Family Vows to Free Joseph Allen

photo credit: jim d’entremont

“Much evidence was not seen by the jury, most damning to prosecutors was a videotape of parents and even detectives coaching the children to pick Allen out of a line up, even pinching a child to …

An Innocent Man Sent Back to Prison After Four Years of Freedom

We are saddened and outraged by the gross injustice of the Head Start case in Lorain Ohio. This afternoon, Joseph Allen was sent back to prison.

Here are two articles about today’s events:

http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/10/01/joseph-allen-sent-back-to-prison-in-head-start-case/

http://www.morningjournal.com/general-news/20131001/head-start-case-joseph-allen-sent-back-to-prison

Please read and leave a …

More Cruel Injustice in Ohio

The NCRJ will continue to fight for justice for Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen.

Parole board votes against pardon for Nancy Smith…

The Plight of Joseph Allen

Bob Chatelle and Emily Horowitz

Directors, National Center for Reason and Justice

[The National Center for Reason and Justice has been sponsoring the case of Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen since 2002. Emily Horowitz and Bob Chatelle published the article …

Nancy Smith Free, but Conviction Remains

The NCRJ has long sponsored the case of Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen. Both are innocent.

We are most pleased that Nancy Smith no longer is burdened by the threat of returning to prison. We hope that this threat is …

New-Trial Motion Filed for Nancy Smith

The NCRJ has sponsored this case since February of 2004. We firmly believe that Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen are both innocent.

http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/05/21/nancy-smiths-attorneys-file-for-new-trial/

The court filings also contain an extensive affidavit from Maggie Bruck, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral …

Joseph Allen Desperately Needs Your Help

Last June, Robert Chatelle and Dr. Emily Horowitz of the NCRJ published this article about the Smith/Allen case, which we sponsor:

There have been some disturbing recent developments.

Judge Burge has recused himself from the case and a new …

Nancy Smith’s Hearing Before the Ohio Parole Board

The National Center for Reason and Justice have long supported both Nancy Smith and her co-defendant, Joseph Allen.

You can read about the background of today’s hearing here.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/01/nancy_smith_former_lorain_head.html.…

Prosecutor Agrees to Commutation of Nancy Smith’s Sentence

http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2012/10/31/prosecutor-says-hell-agree-to-commute-nancy-smiths-sentence-to-time-served/

This is a very encouraging development. DA Dennis Will has heretofore been inflexible in striving to put Smith and her co-defendant, Joseph Allen, back in prison.

The NCRJ has been sponsoring Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen for many years.…

The Wrongful Conviction of Joseph Allen (and Nancy Smith)

Bob Chatelle and Emily Horowitz

Directors, National Center for Reason and Justice

Joseph Allen, July 2010

Photo Credit: James D’Entremont

Although most of the people wrongfully convicted in the daycare sex abuse panic of the 1980s/early 1990s have been exonerated, …