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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Investigative Reporter Dies-
[source] The Innocence Blog Pete Shellem, a longtime investigative reporter for the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot-News died unexpectedly over the weekend. Shellem covered countless wrongful conviction cases during his career and helped bring to light evidence of innocence that set at … Continue reading
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The Innocents-
Simon’s talk is spectacular; her insight into the use of photographs in criminal investigations is startling and demonstrates a disturbing bias in the way law enforcement officials sometimes steer victims toward identifying their assailants.
Inmate recidivism rate low in NV-
About 28 percent of prisoners released in Nevada commit new crimes and are returned to prison within three years. That compares with a national rate of more than 40 percent, Austin said Tuesday during a meeting of the Nevada Parole Commission.
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Tagged California, inmate recidivism, James Austin, Nevada Appeal, Nevada Parole Commision
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Prisons do less to keep inmates from returning
“I can’t afford any more years up here — I’ve lost too many,” said Tatum, who is serving a four-year stint for forgery at the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla. “I’m trying to learn things to change my thinking, change everything about me, so I can go home. It’s so easy to get caught up here and never leave. I don’t want to die in prison.”~Gina Tatum
Legality of Prison Telephone Rates
“I live on a fixed income, and that prison phone contract forced me to make some hard decisions—most of the time I couldn’t afford to put food on the table and talk to my son in the same month. I want everyone hurt by those outrageous phone bills for 10 years to finally get justice.” ~Ivey Walton
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Tagged Annette Dickerson, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Center for Constitutional Rights, Community Service Society, Darius Charney, Ivey Walton, Juan Cartagena, MCI, New York State, Rachel Meeropol, Ronna Smith, United States Constitution, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Verizon, Walton v. NYSDOCS
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