search function  by my readers is rather new to me, any feedback on how it is working would be appreciated at: hlevy15@gmail.com. Cheers!

https://authory.com/HaroldLevy

Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.

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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.

SEE BREAKDOWN OF  SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG,  AT THE LINK BELOW:  HL:

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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Ruben Gutierrez: Texas Major (Unwelcome) Development: The U.S. Supreme Court has divided over his death row right to DNA evidence testing - The Scotus Blog, (Reporter Amy Rowe) reports, noting that: "Ruben Gutierrez is trying to obtain DNA testing of evidence that he says would clear him, but it was unclear whether a majority of the justices agreed that his challenge should be allowed to move forward. Gutierrez was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison in Brownsville, Tex. Gutierrez concedes that he was involved in a scheme to rob Harrison of $600,000 in cash that she kept in her home, but he insists now that he never entered Harrison’s home and did not participate in her murder. Gutierrez contends that DNA from several pieces of evidence — such as a hair and nail scrapings from Harrison’s finger and blood stains — would prove that he never went into Harrison’s home. And if that DNA evidence had been available, he argues, the jury would not have sentenced him to death."

PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  "WORDS TO HEED: FROM OUR POST ON KEVIN COOPER'S  APPLICATION FOR POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING; CALIFORNIA: (Applicable wherever a state resists DNA testing): "Blogger/extraordinaire Jeff Gamso's blunt, unequivocal, unforgettable message to the powers that be in California: "JUST TEST THE FUCKING DNA." (Oh yes, Gamso raises, as he does in many of his posts, an important philosophical question: This post is headed: "What is truth, said jesting Pilate."...Says Gamso: "So what's the harm? What, exactly, are they scared of? Don't we want the truth?") 

https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2018/06/kevin-cooper-2-california-application.html

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Justice Brett Kavanaugh was more sympathetic to Gutierrez. He resisted the suggestion that Gutierrez lacked standing to sue because prosecutors, even in the face of a ruling in Gutierrez’s favor, might not turn over evidence for testing. “I just don’t see,” Kavanaugh said, “how we can say something’s not redressable just because the prosecutor is going to say I’m not going to comply with a court order. You know, if President Nixon said I’m not going to come turn over the tapes no matter what, you wouldn’t say, oh, I guess we don’t have standing to hear the executive privilege case.”

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STORY: "Supreme Court divided over death row right to DNA evidence testing," by Amy Rowe, published by The Scotus Blog on February 24, 2025.

GIST: "The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over whether a Texas man on death row has a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the Texas laws governing DNA testing. Ruben Gutierrez is trying to obtain DNA testing of evidence that he says would clear him, but it was unclear whether a majority of the justices agreed that his challenge should be allowed to move forward.  

Gutierrez was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison in Brownsville, Tex. Gutierrez concedes that he was involved in a scheme to rob Harrison of $600,000 in cash that she kept in her home, but he insists now that he never entered Harrison’s home and did not participate in her murder.

Gutierrez contends that DNA from several pieces of evidence — such as a hair and nail scrapings from Harrison’s finger and blood stains — would prove that he never went into Harrison’s home. And if that DNA evidence had been available, he argues, the jury would not have sentenced him to death.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest court for criminal cases, in 2011 upheld a state trial court’s denial of Gutierrez’s request for DNA testing. It ruled that the Texas law governing requests for DNA testing does not allow testing when the results of the testing would only affect the sentence that a prisoner received, rather than the determination of guilt or innocence. In other words, the Texas law would only allow Gutierrez the DNA testing if he could prove that, with that evidence, he wouldn’t have been convicted at all.

Several years later, Gutierrez filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Luis Saenz, the district attorney who prosecuted him, and Felix Sauceda, the Brownsville police chief. He challenged the constitutionality of the state’s DNA testing procedures, arguing that they violated his right to due process – that is, fair treatment by the government.

A federal district court in agreed that the Texas scheme governing DNA testing and post-conviction relief violated his constitutional right to due process. Although Texas law gives prisoners the right to file a second request for post-conviction relief if they can provide “clear and convincing” evidence that they should not have been sentenced to death, Senior U.S. District Judge Hilda Tagle explained, the state’s DNA testing laws take away a prisoner’s ability to obtain that evidence.

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit threw out that ruling last year. It held that Gutierrez did not have standing to bring his lawsuit because the state court of criminal appeals had held that even if DNA testing showed that Gutierrez never went inside Harrison’s house, he still would have been eligible for the death penalty because of his role in the robbery scheme that led to her murder. Therefore, the court of appeals concluded, prosecutors would not be likely to order DNA testing, and so the courts cannot provide him with any relief – one of the criteria for standing.

The Supreme Court once again put Gutierrez’s execution on hold in July 2024, just 20 minutes before he was scheduled to be executed, to give the justices time to consider his petition for review of the 5th Circuit’s ruling. The justices agreed in October 2024 to take up his case.

At the Supreme Court on Monday morning, Gutierrez’s lawyer, Anne Fisher, told the justices that his injury – the denial of evidence for DNA testing – can be addressed through a ruling in his favor because a ruling “that finds certain procedures in” Texas law unconstitutional “eliminates those statutory procedures as a lawful reason” for state officials to bar the testing.

On the other hand, William Cole, a deputy solicitor general from Texas, countered that the district court’s ruling did not provide relief for Gutierrez’s injury. Under the Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing Rodney Reed’s challenge to the state’s DNA testing law to move forward, the question whether a lawsuit will provide a remedy hinges on whether the ruling in the defendant’s favor will “eliminate the state prosecutor’s justification for denying the testing and thereby … significantly increase the likelihood that the prosecutor would hand over the evidence.” But here, Cole said, the prosecutor has relied on “several independent” reasons to reject Gutierrez’s request for access to the evidence.

Some of the court’s conservative justices were skeptical that a ruling in Gutierrez’s favor would actually make a difference. Justice Neil Gorsuch referred to a ruling by the state court of criminal appeals indicating that even if the DNA testing law does apply to the death penalty stage, Gutierrez still would not receive relief. It was, Gorsuch suggested, effectively “harmless error.”

Fisher pushed back, arguing that the courts should take a broader look at the evidence to determine whether Gutierrez should still be subject to the death penalty.

But Chief Justice John Roberts was skeptical of that contention, asking how much more evidence would be required to tip the scale in Gutierrez’s favor. Is it, he queried, “a tiny thimbleful of additional evidence? I mean, how is a court supposed to figure that out?”

Justice Samuel Alito expressed frustration more generally, noting to Fisher that “this litigation has been going on for more than 25 years. I just am interested in knowing whether it’s going anywhere.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh was more sympathetic to Gutierrez. He resisted the suggestion that Gutierrez lacked standing to sue because prosecutors, even in the face of a ruling in Gutierrez’s favor, might not turn over evidence for testing. “I just don’t see,” Kavanaugh said, “how we can say something’s not redressable just because the prosecutor is going to say I’m not going to comply with a court order. You know, if President Nixon said I’m not going to come turn over the tapes no matter what, you wouldn’t say, oh, I guess we don’t have standing to hear the executive privilege case.”

Justice Elena Kagan was unconvinced that Gutierrez was not entitled to testing because, even if the evidence were tested and were helpful to him, he would still be eligible for the death penalty. A state court made “the identical backup argument in” Reed’s case, she observed, but the Supreme Court “clearly did not care about” it – and instead ruled that Reed’s challenge was allowed to move forward.

For her part, Justice Sonia Sotomayor also appeared frustrated – but with the state’s failure to order the testing, rather than the length of the litigation. “It seems odd to be fighting it tooth and nail,” she told Cole, particularly when there is more evidence about the “potential culpability” of the victim’s nephew. “Don’t you want to know,” she asked Cole, “you’re convicting the right person for the right thing?”

A decision in the case is expected by summer.

The entire story can be read at:

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/02/supreme-court-divided-over-death-row-right-to-dna-evidence-testing/

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  I am grateful to 'Authory' a valuable service which  creates a portfolio of all of my posts since I fired  my  first post into the cybersphere  on the   Charles Smith Blog    on September 29, 2007, some 17 years ago. Today's post is number 11, 784  Yikes! Yes, this is a compulsion, but it's a healthy one ! One of the best features of 'Authory'  (which I am trying out on the Blog for the first time, is a search engine for the portfolio  which  makes it easier  for  readers to follow the many important cases, issues and developments (and occasional rants)  in the area of flawed  pathology, flawed pathologists, and whatever else might cross my mind  in jurisdictions throughout the world which are at the heart of the Blog. So, dear reader, you can access the portfolio at the following link. Just type the inquiry into the  search box  at the following link,  and hit enter.  (The search box is on the top write side of the page under 'Read more.' Why not try it out, and,  as encouraging  use of this search function  by my readers is rather new to me, any feedback on how it is working would be appreciated at: hlevy15@gmail.com. Cheers!

https://authory.com/HaroldLevy

Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.

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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.

SEE BREAKDOWN OF  SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG,  AT THE LINK BELOW:  HL:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985

———————————————————————————————

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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