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Man Convicted in Shaken Baby Syndrome Case Released by Judge, Similar Cases Under ReviewL.A. man spent a decade in prison for ‘shaken baby syndrome’ death. Was it based on faulty evidence?
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Warning Shot Heard Loud and Clear: How intent to stop an aggressor can justify a self-defense claimSupreme Court ruled a man who fired a warning shot at another man during a gas station altercation was entitled to argue self-defense.
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Bite Mark Evidence: Junk ScienceJames Randall Rogers gets retrial to prove that flawed evidence led to his conviction for the rape and killing of his 75-year-old neighbor.
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Jake Wagner pleads guilty to all charges and will testify against his family to avoid death penaltyPike County Rhoden Murders: Baby's father pleads guilty, will testify against family
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Defense Challenges Marsy’s Law ‘Right’ of Accuser to Sit with ProsecutorThe Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether an accused’s constitutional rights to a fair trial are violated when the alleged victim sits at the prosecutor’s table during the trial.
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Ohio Will No Longer Sentence Kids to Life Without ParoleOhio is expanding access to parole hearings for people who have been incarcerated ever since they were children. Changes take effect retroactively
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New Ohio law puts drug, alcohol rehabilitation ahead of jail timeNew law requires judges to hold a hearing if a defendant applies for intervention and claims drug or alcohol abuse were a factor leading to the crime.
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Erroneously charged in twin brother’s murder, Derris Lewis remakes life 10 years after he was freed from jailCovered live every day by Court TV in March 2009, the trial made Derris a national cause celebre or a pariah, depending on who you believed he was: a falsely imprisoned man wrongly accused of killing his twin, or a heartless killer of his brother
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OHIO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS- All You Need to KnowThis crime can be a felony or a misdemeanor, depending on the circumstances, the injury caused, and whether the offender has prior convictions for domestic violence.
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VIDEO: A ROBBERY SUSPECT SUED AFTER AN OFFICER'S KICK BROKE HIS JAWHe lifted his right leg and kicked Medina-Pena in the face. The suspect crumpled to the ground, his jaw broken, three teeth gone.
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IDENTICAL TWIN DROPS BOMBSHELL: I COMMITTED MURDER, NOT MY BROTHER"I didn't have the strength to come forward," Smith said. "I thought it was the job of the police to catch me."
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REJECTING VOODOO SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOMThe U.S. has relied on flawed forensic-evidence techniques for decades, falsely convicting many.
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WHITE HOUSE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT BITE-MARK ANALYSIS IS JUNK SCIENCETo date, 25 wrongful arrests or convictions have been linked to bite-mark analysis and additional cases are still pending in the courts, according to the Innocence Project.
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UNCOVERING THE CHICAGO POLICE COVER-UPThis spring, a task force appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel found that the department was plagued by systemic racism and still operated with contempt for the lives of black citizens.
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POLICE ASKED 3D PRINTING LAB TO RECREATE DEAD MAN'S FINGERS TO UNLOCK HIS PHONEA man was murdered, and the police think there might be clues to who murdered him stored in his phone. But they can’t get access to the phone without a print...
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VICTIM'S 'BLINKS' IN HOSPITAL BED LEAD TO MURDER CONVICTIONA murder trial featuring video of a paralyzed shooting victim blinking to identify his assailant ended this week with a conviction.
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WHEN DNA IMPLICATES THE INNOCENTThe criminal justice system’s reliance on DNA evidence, often treated as infallible, carries significant risks
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WHAT THIS EXONERATION MEANS FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMThere is a looming crisis in forensic science that promises to plunge the American system of criminal justice into disarray.
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FLAWED HAIR ANALYSIS TESTIMONY LEADS TO NEW TRIALThe court found that the hair examiner's testimony was "enormously influential" and material to the convictions.
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MURDER CONVICTIONS WERE BASED ON OUTDATED ARSON SCIENCE, PROSECUTORS SAYProsecutors in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office will ask a judge today to overturn the arson and felony murder convictions of three men convicted in a 1981 fire that killed a woman and her five children.
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