Posts Tagged ‘Wrongful Convictions’
Finally free after 18 years
originally published: 8th July 2009
In A long overdue victory, Ronald Kitchen and Marvin Reeves were freed from an Illinois prison on July 7 after nearly two decades behind bars.
Ronnie and Marvin were convicted of the 1988 murder of two women and three children. Prosecutors alleged that the murders were sparked by a debt one of [...]
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Tags: good news, Wrongful Convictions
On Tuesday March 1st 2005, at Kilmarnock High Court, Brendan Dixon and Patrick Docherty were both found guilty of the murder of Margaret Irvine.
Both men were given life sentences for a crime that the evidence shows they did not commit. Colin Miller [The Third accused man in this case received a verdict of Not Proven].
There [...]
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Tags: injustice, Wrongful Convictions
Call for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all prisoners of conscience in Myanmar
originally published: May 2009
Aung San Suu Kyi, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, has been detained for 13 of the last 19 years, mostly under house arrest.
On May 14, 2009, Aung San Suu Kyi and two of her assistants were taken from her home to Insein Prison following an incident in which an American [...]
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Tags: injustice, Wrongful Convictions
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