Tag Archives: September 2014

Prosecutors’ Belief in their own Infallibility

Posted on September 18, 2014 by

It is hard to know what is most shocking about the case of mentally disabled Henry Lee McCollum*, exonerated and released earlier this month after spending 30 years on death row in North Carolina. It is shocking that his mental disability … Continue reading →

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‘Prosecutors hid evidence of innocence’

Posted on September 6, 2014 by

‘Death row inmate: Prosecutors hid evidence of innocence’, headlines this week’s Clarion Ledger article about the case of Jeffrey Havard, who is held alongside Willie on the Parchman death row. Havard is convicted of inflicting sexual abuse on a baby girl … Continue reading →

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