Joe Bryan's wife Mickey was murdered in 1985. He was the prime suspect, but there was little concrete evidence against him. He had a strong alibi. A so-called expert witness on blood-spatter evidence, however, pointed to a blood-speckled flashlight found in the trunk...
Month: September 2018
Finding Lucy the Labrador leads to reasonable doubt
It's not every day that a dog plays a pivotal role in a criminal case, but an Oregon man is free today after Lucy, an unusual-looking Labrador mix, was located.In April of last year, Joshua Horner was convicted of sexually abusing a minor. He had already received a...
Appeals court: Cross-examination rights extend to public colleges
Colleges and universities are under pressure to respond more effectively to allegations of campus sexual assault. Public pressure, however, is no excuse to set aside constitutional rights, and a federal appellate court has just ruled that public colleges and...
California just reformed its bail system
Should people be locked up for being unable to pay bail? More than 30 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court held that was unconstitutional. Bail is meant to incentivize people to show up at their court dates. But as we mentioned in a recent blog post, nearly half a...