Is Jerry Sandusky Innocent?

Trial by Therapy:
The Jerry Sandusky Case Revisited

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“Can a sustained, comprehensive case be made for that inference? [That Sandusky is innocent] It already exists, in a book that was rejected by every major publisher and finally issued in …

After 28 years wrongly imprisoned for child molestation, man’s case dismissed

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“Young also said that he harbors no anger toward his accusers — who were 5 and 6 years old when they accused him of molesting them, only to later recant and confess that it was their …

Vermont corrections officer of the year dies in apparent suicide

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Dalton pointed to a 2013 literature review from the U.S. Department of Justice that included research on the stress that correctional officers face. The review found, in part:

• In 2011, about 31 percent of correctional officers reported “serious

How “Risk Assessment” Tools Are Condemning People to Indefinite Imprisonment

“Yet, the fact remains: Most of the people in civil commitment facilities, like Lieberman, sexually assaulted children or women. If released, some of these folks might harm again. Others will not. But regardless of that uncertainty, once they have completed …

The Father Gordon J. MacRae Story: Injustice in New Hampshire

“In 2005, I came upon the story of Father Gordon MacRae in a series of articles by Pulitzer-Prize winning writer, Dorothy Rabinowitz in The Wall Street Journal. This was my first inkling that the case against this Catholic priest, that …

Expanding Incarceration Is Not the Best Way to Fight Rape Culture

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“The United States imprisons a higher proportion of its population than any other developed country. The American incarceration rate is roughly 3.5 times as high as the median rate in Europe, according to a 2013 report …

A Special Evening With the San Antonio Four

The National Center for Reason and Justice (NCRJ) 

Invites you to a special evening with the “SAN ANTONIO 4”

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:30 PM

Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St., NYC

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The “San Antonio 4” …

Why Spotlight is a Terrible Film

“I was in Boston in the Spring of 2002 reporting on the priest scandal, and because I know some of what is untrue, I don’t believe the personal injury lawyers or the Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” team or the Catholic “faithful” …

S.D. case attracts Texas Innocence Project

[Mike] Ware [Executive Director of the Innocence Project of Texas] continued, “I have had the opportunity to review the expert medical testimony at trial and the techniques used in the sexual assault examinations back in 1994. As well as the …

Minnesota sex offender program is ruled unconstitutional

“A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) violates the U.S. Constitution by confining offenders indefinitely without giving them access to the courts and other protections of the criminal justice system.”

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