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Injustice Came Back for Carmona - Advocate for people wrongfully convicted, as he was, is killed leaving a party. Orange County Register (2/3/08)

Death-Penalty system loaded with racial bias - Op Ed by Senator Gloria Romero.  LA Daily News (2/27/08)

Most State D.A.'s Silent on Death-Penalty Reasoning - Many refuse to answer a law school survey asking how each decided whether to seek execution.  L.A. County's Steve Colley was among the few who did. Los Angeles Times (2/20/08)

California's Death Penalty Needs Reform, if not a Ban.  San Jose Mercury News Editorial (1/10/08)

Death Penalty System is a Mess, Legal Experts Tell Calif. Panel.  San Jose Mercury News (1/10/08)

Exonerations in DNA Bring Changes in Legal System.  New York Times (10/1/07)

Bill Would Mandate Recording Suspects - Intent to eliminate interrogation issues.  San Diego Union Tribune (9/30/07)

Revenge Begins to Seem Less Sweet - Americans are losing their appetite for the death penalty. Texans are the exception.  The Economist (8/30/07)

From Prison to Freedom - Man falsely imprisoned shares story; shows documentary "After Innocence."  Shirley Hawkins in Our Weekly (8/23/07)

Killing Machine - The Los Angeles Times critiques the capital punishment system (7/14/07)

Doing Time for No Crime - A young man freed after being wrongly imprisoned argues for three remedies. Arthur Carmona in the LA Times (7/13/07)

High time the hands-off approach to prosecutorial misconduct changes - Bennett Gershman in the Mercury News (7/11/07)

Lawyers clash over prosecutorial misconduct - Some tell a state panel that occurrences are common but discipline is rare.  Others say current rules guard against excesses.  Henry Weinstein in the LA Times (7/12/07)

Panel to Probe Wrongful Convictions - For 20 years, Mark Sodersten insisted he was innocent of the brutal murder of a Visalia woman that sent him to prison for life.  Fredric N. Tulsky in the San Jose Mercury News (7/9/07)

Voices of Support for SB 511, 609 and 756
Detective Jim Trainum  - Police Officer Who Took A False Confession

Harold Hall - Wrongfully Convicted Based on a False Confession and Jailhouse Informant Testimony

Jennifer Thompson-Cannino - Rape Victim who Mistakenly Identified her Attacker

John Van de Kamp - Former California Attorney General and Chair of the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice

Tom Sullivan - Former U.S. Attorney and Defense Lawyer, Sacramento Bee

The Justice Project - Experts on Wrongful Convictions

San Jose Mercury News Editorial