Thank You and Farewell

For more than 20 years, the NCRJ has been instrumental in supporting, freeing, and winning exoneration for people falsely convicted of crimes against children. And now, the board of directors has decided to …

A New Documentary About the Gordon MacRae Case

The National Center for Reason and Justice has been sponsoring the case of Father Gordon MacRae for many years. Gordon recently informed me of this new 43 minute documentary about his case.

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Suffolk judge overturns 1992 murder conviction, clearing Barry Kamara’s name at last

“Since 2019, judges have thrown out murder and rape convictions against more than a dozen Boston men, almost all of whom are Black and had been sentenced to life in prison.

Barry Kamara has fought for …

Breaking: The Amiraults to receive pardons!

Members of the The National Center for Reason and Justice were actively fighting to rectify this dreadful …

Justice Delayed for Father MacRae

Photo: Jim Cole/ASSOCIATED PRESS

All this happened because “believe the children” became a nationwide mantra. Society has a duty to protect young children—but also to assess accusations rationally and fairly, especially when they’re improbable, spectacular and horrifying. Journalists, too, must …

Joseph Lascaze: Criminal Justice Reform from the Inside Out

photo: aclu of new hampshire

“On September 9, 2022, three years after leaving this prison, Joseph was the recipient of the New Hampshire Rising Stars Changemaker of the Year Award, a civic award bestowed upon a citizen who has played …

The Forgotten Lessons of the Recovered Memory Movement

“Just what happened to lead so many well-intentioned people down such a road is not a simple story. Understanding the power of recovered memory therapy requires an examination not just of the memory retrieval techniques …

Is the pastor guilty?

We do not know enough about this case to have an informed opinion about Pastor Richards’ innocence. But a founder of the Tennessee Innocence Project believes him and is advocating for him.

Read the article by Liz …

“It’s Crushing”: The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated

“It’s PTSD that all of us in this sort of fraternity suffer,” Herman Atkins told NBC News, in a story this week about the lasting trauma of wrongful convictions on Black men convicted of …

The case against the trauma plot

“How to account for trauma’s creep? Take your corners. Modern life is inherently traumatic. No, we’re just better at spotting it, having become more attentive to human suffering in all its gradations. Unless we’re worse at it—more …