The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently reversed the conviction of William Santos, who in 2008 was convicted of the Murder of Luis Daniel Rodriguez during an alleged drug deal. [read post]

Cyril, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Media Justice; Co-founder, Media Action Grassroots Network Dia Kayyali, Independent Human Rights Consultant and Writer Malavika Jayaram, Executive Director, Digital Asia Hub Kate Darling, Research Specialist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Sara Watson, Technology Critic and Research Fellow, Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University Sandra Cortesi, Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society; Director,… [read post]

LEXIS 1731 (FL 10/14/2010) On post-conviction appeal, relief denied on “four guilt-phase ineffective assistance of counsel claims, asserting that counsel was ineffective due to his (a) failure to adequately communicate with Everett; (b) failure to adequately present Everett‘s Miranda argument at the pretrial suppression hearing; (c) failure to adequately challenge forensic serological evidence and object to an unqualified witness opining on that evidence; and (d) failure… [read post]

 Bobby Chesney has initial thoughts over at Lawfare, but here is the text (I have not put it in block quotes as it is very lengthy): REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW CHICAGO Thank you, Dean [Daniel] Rodriguez, for your kind words, and for the outstanding leadership that you provide – not only for this academic campus, but also for our nation’s legal community. [read post]