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The subject of wrongful convictions seems to be on most people's radars. With the runaway popularity of documentaries such as Netflix's "Making a Murderer," there has been a surge of interest in exonerations and the justice system. While no judicial system is perfect,...
Recently, an anonymous jury was used in the high profile case of William Porter. Porter was the first of the Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray to stand trial. While there is precedent for using anonymous juries in certain instances, the...
Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that Florida's death penalty sentencing procedures are in violation of constitutional rights. The court heard the case of 37-year old Timothy Hurst, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in in 1998. Decisions must be made...
On December 1, 2015 the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee took a hard look at Florida's direct-file laws and their effects on the lives of juvenile offenders. In the last five years, 12,000 juvenile offenders have ended up in Florida's adult criminal justice system...
Robert Logan was recently awarded $3.75 million dollars from the city of New York stemming from a wrongful conviction lawsuit. Logan had been wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years for the 1997 shooting death of Sherwin Gibbons. Logan says he was threatened by police and...
The Florida State Supreme Court will hear a case from Volusia County that challenges the constitutionality of warrantless DUI breath tests. More specifically, they are reviewing the right to prosecute citizens suspected of drunk driving who refuse to take breath...
Students and Professor Petition Supreme CourtA group of law students at the University of Utah are petitioning the US Supreme Court in another development in debate over juvenile offenders.The law students and their professor, Michael Teter, are challenging the...
Michael Ray Hanline holds a record no one wants to break. The 69-year old man has served the longest sentence of any wrongly convicted citizen in California.Finally FreeReleased and exonerated last year, Hanline has filed a lawsuit against Ventura County for...
The Supreme Court is hearing a case on a defendant's rights to seized assets that may set new precedent on the subject. The case centers on Sila Luis, a Miami woman who was indicted in 2012 for Medicare fraud. The allegations against Luis claim that she and two...
Amid allegations of felony-level financial misconduct, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his attorneys are fighting back against the courts.Alleged Securities FraudPaxton was indicted on felony security fraud charges this summer and was indicted by a grand jury in...