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On #WrongfulConvictionDay we are reminded that #falseconfessions contribute to ~30% of these miscarriages of justice. Not only does this mean the wrong person is convicted, but the actual perpetrator remains free.
What can be done to fix the false confession problem? 🧵
What can be done to fix the false confession problem? 🧵
1 - Record the entire conversation. This doesn't fix the problem, but provides transparency to the process. Was there coercion? Contamination? Go to the tape.
nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opi…
nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opi…
2 - Bring science into practice. Investigators should embrace the research to understand the risks of certain tactics (minimization) but also the importance of others (rapport). @f_alceste @JeffKukucka @WlliamCrozierIV @jenperillo @ADPerillo @mariahartwig + others!
It’s #WrongfulConvictionDay! Please RETWEET to help me celebrate these champions of justice who are fighting everyday to free wrongly convicted men and women! Here, I interviewed the founders of the @Innocence Project in NY, Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck. crimestory.com/2020/04/20/ama…
On the opposite coast, @JustinoBrooks, @MSemanchik of the @CA_Innocence Project! Also here Bill Oberly of the AK Innocence Project. Exonerees @lifeafterten and @BrianBanksFREE 
Here, I interviewed Mark Godsey of the Ohio Innocence Project, a former prosecutor who switched teams. crimestory.com/2020/05/06/ama…
It’s #WrongfulConvictionDay, and I want to introduce you to some exonerees! Please RETWEET this thread to help raise awareness about the problem of wrongful convictions and to celebrate those who’ve survived the fire.
There are far too many wrongful convictions with a number in their title. Here’s me and @mandunderbridge with Korey Wise of the Central Park 5. Korey was 16 when he was arrested and served nearly 14 years before he was exonerated.
Here’s Anna Vasquez of the San Antonio 4, a group of gay hispanic women falsely accused of child molestation during the satanic panic. Anna served 15 years before she was exonerated in 2016.
Today is #WrongfulConvictionDay and so I want to highlight the many ways that plea bargaining contributes to wrongful convictions in this country. @InnocenceNtwrk
@InnocenceNtwrk First, it is important to keep in mind that the whole idea behind plea bargaining is that it makes the criminal justice system more efficient—not more accurate, but quicker at convicting people with minimum time and expense. #WrongfulConvictionDay
@InnocenceNtwrk That means, instead of having a jury try to sort out the innocent from the guilty, claims of innocence just become part of a negotiation. A person who says she’s innocent may be able to get a better deal from prosecutors (or she might not.)
Today is #WrongfulConvictionDay! Please help raise awareness by RETWEETING this thread! By our best estimates, at least 1-4% of convictions are wrongful, meaning there are between 20,000 & 100,000 innocent people locked up in U.S. prisons.
Since 1989, there have been over 2800 exonerations, totaling over 25,000 years lost. I spent 4 years wrongly imprisoned. The average in the U.S. is 9 years. Many cases don’t get overturned for decades.
The longest sentence served was that of Anthony Mazza, who spent 47 years wrongfully convicted. law.umich.edu/special/exoner…
Lamar Johnson has been in prison since he was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995. St Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner filed a motion to vacate his conviction in August, but a judge denied it, saying it was filed 24 years too late. #WrongfulConvictionDay injusticewatch.org/news/2019/judg…
There is overwhelming evidence of Mr. Johnson's innocence. The conviction was obtained because of “a staggering amount of misconduct on the part of homicide detectives and prosecutors.” washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07…
Given the motion was filed by Kim Gardner, after an investigation by her conviction integrity unit and there is agreement on Mr. Johnson's innocence, this ruling is extraordinary.
The motion was also supported by 43 elected prosecutors across the US. theappeal.org/defending-the-…
The motion was also supported by 43 elected prosecutors across the US. theappeal.org/defending-the-…
John Thompson. Spent 14 yrs on death row. Nearly killed. Exonerated. Started org to help exonerees. Won $14 million lawsuit. Going to donate to his org. New Orleans DA appealed. Supreme Court reversed award. He died 2 years ago. #WrongfulConvictionDay nytimes.com/2017/10/04/obi…
"John Thompson got to live 14 yrs as a free man-the same number he spent on Louisiana’s death row, condemned for a 1984 murder he didn’t commit.” Seven times Louisiana set a date for his execution. Despite prosecutor knowing *before his trial even began that he was innocent.
After release he focused on holding the prosecutors who tried for so long to kill him accountable, while helping other exonerees. Despite winning a $14 million suit-$1 million for each yr spent about to die-Clarence Thomas denied him a dime bc he found no "pattern of misconduct"
Today is International #WrongfulConvictionDay.
Any wrongful conviction is a human tragedy. It means time spent in jail for something you did not do. It means a loss of reputation. It means a loss of connection to your web of human fellowship.
Any wrongful conviction is a human tragedy. It means time spent in jail for something you did not do. It means a loss of reputation. It means a loss of connection to your web of human fellowship.
A wrongful conviction means the shrinking of your future. It means a diminishment of your time on this earth. When that wrongful conviction leads to a death sentence, the consequences are even more dire.
There have been at least 166 death row exonerations – a dramatically conservative estimate. I cry for the torture, the friendship loss, the family loss, the life-loss, that these people have endured.
166 innocent people have been exonerated and freed from death row in the United States since 1973. Say their names today on #WrongfulConvictionDay.
1. David Keaton
2. Samuel Poole
3. Wilbert Lee
4. Freddie Pitts
5. James Creamer
6. Christopher Spicer
7. Thomas Gladish
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1. David Keaton
2. Samuel Poole
3. Wilbert Lee
4. Freddie Pitts
5. James Creamer
6. Christopher Spicer
7. Thomas Gladish
(cont.)
8. Richard Greer
9. Ronald Keine
10. Clarence Smith
11. Delbert Tibbs
12. Earl Charles
13. Jonathan Treadway
14. Gary Beeman
15. Jerry Banks
16. Larry Hicks
17. Charles Giddens
18. Michael Linder
19. Johnny Ross
20. Ernest Graham
21. Annibal Jaramillo
22. Lawyer Johnson
(cont.)
9. Ronald Keine
10. Clarence Smith
11. Delbert Tibbs
12. Earl Charles
13. Jonathan Treadway
14. Gary Beeman
15. Jerry Banks
16. Larry Hicks
17. Charles Giddens
18. Michael Linder
19. Johnny Ross
20. Ernest Graham
21. Annibal Jaramillo
22. Lawyer Johnson
(cont.)
23. Larry Fisher
24. Anthony Brown
25. Neil Ferber
26. Clifford Bowen
27. Joseph Brown
28. Perry Cobb
29. Darby Tillis
30. Vernon McManus
31. Anthony Peek
32. Juan Ramos
33. Robert Wallace
34. Richard Jones
35. Willie Brown
36. Larry Troy
37. Randall Adams
38. Robert Cox
(cont.)
24. Anthony Brown
25. Neil Ferber
26. Clifford Bowen
27. Joseph Brown
28. Perry Cobb
29. Darby Tillis
30. Vernon McManus
31. Anthony Peek
32. Juan Ramos
33. Robert Wallace
34. Richard Jones
35. Willie Brown
36. Larry Troy
37. Randall Adams
38. Robert Cox
(cont.)
Today is #WrongfulConvictionDay -- a day near and dear to my heart.
This year, three more members of @The_MIP family came home: Rodney Lincoln, Faye Jacobs, and John Brown. #WrongfulConvictionDay
While they are free, they are not yet exonerated. #WrongfulConvictionDay
Today is #WrongfulConvictionDay - I'll be tweeting about criminal injustice, false allegations, exonerations, prosecutorial misconduct, forensic science & due process all day on this thread.
My published work on #wrongfulconvictions goes way back to 1998 covering the horrific Wenatchee child sex abuse witch hunts. We need to learn from the past to prevent future, hysterical mob-driven injustice against the innocent==>
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Lying about crime is a crime. Until the liars and hoaxers and enablers are prosecuted vigorously, #wrongfulconvictions and #falseallegations will escalate and ruin many more countless lives.
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