Publications & Testimony

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May 01, 2003

State of Missouri v. Joseph Amrine

The Missouri Supreme Court recent­ly over­turned the cap­i­tal con­vic­tion of Joseph Amrine, a death row inmate accused of killing a fel­low pris­on­er 17 years ago. The Court found​“clear and con­vinc­ing evi­dence of actu­al inno­cence that under­mines con­fi­dence” in Amrine’s con­vic­tion (Supreme Court of Missouri, SC84656, April 29, 2003). In a 4 – 3 deci­sion the Court ordered that Amrine be con­di­tion­al­ly dis­charged 30 days from the date the man­date issues in this case unless…

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Apr 01, 2003

Amnesty International: Violation of the Rights of Foreign Nationals Under Sentence of Death

More than 60 for­eign cit­i­zens rep­re­sent­ing 22 nation­al­i­ties are under sen­tence of death in the United States of America (USA). In vir­tu­al­ly every case, the arrest­ing author­i­ties failed to noti­fy detained for­eign­ers of their right to com­mu­ni­cate with their con­sular rep­re­sen­ta­tives. As a con­se­quence, for­eign nation­als con­front­ed by an unfa­mil­iar legal sys­tem were tried and sen­tenced to death with­out the ben­e­fit of the cru­cial sup­port from the…

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Mar 03, 2003

Name Dropping

In 1996, a trust­ed infor­mant told the FBI that Dan Bright was doing time for a mur­der com­mit­ted by some­one else. For years, the bureau fought to hide the name that’s list­ed on Document 212. That fight may final­ly be…

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