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N.C. District Attorney Supports a Moratorium for Some Executions

September 01, 2010

The president of the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys said Monday that he supported a moratorium on the execution of any death-row inmates whose cases include evidence from the State Bureau of Investigations. Seth Edwards, head of the organization of prosecutors and a district attorney of Eastern North Carolina, acknowledged that some might have doubts after recent blistering audit of the SBI's blood analysis unit highlighted a common practice of withholding test results that might have helped defendents. READ more >>

Federal Judge Rejects Troy Davis' Innocence Claim

August 24, 2010

U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. rejected Troy Davis’s petition to overturn his conviction for killing a police officer in 1989 in Georgia. Judge Moore chose a high standard of proof that Davis would have to meet to establish his innocence claim: Davis needed to prove by "clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable juror would have convicted him in light of the new evidence." Judge Moore did conclude that it would be unconstitutional to execute "those who can make a truly persuasive demonstration of innocence." He also acknowledged that "the State's case may not be ironclad." Read More >>

Randy Steidl: Turn a death row tragedy into triumph

July 21, 2010

Witness to Innocence's Randy Steidl, who has spoken to groups and legislators throughout the country and is a member of our Board of Directors, has a powerful letter in today's State-Journal Register, which serves Springfield, the state capital. "I survived Illinois' death penalty," Randy writes. "I’m living proof why it needs to end." Randy, who was on Illinois' death row for 12 years, has played an integral role in repeal efforts in his home state as part of WTI's collaboration with the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. READ more >>

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