Mandee Lea James-Vansandt was falsely accused of “shaken baby syndrome” after she took her five-month-old baby (born prematurely) to the emergency room. Now the State of Oklahoma has taken away her baby and her eight-year-old son, and she is facing criminal charges.

“Allen had served roughly 15 years before he was released, along with codefendant Nancy Smith, in 2009 by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge, who later acquitted the pair. Smith and Allen originally were found guilty by a jury in 1994 of molesting 4- and 5-year-old children on Smith’s Head Start bus route, allegations… Continue reading Joseph Allen Has Chance for Parole in January

photo credit: jim d’entremont “Much evidence was not seen by the jury, most damning to prosecutors was a videotape of parents and even detectives coaching the children to pick Allen out of a line up, even pinching a child to get a reaction when asked to look at Allen. The jury never saw it.” http://www.19actionnews.com/story/23767983/family-vows-to-free-lorain-county-man-imprisoned-on-controversial-conviction

From the San Antonio Express News. “All four women who say they were falsely accused in 1994 of child sexual assault could be out of prison by the end of the year following an acknowledgement by prosecutors Tuesday that faulty scientific evidence helped convict them.” http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/S-A-4-evidence-now-called-flawed-4917226.php?t=f0d2526d9bd6621201

Elizabeth Ramirez Four innocent young women, who had little hope until their cause was taken up by the National Center for Reason and Justice, very likely will be exonerated and released from prison. Today, attorneys Mike Ware of Fort Worth and Keith Hampton of Austin, filed writs of habeas corpus requesting the release from prison… Continue reading The San Antonio Four: Major NCRJ Victory Imminent

by NCRJ Board member Dr. Emily Horowitz “Sex offender laws on Halloween are a natural outgrowth of the fear of a night of social disorder and grave danger, rooted in the belief that any law that can potentially protect children, or even one child, is a good one. Unfortunately, these laws don’t protect children, nor… Continue reading Manufacturing Fear: Halloween Laws for Sex Offenders

From the Texas Observer. TAMIR KALIFA But at the National Center for Reason and Justice, a national nonprofit based in Massachusetts that identifies potential cases of innocence from among high stacks of letters from prisoners and parolees around the country, it is believed that many more innocent people are out there, in prison and on… Continue reading The Recanters: What Happens When Abuse Claims Come Undone?

We are saddened and outraged by the gross injustice of the Head Start case in Lorain Ohio. This afternoon, Joseph Allen was sent back to prison. Here are two articles about today’s events: http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/10/01/joseph-allen-sent-back-to-prison-in-head-start-case/ http://www.morningjournal.com/general-news/20131001/head-start-case-joseph-allen-sent-back-to-prison Please read and leave a comment. For more information about Joseph’s plight, see this article from our web site: http://ncrj.org/the-plight-of-joseph-allen/

This case has long been sponsored by the NCRJ. http://www.statesman.com/news/news/appeal-filed-in-92-day-care-abuse-case/nTwwD/

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