Sentences with phrase «wrongly convicted»

People are wrongly convicted all the time.

I think it's even braver to be brave when you don't have to be — to help a friend in prison who has been wrongly convicted, or to write what others won't admit, in case it might help other people.

The Innocence Project of Texas (IPTX) is an organization dedicated to the mission of securing the release of people who are wrongly convicted in the state of Texas and educating the public about the causes and effects of wrongful convictions.

She has also served as president of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, a nonprofit organization she helped found, which is dedicated to assisting wrongly convicted North Carolina inmates obtain relief, and a member of the North Carolina Chief Justice's Criminal Justice Study Commission (formerly the Commission on Actual Innocence), the North Carolina Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, and the North Carolina Bar Association Administration of Justice Committee.

In March, Keith Findley presented «The Wisconsin Innocence Project: Exonerating the Wrongly Convicted,» at the annual conference of the Wisconsin Association of Women Police in Racine, Wisconsin.

He is a founding director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted, and through AIDWYC has been responsible for clearing the names of several individuals who were wrongly imprisoned.

Many consider James Lockyer a saviour to any wrongly convicted person in Canada, points out one of our judges.

This week, a federal judge ordered Dookhan to pay more than $ 2 million to a man who was wrongly convicted as a result of Dookhan's role in falsifying evidence.

The film tells the true story of Colin Warner — who was wrongly convicted of a murder he did not commit — and the dedication of his best friend, Carl King, toward proving his innocence.

Alfred Dewayne Brown (pictured left) was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in 2005 in Harris County, Texas, for the murder of a police officer.

DNA testing alone has exonerated 12 wrongly convicted people in Florida.

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (organization dedicated to identifying, advocating for, and exonerating individuals convicted of crimes they did not commit)

We litigate on behalf of condemned prisoners, juvenile offenders, people wrongly convicted or charged with violent crimes, poor people denied effective representation,

Summary: In 1964, Hinse was wrongly convicted of armed robbery.

The show last night was about the exoneration of Michael Morton, wrongly convicted of murdering his wife in 1987.

Even assuming that Brown didn't do anything untoward, the sad reality is that innocent people often do pay for things they never did, and Brown losing a privilege barely compares to a wrongly convicted person spending any time in prison.

The Innocence Clinic believes there are other people who have been wrongly convicted on flawed shaken - baby evidence.»

Has our society moved past integrity? Some still stand for truth above all else, but not all judges, especially when it comes to releasing evidence that would exonerate a wrongly convicted prisoner.

In the area of criminal law, the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) has a mandate to identify, advocate for, and exonerate individuals who have been convicted of a crime they did not commit and to prevent wrongful convictions through legal education and reform.

Wrongly convicted in 1989 for the 1985 rape and murder of 16 - year - old Kimberly Simon, 44 - year - old Steven Barnes was exonerated in January of 2009 after The Innocence Project worked to clear him through DNA testing.

TAMPA (FOX 13)- A man who claims he was wrongly convicted of an alleged racially - motivated murder in 1987 was released from prison Tuesday after spending 30 years behind bars.

The Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has secured a conditional pardon for its client, Messiah Johnson, who the clinic argued was wrongly convicted of armed robbery.

Mr. Wu was an active pro bono contributor at Latham & Watkins, having done work on behalf of victims of domestic abuse, and assisting the California Innocence Project in its efforts to identify and exonerate the wrongly convicted.

A man who claims he was wrongly convicted of an alleged racially - motivated murder in 1987 was released from prison Tuesday after spending 30 years behind bars.

Wrongly convicted in 1989 for the 1985 rape and murder of 16 - year - old Kimberly Simon, 44 - year - old Steven Barnes was exonerated in January of 2009 after The Innocence Project worked to clear -LSB-...]

The Pennsylvania Innocence Project is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization whose mission includes securing the exoneration, release and restoration to society of persons who are actually innocent and have been wrongly convicted.

At Northwestern, he co-founded and served as legal director of the world - renowned Center on Wrongful Convictions, where he represented many wrongly convicted inmates, including many inmates who at one time had been sentenced to death.

Marlys has served as a Director, Secretary, Treasurer and Second Vice President of The Advocates» Society, a Director of the Criminal Lawyers» Association, a Director of and subsequently Special Advisor to the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted, and a Director and currently Vice President of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

«Wrongful Conviction Day is not only important for wrongly convicted people, like myself, but for all people globally.

Obtained a new trial, followed by an acquittal, for a young man wrongly convicted of armed robbery of a jewelry store based on an erroneous identification by the victim.

The Pennsylvania Innocence Project has a four-fold mission to: (1) secure the exoneration, release from imprisonment, and restoration to society of persons who are innocent and have been wrongly convicted; (2) provide clinical training and experience to students in the fields of law, journalism, criminal justice, and forensic science; (3) collaborate with law enforcement agencies and the courts to address systemic causes of wrongful convictions; and (4) strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the criminal justice system in Pennsylvania through public education and advocacy.

In addition, we have secured new trials for three Pennsylvanians wrongly convicted, Dontia Patterson, Greg Brown, and Larry «Trent» Roberts, and helped in four cases which resulted in Alford pleas — where Kenneth Granger, James Hugney, Lorenzo Johnson, and Letitia «Teri» Smallwood pled no contest to reduced charges while asserting their innocence and were immediately released from prison.

The conflicting views about the propriety of directing a stay was highlighted by the respective positions of the Association In Defence Of The Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) and counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

IPNO merely seeks testing that could resolve the question of whether the person has been wrongly convicted.

February 2014 - PA Innocence Project at Temple Law Wins New Trial for Wrongly Convicted Pittsburgh Man: Temple Law School

Indeed, without the late intervention of the key contradictory witness, a friend of the complainant, Harnett says he fears it was possible his client would have been wrongly convicted of the charges.

Many states do, however, have provisions for compensating people that have been wrongly convicted, or are looking into establishing such process.

The Innocence Project is intimately familiar with the tremendous pain and challenges exonerated people encounter after release, and has developed a series of recommendations for states to compensate the wrongly convicted.

(Online protest by surveyor wrongly convicted and struck off; surveyor won his appeal and was reinstated; online postings and correspondence claimed to be actionable harassment of RICS under Protection from Harassment Act 1997; whether ECHR Article 10 right to freedom of expression; whether need to prove «alarm and distress» from alleged harassment; whether RICS seeking an injunction had «clean hands»).

He runs a secret joint defense group for lawyers filing suppression motions and has made a documentary video about an immigrant wrongly convicted of murder.

Freeing / exonerating 30 wrongly convicted prisoners.

The following page represents only a small portion of available literature that deals with innocence issues and the wrongly convicted.

Mr. Grabel has long fought for the rights of his clients and strongly believes in the rights of all people accused of a criminal offense, he is proud to support the Access to Justice Fund, The Innocence Project and Proving Innocence, a Michigan based organization fighting to free the wrongly convicted.

We simultaneously use our clients» cases to ask for changes in laws and policies that cause indigent prisoners to be wrongly convicted.

Such statutes severely «limit the ability of a person believed to be wrongly convicted to gain access to any evidence, let alone DNA, to aid in exonerations.»

Part II describes the origins of the review process used in Canada, with a specific focus on the process that an individual who claims to have been wrongly convicted must go through when all avenues of appeal have been exhausted.

It is unlikely that a wrongly convicted employee who is imprisoned is in any better legal position as it is even more likely that, assuming neither party is at fault, the contract becomes frustrated.

Further, the Commission's work, insofar as it uncovers cases of wrongful conviction, would save considerable public funds that would otherwise be spent in the continued imprisonment of the wrongly convicted person.

He is a practising criminal lawyer, co-founder of the Law Union of Ontario, a former co-president of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted, and a life bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada

Incentivized informants have contributed to 15 percent of those wrongly convicted and later proven innocent by DNA evidence.