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Innocence and the justice system
Minnesota Daily
Jones was incarcerated for fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2001 and will remain in prison until 2012. Townsend recognized Jones as the man that had ...
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People v. Ervine
Leagle, Inc.
Defendant nonetheless insists that where any government agency intrudes on a criminal defendant's attorney-client relationship, a prima facie violation of ...
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MORE EVIDENCE OF BAD EVIDENCE
"So despite the 2002 crime lab failure and the fact that the failure went basically unpunished (i.e., no one was convicted and sent to prison for wrongfully convicting innocent people), the ?dopamine? of the HPD's fingerprint unit .... That rule should apply to any crime lab operated by a law enforcement agency that conducts forensic evidence analyses for criminal prosecutors. Irma Rios, director of the HPD crime lab and former supervisor of the Texas Department of Public ..."
John T. Floyd's Comments on Criminal... - http://www.johntfloyd.com/comments.htm

Ohio killer is 1st US inmate put to death through 1-drug injection ...
By Andrew Welsh-huggins
"Prisons director Terry Collins said the team took as much time as needed and he considered the process problem-free. Ohio overhauled its procedure after a failed attempt to execute Romell Broom, a procedure halted by Gov. .... (@ ASoldiersMother); satur9 would lethal injection constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" if the criminal had an acute phobia of needles hmm. cocoy Death there are worst things to do to a criminal. death is not punishment enough for the bastards ..."
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Case summaries - Dec 3, 2009 - ElectricLawyer
By Grace Suarez
"Ct., 11/23/09, S166894) ___ Cal.4th ___ Defendant who desires to appeal from criminal judgment on ground that counsel rendered ineffective assistance regarding the defendant's request to... ... Summary denial of prison inmate's ex parte application for issuance of writ of habeas corpus is subordinate judicial duty commissioner may perform pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 259 because is it not the "trial" of a "cause." However, if commissioner finds prima facie ..."
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www.Excited-Delirium.com: RCMP Watchdog report on taser use in ...
By Excited-Delirium.com
"Criminal Code of Canada: R.S., c. C-34, s. 26. "Every one who is authorized by law to use force [noun!] is criminally responsible for any excess thereof according to the nature and quality of the act that constitutes the excess." ... The local prosecuting attorney should not be in the business of trading-off one crime against another. In fact, negotiating such a trade (often on behalf of the police, for the purpose of 'making it go away') should itself be a crime. ..."
www.Excited-Delirium.com - http://excited-delirium.blogspot.com/

Linn Washington on Why Mumia Abu-Jamal Deserves a New Trial ...
By HansBennett
"The prosecution's other prime eyewitness was Cynthia White, a prostitute with a long arrest record and pending criminal charges at the time of Abu-Jamal's June 1982 trial. During Abu-Jamal's trial, the prosecutor told the jury ... American law is an ?instrument of the powerful,? Abu-Jamal stated in his latest book released earlier this year, his sixth book written from death row. ?For the weak, the powerless, the oppressed, the law is more often a hindrance than a help. ..."
Mostly Water - "Canadian" and... - http://mostlywater.org/