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Injustice for All -- Anne Strick City Confidential - San Francisco: Betrayal By The Sea Brothers Jim and Artie Mitchell had a strange family business -- porno films. They produced breakthrough films like Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door. But their empire came crashing down when Jim tried to convince Artie to enter treatment for his drug and alcohol problems. . American Justice: Justice Denied -- Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people are trapped behind bars or even on death row for crimes they didn't commit. The U.S. Department of Justice admits that scores of Americans sit in prison unjustly. THE INNOCENCE PROJECT is responsible for freeing dozens of wrongly convicted citizens in only the past few years. Cape May Court House: A Death in the Night by Lawrence Schiller -- No one in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, was surprised when Eric Thomas, a local doctor, sued the Ford Motor Company for the 1997 wrongful death of his pregnant wife, Tracy, 37. The accident was minor. Dr. Thomas's lawsuit claimed the air bag inflated improperly, causing Tracy's suffocation. Alex Ford alleges Tracy died as the result of manual strangulation. Vigilante Justice --The police say never to take the law into your own hands. But there are times and circumstances where individuals settle the score themselves. Revisit the famous case of Bernard Goetz, and see how he is paying the price for his decision to shoot four youths who threatened him. A group of citizens who rallied to kill a town bully and a man who murdered to stop his son's alleged molester from acting again. Interviews with lawyers--including legendary attorney William Kunstler-- judges, police and the victims of vigilante attacks highlight this remarkable inquiry. False Witness -- Gary Dotson convicted of rape was kept in jail after the woman who accused him publicly recanted. The judge and the governor believed she was lying. Governor Jim Thompson did not believe the changed story yet ended up releasing Dotson. Dotson had DNA tests run on the physical evidence, which proved he did not commit the rape. The charge was purged from his record, but the seven years he served can never be reclaimed. Brother's Keeper (1992) VHS One of the best films of 1992, this documentary focuses on the alleged murder in June 1990 of 64-year-old Bill Ward by his brother Delbert, 59, a dairy farmer whose defense became a cause for the citizens of Munnsville, a tiny farming community in central New York. Known as harmless hermits, the Ward brothers, including Lyman and Roscoe live an 18th-century lifestyle in a tiny, shack, sleeping in the same bed and tending to their hayfields and livestock. Semiliterate and stunted by minimal exposure to the world, children in the bodies of aging men; when Delbert is charged with suffocating his ailing brother Bill. Munnsville citizens who rallied to Delbert's defense efforts prove that reality is compelling. A study of eccentricity, country-folk stereotypes, small-town wisdom, and the power of the media. It's also a courtroom mystery with characters that no casting director could improve upon. |
"If we do not maintain Justice, justice will not maintain us." - Francis Bacon
How Neuroscience Is Changing the Law--Neuroscience is revealing the effect of memory reconsolidation on the accuracy of memory. “Every time we call up a memory, and think about it, we now have a memory of thinking about that memory. And over time those memories can change,” say Jones. Neuroscientists are learning about the formation and reformation of neural pathways as memories are recalled, syncing a memory not to a specific time but rather to the intervening period of recall. Twisted ethics of an expert witness: Stuart Greenberg was: a renowned forensic psychologist and expert witness in child custody issues. His lies and destroyed lives. The Child Cases: Guilty Until Proved Innocent-- Nearly two dozen cases in the US and CA in which people have been accused of killing children based on flawed or biased work by forensic pathologists, and then later cleared. .Many morgues are staffed by doctors who aren't board-certified in forensic pathology. To become certified, doctors need an extra year of training and must pass a test. --A.C. Thompson, Joseph Shapiro, Sandra Bartlett and Chisun Lee Cheryl Amirault LeFave, who was found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting four children, spent eight years in prison. The Stephanie Crowe Murder Case -- Stephanie Crowe, 12, was found stabbed to death on her bedroom floor on Jan. 21, 1998. In the weeks to follow her brother, Michael, then 14, and 2 friends, Joshua Treadway and Aaron Houser, were charged with conspiring to kill her. Those charges were dropped before trial in February 1999 after DNA testing found spots of Stephanie's blood on a sweatshirt of a transient seen in the neighborhood the night of the killing. The development forced detectives and prosecutors to start the investigation anew -- and raised questions about the handling of the case. Michael Jackson Was My Lover by Victor M. Gutierrez Emmett Louis Till -- How two grown men got by with torturing a 14 year old boy to death and then sold the details of their story for pay. "POLYGRAPH "testing" has no scientific basis: it's entirely dependent on your ignorance and fear. Educate yourself. In this book, you will discover the trickery on which polygraph "testing" depends, and learn how to make sure you pass your polygraph 'test.' "Our government's reliance on unreliable polygraph "testing" is both a danger to our national security and a hazard to the reputations of law-abiding citizens whose trustworthiness is judged by this voodoo science. The Lie Behind the Lie Detector exposes polygraph waste, fraud, and abuse." Download The Lie Behind the Lie Detector Polygraph Articles, Letters, & Book ChaptersThe Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice grew out of one man’s determination to help others after serving more than eighteen years for a crime he never committed. Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of his wife's murder in 1954. Big Town v. Newman, a false imprisonment case argued in a Texas appellate court, is an introduction to how the Socratic method works in a first year Torts Law Law class in law school. Why Innocent People Confess -- It's not a breakdown of American justice. It's American justice working as designed. Is Darlie is falsely accused, or a murderer? The writ of habeas corpus filed July 12, 2002, requests her conviction be overturned and includes new evidence from the defense. Everyone wants to know how Rowlett's Darlie Routier could have brutally stabbed her kids. Precious Angels: A Shocking Crime -- Precious Angels: Mom Tried For Murder American Justice: Mother on Death Row On May 22, 1992, Jack Wilson, 55, a wealthy, well-known ophthalmologist in Huntsville, AL, was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat and a knife inside his home. His wife, Betty Wilson, and her twin sister, Peggy Lowe, were accused of hiring con man James White, who claims they hired him to kill Wilson for $5,000. Double Jeopardy -- There is no mystery about who killed Brenda Shaefer. Everyone in Louisville, Ky. knows that Mel Ignatow did it. The mystery is why Ignatow is still a free man. Getting Away With Murder-American Justice -- A case study in how the double jeopardy law sometimes helps criminals escape punishment. Melvin Ignatow was acquitted of the brutal murder of his girlfriend when key photographic evidence could not be found. Later, the photos were discovered, but Ignatow couldn't be retried for murder, though he was sentenced to five years for perjury.In 1988 in Washington state, Stella Nickell was convicted of killing her husband Bruce, and Sue Snow, a bank manager, by putting cyanide in Excedrin capsules. The crime was chillingly similar to the Chicago Tylenol murders 4 years earlier where 7 people died in that case, which was never solved. Louis Taylor has been in jail since he was 16, convicted of setting the 1970 Pioneer Hotel fire in Tucson, Arizona., which claimed the lives of 28 people. New information uncovered raises questions about his guilt. Boston -- The FBI knowingly participated in a conspiracy to send Joseph Salvati, an innocent man to prison for 32 years, wrongly convicted of murder to protect Mafia murderers who were FBI informants. This has so incensed the chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform Dan Burton, R-I nd., he has vowed to keep investigating the FBI for more such injustices despite being denied access to subpoenaed FBI documents by an executive order imposed by President Bush. For 20 years, Joyce Gilchrist has examined crime scenes, looking for clues linking suspects to evidence. Often, her testimony in court meant the difference between innocence and guilt. DNA testing in old criminal cases is doing more than freeing dozens of innocent people from prison. It is also pointing the finger of blame at a legal system that has sometimes relied on bad science, and gotten bad results. Eyewitness identifications are often inaccurate but convincing to juries, regardless of their veracity. One of the most powerful forms of evidence a prosecutor can deploy is a witness, who will point to the defendant in court and say, "That's the man who did it." Juries often believe such witnesses contrary to other evidence. Family Accused: The Amiraults' Story-- Fells Acres Daycare Center in Malden, Mass -- September of 1984 -- In an effort to protect children against sexual abuse, investigators used controversial methods of interrogating children. Later, fears that people were wrongfully implicated led to reviews of some cases. "McMartin" was one of the first Multi-Victim Multi-Offender (MVMO) child abuse cases. At 6 years duration, it was the longest US criminal trial in history. At a cost to the state of $15 million, it was the most expensive. No convictions were obtained. It has become the most famous case of its type. How easy is it to implant false memories in children? -- Memory researchers who study children's memories have found that ideas and memories can be easily implanted. False memory syndrome -- As women bring lawsuits, therapists are having to pay for their mistakes. The Newsletter of the Australian False Memory Association The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers NACDL -- Advancing US criminal defense lawyers to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or misconduct. A professional bar association founded in 1958, NACD is committed to preserving fairness within America's criminal justice system. 50States Project -- An independent investigation of the conduct of legislators in every state. The 50States Project examines the workings of our nation's legislatures - uncovering abuses of the public's trust. Do we invent our moral absolutes in order to make society workable? Either ethical principles, such as justice and human rights, are independent of human experience, or they are human inventions. 1998 by The Atlantic Monthly Rebiya Kadeer, Prisoner of Conscience -- A successful businesswoman jailed for her efforts to publicize discrimination and human rights violations against China's minority. Mercy for a terrorist? - Who in America today could be associated with a gang that carried out an execution-style murder of a prominent public official and the murder of a pregnant woman during a bank holdup, and then, when arrested, be championed as an "idealist" by church officials, Democratic Party legislators, columnists and activist groups? Criminal Profiler John Philpin Features The Night Birds by John Philpin -- Three kids. Two bikes. An afternoon in West Memphis, Arkansas, May 5, 1993. The eight-year-old boys — Steve Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore — had miles to ride before they slept. Then something happened. KariSable.com exclusive JonBenét Ramsey Case Umbrella of Suspicion -- Before we totally trash the Boulder PD theory of the crime, we must lay a foundation. Parents, other family members, and close friends or acquaintances of the family account for ninety percent of the homicides of young children. Investigations of these murders typically begin at center with the parents and move outward in concentric circles examining the other likely offenders. KariSable.com exclusive Scott Peterson's Trial by Media
The Smoking Gun: Day by Day Through a Shocking Murder Trial with Gerry Spence by Gerry Spence -- From America's foremost criminal defense lawyer and author of the best selling How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, at Work, in Court, Everywhere, Every Day comes this true account of a trial that exposes the unrelenting power of the state, which so often crushes those -- guilty or innocent -- who come before the bar of justice. When Sandy Jones and her teenage son were accused of murdering a real estate developer on their hardscrabble Oregon farm, the prosecution had an eyewitness to the shooting and a photograph of Sandy holding a smoking rifle. County officials kept Sandy in jail while they awaited the trial, despite ballistic evidence that suggested she hadn't fired the fatal shot. The case erupted into an epic struggle between Sandy -- who was poor, different, and a woman -- and the "good old boys" of Lincoln County, Oregon, who held all the power. Though the Joneses' guilt seemed clear to the county and the prosecution, Gerry Spence, renowned for his work on the cases of Karen Silkwood and Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, took the case pro bono and the courtroom battle exploded into three years of intensely moving jury trials, recounted here from the record of the case. The Smoking Gun is relevant today, when our rights are being eroded and when the average American, even if innocent, is hard-pressed to obtain a fair trial. Mumia Abu-jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? (1996) Joins the likes of The Thin Blue Line. Bad Judgment -- They are sworn to uphold the law, and given stunning power over people's lives. But as charges of bias, corruption and incompetence erupt in headlines across the nation, the integrity of judges and the legal system is called into question. Are bad judges the exception to the rule or do they represent serious flaws in the system? Former New York State Chief Judge Sol Wachtler, has become the symbol of judicial misconduct. Wachtler tells his side of the story, while reporters and state officials trace the revelations that led to Wachtler's downfall. See why it is so difficult to crack down on bad judges, and meet people they victimized. And officials from Americans for Legal Reform and The Center for Judicial Accountability reveal the shocking extent of this problem. The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers by Daniel L. Schacter -- When we focus our attention on one aspect of our surroundings, we draw attention away from others: If you were watching a circle of people passing a basketball and someone dressed in a gorilla costume walked through the circle, beat his chest, and exited, you would notice him immediately. Researchers filmed such a scene and showed it to people asked to track the movement of the ball by counting the passes made by one team. About half the participants failed to notice the gorilla. Schacter weaves clinical stories and frontline research. Recent advances in brain imaging have boosted his field and yielded discoveries. The
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(A&E American Justice) American Experience - The Murder of Emmett Till -- In Money, Mississippi, Emmett Till, 14, from Chicago, didn't know the unwritten laws of the Jim Crow South until two men dragged him from his bed, brutally beat him and shot him in the head. Shortly after his killers were both acquitted the defendants sold their story, including a detailed account of how they murdered Till. Till's death was a spark that helped to mobilize the civil rights movement. Three months after his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, the Montgomery bus boycott began.
The Academy Award-winning documentary Murder on a Sunday Afternoon, originally aired on HBO as part of its America Undercover series, is a troubling look at modern police investigation. French director to help the fate of 15-year-old Brenton Butler, a black resident of Jacksonville, Florida, who becomes the prime suspect in the shooting death of an elderly white woman because he was in the vicinity of the crime. Butler's attorney, Patrick McGuinness, must pit his legal skills against shoddy investigative work and corruption to save his client from life in prison. Seized By the Law -- Can a police officer stop your car without suspicion, confiscate your possessions, and sell them? He can if he's implementing new drug seizure laws. See how highway cops are turning a profit by abusing a law that was meant to protect ordinary citizens from the illegal drug trade. Startling videotaped footage shows actual encounters between rogue police officers and innocent drivers. Hear disturbing interviews with officers who defend their actions by claiming that they are adhering to the letter of the law, and meet some of the innocent people who have lost their possessions to as a result. And go inside a warehouse where the loot everything from toys to gold coins is put up for sale. It's a must-see for anyone who cares about the rights of the American citizen.The Count and the Confession: A True Story of Murder by John Taylor Roger de la Burde was a wealthy scientist and art collector, he claimed to be a Polish Count, wore ascots, and bowed to women. But after he was found dead in the library of his Virginia estate, police discovered that de la Burde was such a womanizing swindler that they had no difficulty compiling a list of suspects, including the tobacco company he was suing, his disgruntled business associates, longtime girlfriend, pregnant mistress, and her husband. The woman charged, Beverly Monroe was an educated genteel Southern mother and de la Burde's lover for 12 years (despite his frequent affairs). She made a bizarre confession under intense police questioning. No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witness, and Other Terrors of Our Times by Dorothy Rabinowitz "In 1742, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, wrote, ""There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."" Two hundred forty-three years later, in 1985, Dorothy Rabinowitz, a syndicated columnist and television commentator, encountered the case of a New Jersey day care worker named Kelly Michaels, accused of 280 counts of sexually abusing nursery school children -- and exposed the first of the prosecutorial abuses described in No Crueler Tyrannies. No Crueler Tyrannies recalls the hysteria that accompanied the child sex-abuse witch-hunts of the 1980s and 1990s: how a single anonymous phone call could bring to bear an army of recovered-memory therapists, venal and ambitious prosecutors, and hypocritical judges -- an army that jailed hundreds of innocent Americans.
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