Should Galen Baughman Spend his Life in Prison?

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On August 24, we posted the following article from the Washington Post. The authors have requested that we repost the article with the following preface:

On October 17, 2019, after a two-week civil trial in Arlington County, Virginia, …

Elsie Oscarson Update

[Great news from Mark Pendergrast]

Elsie Oscarson is free!

After 21 years in prison, Elsie Oscarson was finally released on September 2, 2019. She was granted a new trial, but because it would be rolling the dice one more time, …

Burned by ‘bad science’

Houston Chronicle

In the Texas courthouse 100 miles east of Dallas that day in September 2012, the prosecutor turned to his expert witness and asked whether he believed the child’s injuries could have been the result of an accident.

“The …

Hundreds of police officers have been labeled liars. Some still help send people to prison.

Scott Dalton for USA TODAY

“In a case that came down to one man’s word against another’s, jurors believed the police officer. Because of his prior offenses, Vara was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

“What happened to Vara has …

Repressed Memories are Back!

“In 1973, the idea of repressed memories became popularized with the publication of Sybil, a “nonfiction” book by journalist Flora Rheta Schreiber. Schreiber claimed that under psychiatric treatment, a patient whom she called Sybil recalled severe abuse by her …