Tag Archives: wrongful conviction and imprisonment

The reverse of the Brock Turner rape ruling

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Naomi

Gary Myers, a Daily News sports columnist, did us all a big, moving favor with this painful story today, about a young football star wrongfully convicted of rape and imprisoned. Why is this so important, especially right now? Because Brian … Continue reading →

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Herman Atkins, the Innocence Project and a paperweight

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Naomi

When I read the Publisher’s Marketplace notice below, I popped up from my desk chair and walked around the room, in a sort of uncontainable excitement: Herman Atkins’s WRONGFULLY CONVICTED, RIGHTFULLY COMMITTED, the true story of the author, who spent … Continue reading →

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“Wrongfully Convicted Man Agrees to $3 Million Settlement”

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Naomi

As the New York Times reported, Jabbar Collins just settled his case against New York State, for wrongful conviction and imprisonment: A man who spent 15 years in prison for a Brooklyn murder he did not commit agreed to a … Continue reading →

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