Sentences with phrase «wrongful conviction cases»

This failure to disclose evidence that would have been helpful to the defense is all - too - common in wrongful conviction cases.

The high - profile wrongful conviction cases of the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six served as catalysts for change in the United Kingdom.

It might seem to those unfamiliar with how wrongful conviction cases work that once evidence surfaces of the innocence of someone wrongfully imprisoned, prosecutors just agree to freedom, like we see on television shows or in movies.

He dropped appeals of a judge's ruling on stop - and - frisk and he settled the long - running wrongful conviction case for the «Central Park Five.»

After all, as any honourable Crown prosecutor is well aware, the nondisclosure of exculpatory evidence has been identified as a hallmark of so many wrongful conviction cases.

Unfortunately, wrongful conviction cases all - too - often involve sleeping lawyers, drunk lawyers, and lawyers who fail to investigate or call necessary experts — either due to lack of diligence, lack of experience, or lack of funds.

The use of informants like Carter is a common and consistent problem in wrongful conviction cases at MAIP and all over the country.

It is hard to believe that anyone would confess to a crime they did not commit, but situations like Mr. Washington's are all - too - common among wrongful conviction cases — the Norfolk Four case alone involved four false confessions.

Politte's case gained national recognition when it was selected as one of three wrongful conviction cases featured in the MTV hit show «Unlocking the Truth.»

In wrongful conviction cases however the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that the limit does not apply to damages for non ‑ pecuniary loss that do not stem from bodily injury (relying on Cinar Corporation v. Robinson, 2013 SCC 73, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1168, at para. 97).

Mark was honored for his work in personal injury litigation in his first 10 years of practice as well as his pro bono work on the Michael Politte wrongful conviction case.

Klinkosum's work on wrongful conviction cases continues to inform his private practice.

Naughton, explaining his reasons for pulling the plug on INUK, said that it was «no longer acceptable that hundreds of students around the country can say on their CVs that they are working with an INUK innocence project when they know next to nothing about INUK or how to work on an alleged wrongful conviction cases».

She's been an outspoken critic of the acting - DA for failing to hold prosecutors accountable in wrongful conviction cases.

See: (1) R. v. Hanemaayer 2008 ONCA 580, a wrongful conviction case wherein the Ont.

The problem of false confessions is widespread in New York; according to the Innocence Project statistics quoted in the City Room blog post, false confessions or admissions were involved in 10 of the 23 wrongful conviction cases in the state since 1991.

In this wrongful conviction case the Province was ordered to pay compensatory damages in the amount of $ 530,000, special damages in the amount of $ 56,691.80, and damages in the amount of $ 7,500,000 to serve both the vindication and deterrence functions... Continue reading →

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

In a significant portion of wrongful conviction cases, helpful information is not disclosed.

Marvin's case is an extreme example of a pervasive problem in wrongful conviction cases: inadequate defense counsel.

Still, Devine says that in the wrongful conviction case of Anthony Porter, who was freed largely because of information uncovered by the Innocence Project, he never considered subpoenaing the Northwestern students.

The MTV series follows Missouri exoneree Ryan Ferguson and co-host Eva Nagao as they examine three wrongful conviction cases, including Politte's.

Based on the DNA evidence, and the new evidence that Det. Handy was recommended for a criminal investigation for his misconduct in another wrongful conviction case, Meade County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Butler vacated Hardin's and Clark's convictions in July 2016 and later released them on bail.