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DNA Exonerations Suggest Racial Inequities

A closer look at the 200 cases in which inmates were exonerated by DNA evidence suggests that minorities are more often victims of wrongful convictions, especially in some rape cases. Eight-five percent of exonerated rapists were black men accused of assaulting white women, the Washington Post reports. Yet black men…

May 3, 2007 2:52 PM CDT

Massive Colo. Gang Sweep, Football Murder Tie

Authorities in Denver conducted a massive sweep at dawn today and arrested dozens of alleged street gang members. The case reportedly involved extensive wiretapping and has developed information concerning the Jan. 1 drive-by murder of a professional football player. Today’s sweep, conducted by federal and local law enforcement, was the…

Apr 27, 2007 12:06 AM CDT

DNA Exonerates One Man, Implicates Another

The DNA testing that recently led to the release of the 200th man freed by the use of the new forensic technology also implicated another man. A convicted rapist was matched with the crime by DNA testing, but will not be charged because the statute of limitations has expired, reports…

Apr 24, 2007 6:26 PM CDT

DNA Evidence Frees 200th Innocent Person

It’s official—DNA evidence today has cleared a 200th wrongfully convicted person, according to The Innocence Project, a New York City-based advocacy group. The 200th person to be released, Jerry Miller, was imprisoned for 25 years for a rape in a Chicago parking lot that he didn’t commit, the AP reports.…

Apr 23, 2007 11:43 PM CDT

Court Interpreters a ‘Growth Industry’ in S.C.

South Carolina’s federal court dockets are being flooded with cases requiring interpreters, especially for defendants accused of bringing illegal drugs into the state. Cases involving interpreters are sometimes more complex and time-consuming, the Columbia, S.C., State reports. In one pending drug trafficking case, with 24 defendants accused of dealing in…

Apr 18, 2007 7:27 PM CDT

Recantations Re-evaluated

The court system has often spurned witness recantations, but DNA evidence shows that stance may be misguided.

Apr 13, 2007 1:13 PM CDT

Metadata Minefield

Opinions disagree on whether it’s ethical to look at hidden electronic information

Apr 1, 2007 12:11 PM CDT

Attorney-Client ‘Privilege’?

Impostor Meets Inmate for Some Jailhouse Rockin’, Ruse Comes to Light When Guards Come a-Knockin’

Mar 18, 2007 11:50 AM CDT

A Tangled Trail of Discovery

How a special master’s sleuth work helped resolve a business dispute

Mar 18, 2007 9:53 AM CDT

E-Discovery Gets Real

Revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure still leave many questions about discovery of electronic evidence

Feb 21, 2007 9:22 AM CST

Match Point

How a Denver Rape Probe Got the FBI to Change Policy and Release Kinship DNA

Dec 25, 2006 7:49 AM CST

Targeting Depo Tactics

New York Is Latest State to Put the Brakes on Deposition Abuse

Nov 24, 2006 12:22 PM CST

Doubt and DNA

In a Case About New Evidence, High Court Looks to the Future of Innocence Claims

Sep 24, 2006 9:16 AM CDT

Deposition Traps

You May Not Realize You Fell in Until You’re Getting Devoured at Trial

Sep 24, 2006 9:08 AM CDT

‘That’s Him!—Or Is It?’

Despite Study Upon Study, Police Lineups Are Still an Inexact Science

Aug 11, 2006 11:07 PM CDT

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