The National Center for Reason and Justice
NY Landmark Ruling Allows Expert Witnesses on False Confessions at Trials
Defendant in Case, However, Does Not Meet the Criteria
Emily Horowitz
Director, National Center for Reason and Justice (www.ncrj.org)
On Thursday, March 29, 2012, New York’s highest court made a landmark ruling, saying that expert testimony about false
Disappointing Decision, but it Opens the Door for Expert Testimony on False Confessions
“At her trial the following year, Ms. Bedessie testified that she did not do the things she had described doing with the boy, and had confessed to them only after a police detective told her she could either tell the …
New Evidence In High-Profile Shaken Baby Case
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/29/149576627/new-evidence-in-high-profile-shaken-baby-case…
Judith Levine Reviews a Very Important Book
NCRJ-Sponsored Jesse Friedman and his Lawyer, Ron Kuby
http://www.spokenword.org/program/1863521
Jesse and Ron visited Emily Horowitz’s class on Wrongful Convictions at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights on February 21, 2012. Emily is a Director of the National Center for Reason and Justice.…
TV News Spot About the Father Gordon MacRae Appeal
Murder by Nursing
An article by NCRJ Director Emily Horowitz:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/02/16/murder-by-nursing…
New Trial Motion Filed for Father Gordon MacRae
Attorney Robert Rosenthal has filed a new-trial motion for Father Gordon MacRae, whose case is sponsored by the National Center for Reason and Justice. He has supplied us with a copy of his opening brief. Here is Rosenthal’s introduction to …
Dallas Observer on the Convictions Integrity Unit
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2011-12-29/news/beyond-dna-difficult-tests-for-the-justice-system/
We need more prosecutors like Craig Watkins and Mike Ware. Mike is now working on the Four Lives Lost case, sponsored by the NCRJ.…
A Sensible Article Urging Journalistic Caution
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/18/2550113/proceed-with-care-when-covering.html…