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 …

New Evidence In High-Profile Shaken Baby Case

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/29/149576627/new-evidence-in-high-profile-shaken-baby-case…

Judith Levine Reviews a Very Important Book

Sex Panic and the Punitive State…

NCRJ-Sponsored Jesse Friedman and his Lawyer, Ron Kuby

http://www.spokenword.org/program/1863521

Jesse and Ron visited Emily Horowitz’s class on Wrongful Convictions at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights on February 21, 2012. Emily is a Director of the National Center for Reason and Justice.…

TV News Spot About the Father Gordon MacRae Appeal

http://www.wmur.com/video/30519235/detail.html…

Murder by Nursing

An article by NCRJ Director Emily Horowitz:

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/02/16/murder-by-nursing…

New Trial Motion Filed for Father Gordon MacRae

Attorney Robert Rosenthal has filed a new-trial motion for Father Gordon MacRae, whose case is sponsored by the National Center for Reason and Justice.  He has supplied us with a copy of his opening brief. Here is Rosenthal’s introduction to …

Dallas Observer on the Convictions Integrity Unit

http://www.dallasobserver.com/2011-12-29/news/beyond-dna-difficult-tests-for-the-justice-system/

We need more prosecutors like Craig Watkins and Mike Ware. Mike is now working on the Four Lives Lost case, sponsored by the NCRJ.…

A Sensible Article Urging Journalistic Caution

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/18/2550113/proceed-with-care-when-covering.html…

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. …