Sentences with phrase «actual innocence did»

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If, however, you were convicted, and the Court found that you knew that the victim hadn't died at the time of trial, but you did not raise the fact that the victim wasn't dead, it isn't clear if you could have the original conviction vacated because it was a fair trial and you knew evidence sufficient to get yourself acquitted (which you may have refrained from presenting to avoid conviction on a lesser charge like kidnapping or aggravated assault), and the status of an «actual innocence» grounds for vacating a conviction after trial is hotly disputed, conservatives like the late Justice Scalia generally say «no», liberals generally say «yes», moderates like to say «yes» but make it almost impossible to establish except in rare cases like one where a live person walks in when there was a murder conviction for killing that actually living person.

From that we can conclude that there were other grounds that the majority did not agree with: they presumably concluded that there was not sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction, but also not enough enough evidence to support a declaration of actual innocence.

In 2016, MAIP and the UBIPC successfully stopped an attempt to undo a court decision finding that the state did not have the right to appeal when a defendant won a Writ of Actual Innocence.

We can not help prisoners file civil suits, do legal research, seek sentence reductions, find the names of other attorneys, or assist with any other issues unrelated to their actual innocence.

The Innocence Project of Florida regrets that we do not have the staff or capability to handle cases outside of Florida, Federal cases, or cases that do not involve actual iInnocence Project of Florida regrets that we do not have the staff or capability to handle cases outside of Florida, Federal cases, or cases that do not involve actual innocenceinnocence.

Raj Rajaratnam asked the Second Circuit on Monday to toss five of 14 insider - trading counts for which he is serving an 11 - year sentence, but a judge at oral arguments said his latest bid for a shorter prison term did not look like something a prisoner who has exhausted his direct appeal would argue in support of a finding of «actual innocence.»

Beyond assisting our clients with their claims of actual innocence in court, we also strive to shed light on the problems in the criminal legal system that allow innocent people to be convicted of crimes they did not commit by advocating for greater accountability in the justice system.