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photo: Laura Skelding State District Judge Karen Sage made the ruling after a 2½-hour hearing Tuesday afternoon in which three top pediatric airway specialists testified that 21-month-old Bryan Guttierez most likely swallowed, on his own, the compacted mass of paper towels that led to his death — and that there was no way Jimenez could… Continue reading Judge orders Austin babysitter Rosa Jimenez freed from prison, questions guilt

A Conversation with Judith Levine February 5, 2021 @ 11:10am EST via Zoom Sign up here (required) Join Judith Levine and Emily Horowitz for a conversation about Judith’s new book THE FEMINIST AND THE SEX OFFENDER (Verso, 2020). At the heart of the conspiracy theory that stirred many in the mob that stormed the Capitol… Continue reading Please Join us for an Important Educational Event!

We were deeply saddened last Friday to receive a message from Don’s daughter, informing us that her wonderful father had left us the Monday before. I first met Don 24 years ago, at a conference about wrongful convictions in Salem, Massachusetts. Our last email exchange, not that long ago, reminisced about that conference. Don also… Continue reading Rest in Peace Donald Connery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12, 2020 Contact: Anne Kelsey, akelsey@hivlawandpolicy.org, 914-294-2881 CHLP Brief Calls Out Homophobic Bias in Case of Gay Man Unjustly Designated a “Sexually Violent Predator” Civil rights and LGBT organizations challenge extreme punishment of gay man whose texts were treated as proof of intent to commit future violent crimes NEW YORK, NY… Continue reading NCRJ Supports Gay Man Unjustly Labeled Sexually Violent Predator

The Dobbs Wire:  Time sensitive request.  Do you have a friend or loved one who is locked up in jail, prison or a sex offense civil commitment facility?  They may be eligible for a $1,200 stimulus payment and not know it, or unsure what to do.  Please send them information and forms so they get… Continue reading A very important message from Bill Dobbs

September 28, 2020 Dave Olson, Editor The Salem News 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 107 Danvers, MA 01923 Dear Editor, My name is Robert Chatelle and I live in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Since its founding in April of 2002, I have served as Executive Director of the National Center for Reason and Justice (NCRJ), an advocacy group… Continue reading The not so bold Peabody-Essex Museum

The Times Literary Supplement in a rave review of JoAnn Wypijewski’s provocative new book states: “It is thrilling and cathartic to watch Wypijewski slice through our culture’s flabbiest orthodoxies.” On this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” Wypijewski talks to host Robert Scheer about the “haste to castigate” that has led to shoddy reporting of the… Continue reading Questioning Corporate Media’s Thirst for Scandal in the Age of #MeToo

Carol called me this afternoon. She sounded very tired. But reconciled that Bruce was finally at rest. She does regret Bruce not ever getting to meet so many of his friends before he left. I told her we all knew and loved Bruce, the kind man, the gentle giant, the good friend. We didn’t need… Continue reading Funeral Services for Bruce Perkins

The NCRJ has been sponsoring the case of Joseph Allen since 2004. It is a terrible case. Joseph was once even freed, with no restrictions, for a number of years after a judge ordered his acquittal. But the corrupt forces that railroaded him into prison refused to let that stand, and persuaded the  Ohio Supreme… Continue reading Joseph Allen Parole Hearing

“COLUMBUS — The state of Ohio will pay $1.2 million to M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Aldridge, former Huber Heights residents who were wrongfully convicted in 1985 of 23 child molestation charges and told it’d be 60 years before they’d be eligible for parole. “Wilcox, whose last name is now Reach, will receive $726,315, while… Continue reading Great News in the Wilcox-Aldridge Case!