Joseph Allen Has Chance for Parole in January

“Allen had served roughly 15 years before he was released, along with codefendant Nancy Smith, in 2009 by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge, who later acquitted the pair. Smith and Allen originally were found guilty by a jury …

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 …

‘S.A. 4’ evidence now called flawed

From the San Antonio Express News.

“All four women who say they were falsely accused in 1994 of child sexual assault could be out of prison by the end of the year following an acknowledgement by prosecutors Tuesday that …

The San Antonio Four: Major NCRJ Victory Imminent

Four innocent young women, who had little hope until their cause was taken up by the National Center for Reason and Justice, very likely will be exonerated and released from prison.

Today, attorneys Mike Ware of Fort Worth …

Manufacturing Fear: Halloween Laws for Sex Offenders

by NCRJ Board member Dr. Emily Horowitz

“Sex offender laws on Halloween are a natural outgrowth of the fear of a night of social disorder and grave danger, rooted in the belief that any law that can potentially protect children, …

The Recanters: What Happens When Abuse Claims Come Undone?

From the Texas Observer.

TAMIR KALIFA

But at the National Center for Reason and Justice, a national nonprofit based in Massachusetts that identifies potential cases of innocence from among high stacks of letters from prisoners and parolees around the …

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 …

Appeal Filed in the Keller Case

This case has long been sponsored by the NCRJ.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/appeal-filed-in-92-day-care-abuse-case/nTwwD/…

Two Articles About the Keller Appeal

(Photo by Jana Birchum)

Can Keller Conviction Stand Without Physical Evidence?

Texas Couple Appeals Sentence for Satanic Ritual Abuse…

A Letter to the Court From the Mother of a Friedman Accuser

Arline Epstein is the mother of a recanting accuser in the Friedman case.

Here is a cover letter she wrote to the Court. She believes that Jesse Friedman is innocent.

We will post the longer document when it becomes available …