The hollowness of the child porn smear: Ketanji Brown Jackson has been bold and prescient

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‘In 1996, when Jackson wrote her critique, she was one of the few who foresaw that a new web of laws banishing sex offenders from society would create a banished class …

The Smith-Allen Head Start Case is Over!

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For immediate release: February 25, 2022

Contact: Bob Chatelle mgr@ncrj.org

Ohio DA dismisses all charges against Joseph Allen, one of the last people falsely imprisoned in 1990s daycare …

Protected: Important Hearing on the New-Trial Motion for Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen

Important Hearing for the Smith-Allen Case

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The first hearing for the new-trial motion for the Smith-Allen (Head Start) case will take place Thursday (1/27/22) at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

The hearing will be broadcast on Zoom. Here is the link.

Let …

Joseph Allen out on bond; judge to decide on new trial

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“I don’t know why a white woman of some means went home and an indigent Black man went back to prison. I don’t know why that happened. Maybe there’s a legitimate reason for that,” [Judge] Cook …

The NCRJ hopeful for victory at last in the Nancy Smith-Joseph Allen Head Start abuse case

National Center for Reason and Justice  ─ NCRJ

For immediate release: December 22, 2021

Contact: Bob Chatelle  mgr@ncrj.org

The NCRJ hopeful for victory at last in the Nancy Smith-Joseph Allen Head Start abuse case

The …

Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen will soon appear in Court

While I regret I’m not attending this important hearing,as soon as I learn the results, I will post a press release.

In the meantime, I suggest you read this affidavit of Dino Grondin, the son of the first and …

Prosecutor won’t oppose new trial in 1994 Head Start abuse case

Tomlinson responded to the Ohio Innocence Project’s motion on Wednesday, telling county Common Pleas Court Judge Chris Cook that evidence discovered and presented in those documents “discloses a strong possibility that it will change the result if a new trial …

Justice Might Finally be Achieved for Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen

Dear Friends,

We at the National Center of Reason and Justice (NCRJ) have recently received wonderful news about this case, which we have been sponsoring since shortly after our founding in 2002. NCRJ Executive Director, Bob Chatelle, was even corresponding …

Man Imprisoned for 16 Years for Raping Lovely Bones Author Is Exonerated

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‘Broadwater married after prison, but he never had children; he recently told the Syracuse Post-Standard that this was because he didn’t want them growing up with a father with a rape conviction. Meanwhile, the newspaper …