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When Innocence Isn’t Enough

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 24, 2022October 19, 2022

Christopher Dunn has been in prison for over 30 years for a murder in St. Louis that he and others say he didn’t commit. Even though new evidence has emerged in favor of Dunn, the state of Missouri says he must stay in prison — because he wasn’t sentenced to death. He continued, “This Court does […]

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The Case That Made Texas the Death Penalty Capital

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 1, 2021October 19, 2022

“As one of the first death sentences under the new law, Jurek’s case would become a test case, playing a key role in both the nationwide rise of the death penalty and Texas’s place at the center.”

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‘It’s the Most Outrageous Thing I’ve Ever Seen. It Makes No Sense.’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 28, 2020October 19, 2022

“DNA evidence proved Lydell Grant’s innocence. So why won’t the state’s highest criminal court exonerate him?”

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Frailty, Thy Name Is Immigration Control

by Katie Kosma June 14, 2018October 19, 2022

Quoting Shakespeare isn’t new, but using it in court to fight Trump’s immigration control is.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

A Murder in Hawaii: The Two Trials of Maryann Acker

by benhuberman September 30, 2015October 19, 2022

After three decades, author Linda Spaldin tries to help exonerate a woman on whose trial she had been a juror.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

What Lawyers Have In Common With Auto Mechanics and Dentists

by juliawick June 3, 2014October 19, 2022

Because of its complexity, Hadfield points out, legal help is what economists call a “credence good”—a good “provided by an expert who also determines a buyer’s needs” because the buyer is “unable to assess how much of the good or service they need; nor can they assess whether or not the service was performed or […]

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