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DNA frees man after 41 years for a crime he didn’t commit

A 59-year-old man who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder he did not commit was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Gerald Manning was 17 when he was sentenced for the rape and murder of Vonda Harris…

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John Floyd, freed in 1980 murder case, wins another legal round | Nola.com/The Times-Picayune

By Heather Nolan A federal appeals court has denied a request by Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office to re-hear the case of John Floyd, who spent 36 years locked up for a murder he says he didn’t commit. Floyd was…

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Criminal justice system should protect children from false confessions | Opinion | Nola.com/The Times-Picayune

Opinion by Kristin Wenstrom and Jee Park At age 16, Brendan Dassey was aggressively interrogated by police officers in Wisconsin over a 48-hour period. Most of the time, Brendan sat slumped over with a blank look on his face. Officers…

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John Floyd wins another round in fight with Orleans DA over dismissed murder conviction | The New Orleans Advocate

By John Simerman A federal appeals court panel has denied a bid by the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office to challenge an April ruling that found ample evidence John Floyd was innocent of the 1980 stabbing murder of a Times-Picayune…

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‘A long fight’: Monroe man freed after more than 40 years in prison with backing of new DNA evidence | The Baton Rouge Advocate

by Grace Toohey For more than four decades in prison, Gerald Manning maintained his innocence — serving time for a brutal murder and rape for which he was convicted as a juvenile — until, only recently, DNA evidence bolstered his…

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Lawyers have a responsibility to be ‘agitators for justice’ | Opinion | Nola.com/The Times-Picayune

In 2010, I was a college student at a small public university in North Louisiana. When I was in college, I knew I wanted to go to law school someday to become a criminal defense trial lawyer. I had the opportunity…

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Governor signs bill aimed at preventing eyewitness misidentifications in police line-ups | Nola.com/The Times-Picayune

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday (May 23) signed into law legislation requiring all police agencies in Louisiana to adopt eyewitness identification procedures aimed at preventing mistaken identifications and wrongful convictions. Read more here.

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Robert Jones’ decades in prison point to ‘tragedy’ of eyewitness misidentifications: expert | Nola.com/The Times-Picayune

Standing in the prison yard at Angola, Robert Jones learned a lesson from a fellow inmate, a boxing instructor, about fighting. It was the mid 1990s, and Jones was still reeling from the life sentence he received after a jury…

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John Floyd, freed Angola lifer, wins key court decision; Orleans DA vows to appeal | The New Orleans Advocate

Former Angola lifer John Floyd has collected ample evidence that he was innocent of the 1980 murder of a Times-Picayune proofreader and that authorities denied him a fair trial, a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled recently. The…

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Expert Training on National Best Practices for NOPD Leadership to Conclude | New Orleans City Council

NEW ORLEANS – On March 12-13, 2018, New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Commanders received training from national experts on a variety of topics, including interrogation practices and eyewitness identification. This training emerged from a partnership between NOPD, Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) and…

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