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Innocence Blog

Innocence Blog

The legal blog of theInnocence Project founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University to assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through DNA testing.

http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/Blog.php
  • Jun 18

    Illinois Woman Exonerated of Son's Death

    Illinois Woman Exonerated of Son's Death
    Photo Credit: Jennifer LinzerIn February, Nicole Harris was freed from prison when her murder conviction in the death of her four year old son was overturned. On Monday she was fully exonerated when State's Attorney Anita Alvarez announced…
  • Jun 17

    Florida's Timely Justice Act to Speed up Executions Becomes Law

    Florida's Timely Justice Act to Speed up Executions Becomes Law
    On June 14, over the objections of the Innocence Project and many other outspoken critics of the legislation, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the Timely Justice Act into law. The Act will require the governor to sign a death warrant within…
  • Jun 17

    DNA Evidence Clears Missouri Man in Rape Conviction

    DNA Evidence Clears Missouri Man in Rape Conviction
    A Missouri man was freed from prison Wednesday after a Jackson County judge ordered his release based on DNA testing that pointed toward his innocence and identified two real perpetrators who are now in custody. Robert Nelson was convicted of…
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Tillers on Evidence and Inference

Tillers on Evidence and Inference

The evidence blog of Professor Peter Tillers of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

http://tillerstillers.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 16

    The Reliability or Unreliability of Our Always-Constructed Memorie

    The Reliability or Unreliability of Our Always-Constructed Memorie
    It is generally believed -- and I believe -- that the mind does not work like a tape recorder and that memories are "constructed." Does it follow that all memories -- which are constructed, or assembled, by the mind -- are…
  • Jun 16

    Conscious Memories Are Constructed

    Conscious Memories Are Constructed
    Christopher D. Frith, "Disorders of Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes," in Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessel, Steven A. Siegelbaum & A. J. Hudspeth, eds., Principles of Neural Science 1373, 1383 (5th ed.,…
  • Jun 16

    Vision and Inference

    Vision and Inference
    Charles D. Gilbert, "The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing," in Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessel, Steven A. Siegelbaum & A. J. Hudspeth, eds., Principles of Neural Science 556, 556-557 (5th ed.,…
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Expert Witness Guru's Blog

Expert Witness Guru's Blog

Covers rulings, news and marketing strategies for expert witnesses.

http://expertwitnessguru.com/blog/
  • Jun 6

    Medical Devices Expert Witness doesn’t need to be a doctor or an engineer: Ohio Federal Court

    Medical Devices Expert Witness doesn’t need to be a doctor or an engineer: Ohio Federal Court
    A “Medical Devices Expert Witness” is usually expected to have a background in either medicine or engineering. However, the United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Division, on Thursday (May 30, 2013), ruled that one…
  • Jun 3

    Lost Profits Expert Witness Testimony was Improperly Admitted: 4th Circuit

    Lost Profits Expert Witness Testimony was Improperly Admitted: 4th Circuit
    The 4th Circuit, on Friday (May 31, 2013) vacated an award of $4 million in a defamation suit after finding that the expert testimony of the Plaintiff’s lost profits expert witnesses was not reliable and was admitted improperly by the…
  • Jun 2

    Insurance Expert Witness Opportunities in the next 120 day

    Insurance Expert Witness Opportunities in the next 120 day
    Based on legal research, we have identified 20 insurance law related cases where the Plaintiff and the Defendants, both need to designate and disclose their expert witnesses in the next 120 days. You can view the preliminary details about…
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Nebraska Litigation & Trial…

Nebraska Litigation & Trial Advisor

Covers trials and appeals, depositions, and discovery. By Lamson, Dugan and Murray, LLP.

http://www.nebraskalitigationadvisor.com/
  • Apr 11

    Werner v. Platte County (Part II): Don’t Get Too Excited About the Excited Utterance Hearsay Exception

    Werner v. Platte County (Part II): Don’t Get Too Excited About the Excited Utterance Hearsay Exception
       LDM Partner Cathy Trent-Vilim continues her discussion of her recent case in this post. You read in Part I of Werner v. Platte County how the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s ruling that statements by Mr.…
  • Apr 9

    Werner v. Platte County (Part I): Get Excited About the Excited Utterance Hearsay Exception

    Werner v. Platte County (Part I): Get Excited About the Excited Utterance Hearsay Exception
    LDM attorneys Cathy Trent-Vilim and Bill Lamson recently received a decision from the Nebraska Supreme Court affirming a $1 million judgment they obtained on behalf of their client, Brian Werner, in a suit against Platte County, Nebraska,…
  • Jan 24

    Lance Armstrong, Oprah and the False Claims Act

    Lance Armstrong, Oprah and the False Claims Act
    This post is authored by Stacy Morris, a partner in LDM’s litigation department. By Stacy Morris Recently, we had written several blog posts about the expanding reach of the False Claims Act, and, in particular, of the whistleblower…
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