WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS OBSERVER

About the Wrongful Convictions Observer: 

At the U.S.-Asia Law Institute we monitor developments in wrongful convictions, redress and exoneration around the world. The Observer was born out of our desire to share the information that we share among ourselves already to a wider audience. You will find on this web page an on-going list of interesting articles and updates old and new for you to peruse to deepen your knowledge about the field. Check back regularly, or follow us on Facebook where we also cross post. 

September 2018

• "The Politics of Wrongful Convictions in China" Journal of Contemporary China, (September 14, 2018)

June 2018

• You’ve Been Arrested. Will You Get Bail? Can You Pay It? It May All Depend On Your Judge, FiveThirtyEight (June 19, 2018)

• Brendan Dassey's false confession shows we need to be more careful when interrogating juveniles, USA Today (June 9, 2018)

• Mixed Signals in Reports of “Zero Confession” Executions, Dui Hua Human Rights Journal (June 6, 2018)

• Two FBI officials say the state of forensics is fine. Here’s why they’re wrong, The Washington Post (June 6, 2018)

May 2018

• Pennsylvania Judge Vacates 1991 Rape Conviction of Man Who Wrongly Served 28 Years for a Crime New DNA Evidence Proves He Didn’t Commit, Innocence Project (May 23, 2018)

• Kansas Governor Signs One of the Strongest Compensation Laws in the Country, Innocence Project (May 15, 2018)

• You Can't Hide Your Genes, Slate Magazine (May 4, 2018)

April 2018

• The Jailhouse Snitch: A Quiz, The Marshall Project (April 23, 2018)

• Man Exonerated After Longest-Ever Wrongfully Served Term, Sixth Tone (April 20, 2018)

• Man Wrongly Convicted of Murdering Parents to Get $10 Million, New York Times (April 20, 2018)

• Framed for Murder by his Own DNA, The Marshall Project (April 19, 2018)

• Indigenous man granted $1.3m compensation for wrongful conviction, The Guardian (April 18, 2018)

July 2016

• 为什么这么多人会承认自己没犯下的罪行? Vice (July 29, 2016)