Tag archive for ‘appeal’
Wrongful Convictions Could Cost State Big Bucks
In the past week, two news items dealing with wrongful convictions came to light. One was for a Utah man freed after spending 4 ½ years in prison for a robbery; the other for a New York man released after serving 17 years for a murder he didn’t commit.
In the former case, charges [...]
California Not Soon Likely to Free 40,000; Maybe 27,000
Despite all the hype over a federal judicial panel ruling ordering the State of California to come up with a plan to release over 40,000 inmates to slash prisons overcrowding, it’s unlikely to happen very fast, if at all. First of all, the state’s lawyers are mulling whether or not the court’s ruling to [...]
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