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The National Center for Reason and Justice
An In-Depth Look at False Confessions
From Counterpunch.
By NCRJ Director Emily Horowitz.
How Kemwattie Bedessie was falsely convicted. And what’s wrong not just with false confessions, but with true confessions, too.…
Confessing to Crime, but Innocent
High-pressure interrogations like those discussed in this article have compelled confessions from some of the people whom NCRJ sponsors, most notably Jesse Friedman, who was 18 years old and under extreme duress when the …
NCRJ Recommends Leading Experts to Serve on Friedman Committee
August 26, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The NCRJ Recommends Prominent Experts to Serve on the Nassau County Committee investigating the Jesse Friedman Case.
Roxbury, Massachusetts —August 26, 2010 —Today the National Center for Reason and Justice—a non-profit legal …
Friedman Conviction Most Reluctantly Upheld
The Second Court of Appeals upheld Jesse Friedman’s conviction, but only because the habeas petition was filed too late. In a strongly worded opinion, the Court made clear that they felt a miscarriage of justice had occurred and were sharply …
ANOTHER NCRJ-SPONSORED CASE ADVANCES TOWARD JUSTICE
Another major case sponsored by NCRJ has just been taken on by Innocence Projects, and this weekend the defendant’s claims of innocence were featured in an article on the front page of the Boston Globe and a video at the …
NCRJ’s Four Lives Lost Case Under Review by Texas Innocence Project
NCRJ is pleased to announce that one of the cases we sponsor is being reviewed for post-conviction work by the Innocence Project of Texas (www.ipoftexas.org).
The case has four defendants:
Anna Vasquez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh, and Elizabeth …
All Sex Offenders Are Not Equal
From the Hartford Courant:
Texas Monthly on the Mineola Sex Ring Case
Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: Lessons Learned
Among the writers of this excellent chapter are journalist Debbie Nathan and NCRJ Advisor Dr. James Wood.…