The federal government has finally decided that tracking national data about police shootings and in-custody police deaths is important. With police shootings regularly devastating communities, understanding the patterns behind the problem is essential to getting a handle on the violence. In theory, beginning next year we will no longer need to count on private tracking… Read More
Today, we have a blog guest post from a Florida blogger-attorney, Percy Martinez, who shares his thoughts on racial profiling by the police: It has become mandatory that we address racial profiling and unchecked use of force by the police, as soon as possible. Black lives have been wasted owing to these two upshots. Despite… Read More
Cleveland slammed by judge for evading responsibility for 2013 award, upping the ante to $14.6M David Ayers spent 11-1/2 years in prison for a murder he did not commit; Police reports suggest arrest was motivated by anti-gay animus CLEVELAND – A judge ruled this morning that the City of Cleveland cannot evade financial responsibility for… Read More
In exonerating the wrongfully convicted, DNA is often a conclusive way of proving a person’s innocence. DNA testing on biological evidence left behind by a rapist or murderer can show that the actual culprit’s DNA does not match the DNA of the person who was convicted of committing the crime. When that happens, we know… Read More
Indiana Pardon & Parole Board unanimously recommended two years ago that Governor Pence pardon Keith Cooper Trial prosecutor and Republican representative from district where crime occurred sent letters urging Pence to grant pardon Elkhart, IN – Attorneys for a wrongfully man who spent over a decade in maximum security prison for a crime he didn’t… Read More
