The Maryland Supreme Court is weighing whether a prosecutor’s effort to keep exculpatory evidence from the defense should result in the dismissal of criminal charges. The state’s highest court heard oral arguments this week in the case of Jonathan D. Smith, whose 2001 murder conviction fell apart when his lawyers discovered reams of evidence that […]
A federal judge and a retired professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law alumni will be honored this summer with awards for their distinguished legal service.
Last weekend, Villanova’s chapter of the Philadelphia Justice Project (PJP) attended the Innocence Network’s 20th annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Fifteen students from the chapter left Villanova for the conference on Thursday morning and returned on Sunday morning. These students were led by chapter president Ajée Robinson and organization founder Dr. Jill McCorkel. The Innocence.