Innocence Project

Morning Docket: 08.15.23

* Keep track of who's who in the latest indictment. [Politico] * Meanwhile, Abbe Lowell and Winston & Strawn have stepped up their collective role in the Hunter Biden case, arguing that the original plea agreement included binding government promises that didn't evaporate just because the judge rejected the deal. [Law360] * CFPB going after data brokers selling people's personal data. Yet again, the government agency making the most direct, tangible impact for people is the one that still worries that every election might be its last. [Bloomberg Law News] * Justice Department urges Supreme Court to deal with unconstitutional social media laws out of Texas and Florida. [Reuters] * Has "flexibility" lost all meaning when it comes to law firm office scheduling? No. Just because some law firms try to engage in flexibility newspeak, doesn't actually change its meaning. [American Lawyer] * AI may not be ready to replace lawyers, but the California Innocence Project is leveraging the tool to assist in pursuit of justice. [ABA Journal] * London Kirkland team headed to Paul Weiss resigned on a Sunday in a power move. [LegalCheek]

Morning Docket: 02.15.23

* If you want vigorous antitrust enforcement, you've got to break a few eggs... or at least shed some Republican members of the FTC. The Federal Trade Commission's Christine S. Wilson is leaving the agency over Chair Lina Khan's leadership priorities. [Law360] * The National Labor Relations Board may be changing course on a widespread anti-unionization tactic. The NLRB's general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's latest advice memo takes aim at misleading statements by employers during unionization drives, looking to overturn precedent from 1985. [Corporate Counsel] * Family of Emmett Till would really like the arrest warrant in his 1955 lynching served. And they're filing a federal lawsuit to make it happen. [Law & Crime] * After spending 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Lamar Johnson is a free man. [Huffington Post] * The Department of Justice would really like it if you couldn't select exactly which far-right federal judge heard your case. Of course, the "worst judge in the United States" probably won't end the practice that's garnered him so much notoriety. [Vox]

Hey, Tyranny People, You Do Realize SCOTUS Just Said It’s Okay For The State To Kill Innocent People, Right?

I'd honestly be less salty if their justification was 'Me have gun because pew pew sound cool,' but that's a lot harder to balance out with the whole people-being-murdered-as-a-regular-occurrence thing.

Morning Docket: 05.04.22

* Oklahoma signed SB8-like bill into law quickly after the Alito leak. [NPR] * What's the limit? Are IUDs next on the chopping block? [The Guardian] * Get it off your chest: Georgia removes "free speech zone" restrictions on college campuses. [Inside Higher Ed] * UVA Law's Innocence Project has gotten over $6M in compensation for wrongly incarcerated folks. Talk about a valuable education! [Law.Virginia] * Spirit declines to take JetBlue's takeover offer. I can already hear the DOJ's antitrust division stirring. [CH-Aviation]

Wrongful Convictions: What Is To Be Done?

Identifying wrongful convictions and getting them vacated isn't easy, but it is essential.

VICE Presents ‘Innocence Ignored,’ A New Documentary Series On Life After Wrongful Convictions

Profiles of those who have lost years of their lives thanks to the flaws inherent in America's criminal justice system.