Posted inScience

Crime Labs Are Not Like TV Crime Shows

Crime labs are not run like television crime dramas. Unfortunately, "forensic science" is shown to be a lot less science than what prosecutors and TV shows lead us to believe.…
Posted inExoneration

Anthony Ray Hinton Exonerated

After spending 28 years in prison, Anthony Ray Hinton has finally been freed! Anthony was  wrongfully convicted of killing two employees of a fast food restaurant. Anthony was given a…
Posted inSystemic Problems

Electing Judges At the State Level

Federal judges are appointed by the president and approved by congress, but states pick their judges in different ways. Some states chose their judges with partisan elections, some  have nonpartisan elections,…
Posted inLegal Reform

California Voters Approve Prop 47

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 voters in California approved Proposition 47. This means that nonviolent offenses will now be deemed misdemeanors instead of felonies. About 10,000 people currently incarcerated for things…
Posted inLegal Reform

Prison Reform in California

Prison reform has begun in California: The California Fair Sentencing Act makes certain that people who are convicted of certain offenses involving crack cocaine will no longer receive harsher punishments…
Posted inMisconduct

Police Misconduct Goes Unpunished

In New York each year, the Civilian Complaint Review Board investigates thousands of complaints from people who say they were shoved, choked, hit, or had guns waved in their faces…
Posted inMisconduct

DA’s List Of Bad Cops

A Brady Index is a list of law enforcement officers that are still on the job but not trusted to be be good witnesses at trial. This can be due…