Tag Archives: Exoneration
Supreme Court gives with one hand and denies with the other.
This past week saw two nearly diametrically opposed decisions eminate fom the United States Supreme Court: District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne and Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. The two cases provide a fascinating look into the thinking of the High Court. One … Continue reading
Posted in Case Updates, DNA Science
Tagged constitutional rights, crime scene, DNA, Exoneration, judicial opinion
Oprah highlights false confessions
In a show dedicated to false confessions, Oprah Winfrey asks the question what makes someone confess to a crime he did not do? By following the case of one man, Marty Tankleff, who did just that–admitted to murdering his parents … Continue reading
Posted in DNA Science, Exoneration, False Confessions
Tagged confession, DNA, Exoneration, homicide
Former Dallas DA: I convicted an innocent man
Today, the Dallas Morning News ran an editorial by James A. Fry, a former Assistant District Attorney who prosecuted Charles Chatman for aggravated rape. Mr. Chatman was convicted but conclusively exonerated by DNA evidence 27 years later. Mr. Fry, who … Continue reading
Posted in Exoneration, Witness Identifications
Tagged District Attorney, DNA, Exoneration, homicide, system reform, Texas
Thaddeus Jimenez freed after 16 years in prison
The Center on Wrongful Convictions reported this week that Thaddeus “T.J.” Jimenez, who was arrested in 1993 at age 13 and later wrongfully convicted for a murder he did not commit, was released from the custody of the Illinois Department of … Continue reading
Posted in Case Updates, Exoneration
Tagged appeals, Exoneration, Illinois, murder
Case Update: Commonwealth v. Anthony Wright
This morning the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a very important question of Pennsylvania law relating to post-conviction DNA testing requests. Continue reading
Welcome!
Welcome to the Official Weblog of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project! We hope to share news, updates, and educational information of interest to all who are concerned with exonerating those who have been wrongly convicted. We’re just getting started, so check … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Exoneration, Innocence Project, law, Pennsylvania
