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Author and scholar Kent Roach looks back on Gladue case, where he argues the accused felt the need to plead guilty despite having a valid defence.
One hundred and fifteen years after the execution of Joe James in Springfield, Illinois, lawyers and law students from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions in Chicago are part of a team that has filed a petition seeking a posthumous pardon for James.
Two proposed bills would expand executions in the state with the highest number of death row exonerations.
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At best, these are simple solutions. At worst, they are political snake oil
Dr. Michael Pollanen testified that his conclusion on why the child died was “reasonable,” and the prosecutor called him a “qualified” expert.