Watch the NBC Dateline Program About the Smith/Allen Case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/vp/46994994#46994994…

Dateline NBC to Air 1-Hour Progam on NCRJ-Sponsored Case

http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2012/04/06/news/mj6016169.txt…

Cleveland Plain Dealer on the Smith-Allen Case

We will continue our fight for justice.…

Our Press Release On the Smith/Allen Decision

January 30, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact

Robert B. Chatelle

Executive Director, National Center for Reason and Justice

mgr@ncrj.org

In Unheard of Move, Court Rules to Imprison Defendants Who Were Previously Acquitted

New York, NY—January 30, 2011

In an unprecedented …

A Major Setback for the Cause of Justice

http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2011/01/27/ohio-supreme-court-reinstates-head-start-convictions-smith-allen-to-return-to-prison/

We are saddened and outraged by this tragic development. Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen are both fine people, innocent of the outrageous charges against them.They will continue to have the full support of the National Center for Reason and …

Smith/Allen Case Going to Ohio Supreme Court

This article appeared in today’s Lorain Ohio Morning Journal: http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/10/28/news/doc4cc9799d53fd3804988337.txt.

Let’s hope that the Ohio Supreme Court does the right thing and lets Joseph Allen and Nancy Smith get on with their lives.…

Joseph Allen and Nancy Smith Spend Christmas at Home With Their Families

OUR VIEW: A Christmas Day like no other for a free Nancy Smith

VIDEO: Joseph Allen calls holiday at home “a blessing”

VIDEO: A Christmas “miracle”: Freed from prison after 15 years, Nancy Smith enjoys holiday with family
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Ohio Prosecutors Refuse to Give Up

After reviewing the court records, including videotapes of child witnesses, Lorain County Judge James Burge acquitted Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen of all charges of child molestation — nonexistent crimes for which the two served 14 years behind bars. …

The Smith-Allen Case is Over!

From the Executive Director:

This morning I received the wonderful news that the acquittals in the Smith/Allen case will stand. The case is over!

http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2009/10/07/acquittals-in-head-start-case-to-stand/

I called Joseph to congratulate him right after I heard the news, and discovered that …

After 16 years, a courageous judge voids the wrongful convictions of Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen.

Roxbury, Massachusetts June 24, 2009 The NCRJ congratulates Lorain (OH) Common Pleas Judge James Burge for his courage in ordering the acquittals of Joseph Allen and Nancy Smith. Only 15 days ago, another of the NCRJ’s many cases came to …