Ohio Prosecutors Refuse to Give Up

After reviewing the court records, including videotapes of child witnesses, Lorain County Judge James Burge acquitted Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen of all charges of child molestation — nonexistent crimes for which the two served 14 years behind bars. Now Lorain County prosecutors are trying to send them back to prison. See http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2009/12/01/prosecutors-seek-to-jail-smith-and-allen/

State-Sanctioned Murder

From the President: Governor Rick Perry’s abrupt dissolution of the Texas Forensic Science Commission on the eve of its decision in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was an effort to cover up a state-sanctioned murder. (see, Trial by Fire, by David Grann: New Yorker, September 7, 2009)  The botched investigation of Willingham’s suspected arson recalls… Continue reading State-Sanctioned Murder

The Smith-Allen Case is Over!

From the Executive Director: This morning I received the wonderful news that the acquittals in the Smith/Allen case will stand. The case is over! http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2009/10/07/acquittals-in-head-start-case-to-stand/ I called Joseph to congratulate him right after I heard the news, and discovered that he didn’t know about it yet. (Joseph is in Boston visiting his brother.) When I… Continue reading The Smith-Allen Case is Over!

John Stoll Awarded 5.5 Million Dollars

In Bakersfield, California, Kern County’s Board of Supervisors has agreed to settle for $5.5 million a federal lawsuit filed by John Stoll, now 66, whose molestation conviction was overturned in 2004 after he spent 20 years in prison. Michael Snedeker, President of NCRJ, together with attorneys for two California Innocence Projects, filed the case for… Continue reading John Stoll Awarded 5.5 Million Dollars