Sentences with phrase «review wrongful convictions»

AIDWYC suggests that an independent review body «would remove all political considerations from the review of applications submitted to it» and eliminate «the incompatible roles of the Minister as Chief Prosecutor and as the person to review wrongful convictions.»

An independent state commission would review wrongful convictions and determine who's to blame.

The group in 2009 formed a committee composed of district attorneys to oversee best practices and review wrongful convictions while also recommending procedures to strengthen truth seeking functions.

Not exact matches

Zeff was serving as a senior advisor to the AG and was on track to direct a new bureau to review potential wrongful convictions that Schneiderman announced in April.

After reviewing 30 cases of potential wrongful imprisonment for murder from the tenure of his controversial predecessor Charles Hynes, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson's office has begun to investigate the former prosecutor's non-homicide felony convictions, too.

Thompson created an internal unit to review and exonerate wrongful convictions, a clear rebuke to Hynes» leadership.

He also pushed his Conviction Review Unit to examine old cases to overturn wrongful convictions.

He put Eric Gonzalez in charge of setting up the unit, which to date has overturned 22 wrongful convictions, with another 100 cases under review.

One of the ABA Center for Innovation's projects is the Distributed Forensic Expert Network Delegating Review (DFENDER) a joint project with the software developer Relativity, where e-discovery software and a network of forensic and legal experts are used to identify wrongful conviction trends.

For example, conviction review units have been set up by prosecutors throughout the U.S. for the sole purpose of making certain that wrongful convictions are identified and corrected.

Regardless of the approach adopted, there are compelling reasons to believe that an independent review body that is knowledgeable in cases of wrongful convictions, has special administrative powers, and possesses expertise in reviewing claims is a far more effective way of addressing claims of miscarriages of justice than the current model.

The manner in which causes of wrongful convictions are studied and what recommendations are presented to eradicate them are largely dependent on the effectiveness of the review process that investigates wrongful convictions.

AIDWYC contends that Canadian cases of alleged wrongful convictions should «not [be] examined from the adversarial perspective of trying to show that the convicted person was rightfully treated by the court system» as occurs at present through the Minister of Justice's current practice under section 696.1147 Rather, AIDWYC argues that an independent review board like CCRC should «undertake a fresh review without bias.»

The statutory threshold test for the referral of an application ensures that the Court of Appeal reviews all possible wrongful convictions.

The low threshold test is consistent with an intention to seek out allegations of wrongful conviction, and to ensure that they are reviewed by the courts where there is a real possibility of success.

Anyone claiming to have experienced a wrongful conviction may apply to the CCRC for case review, with or without the aid of a solicitor.

I recommend that, in the future, there should be a completely independent entity established which can effectively, efficiently, and quickly review cases in which wrongful conviction is alleged.

Once these judicial avenues have been exhausted, section 696.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada (the «Criminal Code») allows the Minister of Justice to review alleged wrongful convictions.

Despite the public awareness of wrongful conviction cases in Canada and the calls by advocates and organizations for an independent body to investigate such cases, the Minister of Justice has determined that «an independent body for conviction review [is] not needed in Canada.»

An independent review process in Canada would play a vital role in restoring public confidence in the criminal justice system that has been shaken by the number of wrongful convictions.

Wrongful Convictions and the Avenues of Redress: The Post-Conviction Review Process in Canada (2015) 20 Appeal 5

This committee is responsible for reviewing Pennsylvania's wrongful conviction cases and identifying its causes and possible remedies.

April 2014 - Philadelphia DA Creates Unit to Review Wrongful - Conviction Claims: The Legal Intelligencer

As reported in the Pittsburgh Times - Review, the Pennsylvania Commission on Wrongful Convictions, commissioned by the State Legislature in 2006, is due to release its report «by summer's end.»

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«Contemporary Perspectives on Wrongful Conviction: An Introduction to the 2016 Innocence Network Conference, San Antonio, Texas,» Hofstra Law Review 45, no. 2 (Winter 2016): 365 (co-authored with Aliza B. Kaplan, Valena Beety, and Keith A. Findley).

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