An Interview with NCRJ Board Member Mary Sue Molnar

“I’ve probably lost some friends along the way because they don’t understand and they don’t care to understand, but that’s okay. I know it’s the right thing to do. I sleep well at night,” Molnar said. Read more: http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/20112540/woman#ixzz2COQlArvT

NY Landmark Ruling Allows Expert Witnesses on False Confessions at Trials

Defendant in Case, However, Does Not Meet the Criteria Emily Horowitz Director, National Center for Reason and Justice (www.ncrj.org) On Thursday, March 29, 2012, New York’s highest court made a landmark ruling, saying that expert testimony about false confessions should be allowed at trial. Shamefully, the 5-2 decision upheld the conviction of Khemwatie Bedessie, the… Continue reading NY Landmark Ruling Allows Expert Witnesses on False Confessions at Trials

Disappointing Decision, but it Opens the Door for Expert Testimony on False Confessions

“At her trial the following year, Ms. Bedessie testified that she did not do the things she had described doing with the boy, and had confessed to them only after a police detective told her she could either tell the truth and go home or “go to Rikers Island jail, where she would be beaten,”… Continue reading Disappointing Decision, but it Opens the Door for Expert Testimony on False Confessions

Murder by Nursing

An article by NCRJ Director Emily Horowitz: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/02/16/murder-by-nursing

NCRJ Letter to New Jersey Corrections Commissioner

November 21, 2011 Mr. Gary Lanigan, Commissioner Department of Corrections POB 863 Trenton NJ 08625 Dear Commissioner Lanigan, The National Center for Reason and Justice (NCRJ) is a 501 (c)(3) organization that fights for justice and due process of law. Our focus is those who have been falsely accused or wrongfully convicted of crimes against… Continue reading NCRJ Letter to New Jersey Corrections Commissioner