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Mother’s Day – what do you say?
What do you say on Mother’s Day to a woman whose child has died, either by accident or at the hand of another? What do you say on Mother’s Day to a woman wrongfully convicted of her own child’s murder?...
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Shame: Illinois Stopgap Budget is Unacceptable to Exonerees
Yet again, Illinois Governor Rauner and lawmakers in Springfield have proven themselves unable to perform the most basic function of running a state: passing a budget. Illinois has not had a real...
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My Podcast Interviews about Eyewitness Identification Experts and Causes of...
I love a good podcast. I started with This American Life and took off from there. Podcasts allow me to multitask in a way television and the internet do not; I can listen hands-free while walking my...
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My last-minute criminal justice gift list
The best way to get what you want is to ask for it. Here is my short criminal justice wish list (I don’t want to be greedy), just in time for the December holidays but also valid through 2017: Exoneree...
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Rest in peace, Billy Wayne Cope (the clients we lose)
It is rough to lose the case of a client you believe is innocent. It is even rougher to lose that client to an untimely death before the innocence case has been resolved. This has happened to me...
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22 ILLINOIS EXONEREES AT LAST WILL RECEIVE COMPENSATION
The Illinois General Assembly finally passed a budget on July 6, 2017, overriding a veto by Governor Bruce Rauner. After more than two years without a full state budget, this is welcome news to many in...
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Crown Heights movie recommendation
Let me be clear: In no universe am I a professional movie critic, as you will see by reading this post. But I am a wrongful conviction lawyer and law professor, and I know a good teaching tool when I...
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