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Miscarriages of Justice
Freelance journalist Eamonn O'Neill tells stories of wrongful murder convictions. Robert Brown, who spent nearly 26 years in prison due to forged evidence; Stuart Gair, whose more than 15 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit; and Raymond Gilbert, imprisoned for 26 years while continuing to maintain his innocence. While O'Neill tells of the compensation Brown and Gair were offered by the government for their hardship, he also tells of the lack of forensic evidence and bogus confessions in the Gilbert case.
Tags: wrongful convictions; murder convictions; overturned convictions; forensic science; forensic evidence
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Crackpot Crackdown
Police and the DA in Jackson County, Texas, ran a series of drug busts for minor infractions. All of the suspects were African-Americans and were intimidated into pleading guilty rather than face much harsher sentences. The entire sting operation was based on the testimony of a single confidential police informant. Civil rights lawyers are now involved in trying to remedy some of the most flagrant miscarriages of justice.
Tags: Minorities; selective prosecution; racism; drug arrests; racial profiling
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"The Traitor: the Ed Wilson Story"
Nightline investigated the case of Ed Wilson, a former CIA agent, who was sentenced in 1983 to 52 years in federal prison for selling arms and explosives to Libya. Twenty years later he was quietly exonerated and it was brought to light that prosecutors and government witnesses had fabricated evidence against Wilson and lied under oath. Now, three of those men are federal judges and others prominent lawyers in Washington.
Tags: Miscarriage of justice; perjury; CIA; Justice Department
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A Promise of Justice
A Promise of Justice investigates a miscarriage of justice in Illinois that put four innocent men in jail. The book discloses the police rush to judgment, repeated acts of prosecutorial misconduct and defense ineptitude, and the culture of racism that permeated the south suburban Cook County courts.
Tags: Book; Ford Heights Four; Crime
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The Truth Could Set Them Free
The Hartford Advocate investigated the mistakes made at every level, from shoddy policework to judicial errors, that can lead to miscarriages of justice. They reveal the plight of innocent people who have been wrongly convicted.
Tags: Public defenders
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Philadelphia Inquirer gives an in-depth report on rampant corruption, miscarriage of justice and inefficiency of Philadelphia judges, 1986.
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