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News and Editorials
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



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