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Monthly Archive: February 2012

Feb 27

Kenneth Budik’s Conviction For Not Providing Information To Police Overturned

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Murder, United States

Adama R. Walton, shot and killed September 14, 2007 (The Spokesman-Review)

Kenneth Budik’s Conviction For Not Providing Information To Police Overturned

Tags: 2007, 2012, actual innocence, conviction, hans sherrer, innocent, justice denied, justicedenied, kenneth budik, miscarriage of justice, murder, party, rendering criminal assistance, reverse, sherrer, spokane, vacate, wrongfully convicted, wrongly convicted

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Feb 13

Malenne Joseph Files Lawsuit For Mistaken Identity Wrongful Conviction

Categories:

Acquittal, Compensation, United States

Malenne Joseph holding one of her children after her release on September 15, 2010. (Joshua C. Cruey, Orlando Sentinel)

Malenne Joseph Files Lawsuit For Mistaken Identity Wrongful Conviction

Tags: actual innocence, compensation, court, criminal mischief, federal, felony, Florida, hans sherrer, innocent, justice denied, justicedenied, lawsuit, Malenne Joseph, miscarriage of justice, mistaken identity, Orlando, paint, sherrer, wrongfully convicted, wrongly convicted

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Feb 07

Juan Rivera Released From 19 Year “Nightmare Of Wrongful Incarceration”

Categories:

DNA, Fingerprints, Murder, Rape, United States

Juan Rivera after he is released from Stateville State Prison on January 6, 2012 (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune)

Juan Rivera Released From 19 Year “Nightmare Of Wrongful Incarceration”

Tags: appeals court, conviction, exonerated, exoneration, false confession, hans sherrer, Holly Staker, innocence, innocent, Juan Rivera, justice denied, justicedenied, miscarriage of justice, murder, rape, sherrer, Waukegan, wrongfully convicted, wrongly convicted

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Feb 02

“From The Big House To Your House” Featured In Associated Press News Story

Categories:

Murder, United States

Ceyma Bina at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas on January 10, 2012 (Pat Sullivan, AP)

“From The Big House To Your House” Featured In Associated Press News Story

Tags: Barbara Holder, book, Celeste Johnson, Ceyma Bina, cook book, cookbook, cooking, From The Big House To Your House, Gatesville, hans sherrer, innocence, innocent, justice denied, justicedenied, Louanne Larson, miscarriage of justice, Mountain View Unit, Nancy Hall, prison, sherrer, Texas, Tina Cornelius, Trenda Kemmerer, women, wrongfully convicted, wrongly convicted

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