NPR’s “This American Life” airs an intelligent and compassionate story about a young pedophile who has never offended and is helping other young pedophiles not to offend.
This story was suggested to Luke Malone by NCRJ Board Member Debbie Nathan.
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This American Life — The Struggles of Young Pedophiles
April 14th, 2014Friends of Justice is a personal blog. Here I speak only for myself.
New York Times revisits McMartin daycare trials
March 11th, 2014
It has long been said, in varying language, that a lie travels halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on. You do not have to reach back 200 years to Scotland to find enduring wisdom in that adage. You need return only to the 1980s and to the subject of this week’s Retro Report documentary video, part of a series re-examining news stories from the past. This week’s subject is the notorious McMartin Preschool abuse trial.
The Trial That Unleashed Hysteria Over Child Abuse
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In Texas, a New Law Lets Defendants Fight Bad Science
March 1st, 2014NCRJ President Mike Snedeker is interviewed for The Atlantic.
http://69.195.124.104/~ncrjorg/in-texas-a-new-law-lets-defendants-fight-bad-science/
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Woody Allen and the Virtual Lynch Mob…
February 16th, 2014
By Mark Godsey
Director, Center for the Global Study of Wrongful Conviction;
Director, Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project
http://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/2014/02/13/woody-allen-and-the-virtual-lynch-mob/
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Woody Allen and the Virtual Lynch Mob…
February 15th, 2014“While I, of course, cannot be certain about what happened any more than those who would condemn Allen on the spot, I can say this: Some of the earmarks of a false allegation can be seen in this case. There are reasons to be concerned, just as many of the investigators and child psychologists were so gravely concerned when they closely interviewed the seven-year-old Dylan Farrow back in 1992 and told the authorities they believed the allegations were false.”
http://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/2014/02/13/woody-allen-and-the-virtual-lynch-mob/
The writer, Mark Godsey, heads the Ohio Innocence Project.
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Our misguided child porn laws do little to protect children
February 15th, 2014
(AP Photo/WJLA-TV)
In fact, it is not clear why mere possession of child pornography should ever be grounds for locking people in cages. The Supreme Court’s main rationale for upholding the ban on possession was that demand for this material encourages its production, which necessarily involves the abuse of children. But this argument has little relevance now that people who look at child pornography typically get it online for free. Furthermore, people who possess “sexually obscene images of children” — production of which need not entail abuse of any actual children — face the same heavy penalties. “They are not protecting a single child,” Boland says. “They are throwing people in prison for having dirty thoughts and looking at dirty pictures.”
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News Alert: Federal Appeal Filed in Fr Gordon MacRae Case
February 11th, 2014Friends of Justice is a personal blog. Here I speak only for myself.
Wrongfully Convicted Dr. James Krivacska
February 9th, 2014Friends of Justice is a personal blog. Here I speak only for myself.
Jury Awards 9 Million to Wrongfully Imprisoned Cop
February 9th, 2014Sharon Krause was also instrumental in sending an innocent mother, Lynn Malcom, to prison. The NCRJ has long sponsored Lynn’s case.
“Justice was served — even though it took 30 years,” Zellner said. “We were able to prove they framed him. We’ve proven the evidence was fabricated. And, after 30 years, that’s remarkable. Justice is alive and well in Washington.”
http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/feb/03/jury-awards-9-million-spencer/
