Commentaries on current cases, legal changes, and institutional accountability.
This report comes from CCRC Watch on 2025-02-14 07:36:00. FAW received the following from Michael Ward about his case, which has seen him struggling to overturn alleged false allegations and wrongful convictions for alleged business crimes from the 1990s. Michael…
This report comes from Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice: RSS Feed on 2025-03-26 00:56:00. Members of CJCJ’s policy team were in attendance in March for the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color (ABMoC) policy briefing in Sacramento, California.…
This report comes from False Allegations Watch (FAW) on 2025-01-13 11:47:00 by empowerinnocent. Comedy has become a ‘safe space’ in culture, and the idea that the public stage is a place where anything can be said has been challenged, if…
This report comes from CCRC Watch on 2025-02-20 07:40:00 by empowerinnocent. <!– –> Open email from Jane Metcalfe to Shabana Mahmood: Robin Garbutt and the removal of the real possibility test before the appointment of the new Chair of the…
Originally reported Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice: RSS Feed on 2025-03-28 21:31:00 by . In March I had the opportunity to travel to New Zealand with a delegation of youth justice system leaders from California courts, foundations, and nongovernmental agencies to…
This report comes from False Allegations Watch (FAW) on 2025-02-07 08:17:00. ‘Lucy’ by Michael Naughton (August 2024) Did Lucy kill the babies, or, is she an innocent victim? That’s the burning question being levelled at the system Sometimes the cause…
This article was originally published CCRC Watch on 2025-03-04 13:28:00. Below is the response by Grok 3, the generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by xAI, to the question: “What is Dr Michael Naughton’s critique of the Criminal Cases Review…
This article was originally published Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice: RSS Feed on 2025-04-08 17:43:00. Below are a few words from our Executive Director, Daniel Macallair on the legacy of James’ life and work. I am very saddened by news…
This report comes from False Allegations Watch (FAW) on 2025-03-07 07:11:00. ‘NPC’ by Michael Naughton Where no one really cares We used to call them zombies It matters not the moniker For a widespread brain disease Most gravitate to the…
This article was originally published CCRC Watch on 2025-03-12 09:10:00 by empowerinnocent. <!– –> Tom Dunkley: How can a trial be fair if significant points are hidden from the jury and why is the CCRC ok with this? top of…