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Shadow of a Doubt | New York Times Magazine

By Emily Bazelon In 2011, Michael Shannon was wrongly convicted of murder, even though two jurors voted to acquit him — a result of a Louisiana law rooted in discrimination. But for defendants like Shannon — and the holdout jurors…

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IPNO’s Winter 2019 Newsletter

IPNO Exodus WINTER 2019 • ISSUE XXIV Click here to read.

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Innocence Project New Orleans: A Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years Is Forced to Trade the Truth for His Freedom | The Root

By Dara Sharif A New Orleans man who has long maintained he was wrongly convicted of murder experienced freedom for the first time in 42 years after a virtual deal with the devil won him his liberty, if not true…

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After decades of maintaining innocence, Elvis Brooks to be freed under deal; ‘I wanted my freedom’ | Nola.com/The Advocate

By John Simerman A 62-year-old man who left New Orleans as a teenager for a life in prison on a murder conviction will be released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola under a deal offered last week by Orleans…

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Innocence Project New Orleans and Innocence Project Urge Supreme Court to Hold that Constitution Requires Unanimous Jury Verdicts

Organizations previously filed amicus brief highlighting those wrongfully convicted by non-unanimous juries October 7, 2019 – Today, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Ramos v. Louisiana, in which the Court will decide whether the U.S. Constitution requires…

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When eyewitness testimony is wrong | CBS This Morning

By Erin Moriarty When eyewitness testimony is wrong Eyewitness testimony, once considered the gold standard of evidence, can often result in wrongful convictions. Of those who have been exonerated by DNA evidence, it’s estimated that faulty eyewitness testimony is responsible…

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A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the Supreme Court | The New York Times

By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON — “For 23 years, I was a jailhouse lawyer,” said Calvin Duncan, a former inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. “That was my assigned job.” He had a 10th-grade education, and he was serving…

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Louisiana improving how it handles eyewitness testimony, Innocence Project New Orleans leader says | The Center Square

By David Jacobs Recent legislation is changing how Louisiana’s legal system handles eyewitness testimony, the executive director of Innocence Project New Orleans said Monday. Jee Park told the Baton Rouge Press Club a law that went into effect this year…

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‘When They See Us’ could apply to Louisiana, too | Nola.com/The Times-Picayune

By Emily Maw, Guest Columnist Those who regulate the legal profession would do well to observe the reaction of the Netflix-watching public to Ava DuVernay’s series, “When They See Us.” The series harrowingly chronicles the pain of five black and…

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New Louisiana Law Allows Expert Testimony on the Flaws of Eyewitness Accounts of Crimes | The Root

By Monique Judge In 1971, when Wilbert Jones was just 19 years old, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping a nurse at gunpoint from the parking lot of a hospital in Baton Rouge, La., and raping her behind a…

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