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Wrongful convictions: Reasons and possible safeguards
This tipsheet will help journalists from falling into the trap of convicting an innocent person along with the legal system. Mahoney gives suggestions for making sure eyewitness are accurate, testimonies are truthful and lawyers are doing their jobs.
Tags: Conviction; crime; innocent; guilty; police; false; testimony; trial
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Bernard Baran: The 80s Day Care Panic's First Conviction
This tipsheet includes a summary of the wrongful conviction of Bernard Baran as well as a research report by the U.S. Department of Justice - Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science: Cases Studies in the Use of DNA Evidence to Establish Innocence After Trial.
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Investigating Wrongful Convictions
This tipsheet consists of twelve tips for getting started on your wrongful conviction investigation, and a case study of the wrongful conviction of Patrick O'Dale Dunn.
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