(Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera, Elizabeth Ramirez, Anna vasquez — photo by Debbie Nathan) The National Center for Reason and Justice has sponsored the San Antonio 4 since we learned about their plight, in 2008. Before Anna, Cassie, Kristie and Elizabeth found us, they’d written to other groups asking for help but were turned down. NCRJ… Continue reading San Antonio 4 Case: the Big, National Picture

(Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera, Elizabeth Ramirez, Anna Vasquez — photo by Debbie Nathan) Free! From Associated Press via ABC News: “Their case came to the attention of attorneys affiliated with the nonprofit Innocence Project of Texas and National Center for Reason and Justice more than a decade after the women were imprisoned. The groups investigate… Continue reading The San Antonio Four are Free!

The NCRJ brought this case to the Innocence Project of Texas. We recognized the junk science presented at trial and educated the attorneys, the media, and local supporters. 3 of ‘San Antonio 4’ to be released pending new trial decision, lawyer says from NBC News http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/18/21520263-3-of-san-antonio-4-to-be-released-pending-new-trial-decision-lawyer-says Three of San Antonio Four could go free after… Continue reading San Antonio Four Prisoners to be Released Today

Widespread public support led to sponsorship by the National Center for Reason and Justice (NCRJ) and IPTX involvement in the case since 2010. An expert legal team headed by Mike Ware, an IPTX Board Member, recently filed writs of habeas corpus on behalf of the women. Along with the discredited expert medical testimony, one of… Continue reading SA4 to walk free: New Texas statute combats injustice caused by junk science

The NCRJ was the first reviewer of records in this case. We noticed that the medical evidence used to convict them was junk science, and we helped educate the lawyers about this, as well as many media who have since written about the case. From the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303559504579198103012275682-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwNjExNDYyWj

Debbie Nathan of the National Center for Reason and Justice, which tries to free falsely convicted inmates, said during the 1990s Texas get tough on crime campaign, it was easy for juries to be biased against lesbians. In a sign of how things have evolved in some parts of the state, Texans have elected lesbians… Continue reading Texas prosecutor OKs prisoner release in lesbian sexual assault case

“More than a decade later, their case came to the attention of attorneys affiliated with the nonprofit Innocence Project of Texas, which investigates potential wrongful conviction cases and pushes for criminal justice reforms.” It was the National Center for Reason and Justice that brought this case to the attention on the Innocence Project of Texas.… Continue reading 3 of imprisoned ‘San Antonio 4’ could soon go free

New study: How to slow galloping federal incarceration A new Urban Institute study called Stemming the Tide looks at the “dramatic,” “unsustainable,” and “dangerous” increase in the federal prison population, and proposes ways to undo it. http://www.urban.org/publications/412932.html

“First birthday out of prison after being falsely accused in the mid-90’s of allegedly gang raping two little girls. Her co-defendents in this high-profile case are still languishing in Texas prisons. The Innocence Project of Texas along with the New York-based National Center for Reason & Justice are working together to exonerate these four women… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Anna Vasquez!

The National Center for Reason and Justice took up the case in 2008, enlisting legal defense help from the Innocence Project of Texas three years ago. Lawyers with the Innocence Project said one of the two child victims (now an adult) recanted testimony last summer, saying her father “coerced and coached her into making false… Continue reading New Hope for the San Antonio Four