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The Criminal Justice Reformer: Vol 3 #4
* FEATURED REFORM: Improving Standards for Admissibility of Snitch Testimony
* TN: Death Penalty Study Bill Passed
* TX: Important Reforms Passed
* CA: Eyewitness and Recording Bills Considered
* NJ: State Supreme Court Rules on Identifications
* RI: YOU Can Help Support Reform Bills!
* TJP IN THE NEWS: Prevent Wrongful Convictions

June 22, 2007

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Vol 3 #4
* FEATURED REFORM: Ensuring Standards for Adequate Defense Counsel
* TN: Death Penalty Study Considered
* CA: Forensic Reform Recommended
* NJ: Innocent Man Freed after 19 Years
* Injustice in Virginia: The Norfolk 4

May 24, 2007

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Vol 3 #3
* US Supreme Court Hears Death Penalty Case
* FEATURED REFORM: Eyewitness Identification Procedures and Recording of Custodial Interrogations
* TX: Critical Habeas Defender Bill Considered
* 200th DNA Exoneration in US
* NY: Funding to Record Interrogations
* Host a Screening Party for The Trials of Darryl Hunt
* TJP IN THE NEWS: Recording interrogations should be statewide policy

April 24, 2007

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Vol 3 #2
* Improving Forensic Testing Procedures
* TX: Conference Addresses Habeas Representation
* GA: Indigent Defense Funding Crisis
* GA, NY and TX: DNA Exonerations Underscore Need for Reform
* VT: DNA Testing Bill Considered
* Join our Activist Network!

February 22, 2007

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Vol 3 #1
* The Justice Project's National Agenda
* TX: Two New DNA Exonerations
* NC: Innocence Commission to Meet
* WI: State Begins Recording Interrogations
* NJ: Study Group Recommends Abolition
* WV: Eyewitness Reform Considered
* Mario's Story Screening and Discussion

January 23, 2007

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Vol 2 #12
* Lethal Injection Moratoria
* FEATURED REFORM: Recording of Custodial Interrogations
* VA: Norfolk Wrongful Conviction Overturned
* IL: Exonerations Rock Chicago
* PA: Committee to Study Wrongful Convictions
* TN: Examining Indigent Defense Resources
* TJP Presents Hugh L. Carey Legacy Award
* Make a Year End Donation Today!

December 20, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 11
* US Supreme Court Preview: Three Texas Death Penalty Cases
* FEATURED REFORM: Expanding Post-Conviction DNA Testing
* GA: Conference on Eyewitness Reforms a Success!
* TX: Habeas Attorneys Widely Ineffective
* TX: Forensics Commission Meets
* Convicting the Innocent: Aberration or Systemic Problem?
* Join The Justice Project at HOTSOUP.com

November 14, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 10
* Habeas Protection Campaign Update
* FEATURED REFORM: Expanding Discovery in Capital Cases
* TX: Houston Lab Scandal Continues
* CA: Gov. Vetoes Important Reform Bills
* NY: Exonerations Emphasize Serious Error
* VA: Death Penalty System Needs Reform
* Tennessee Defies Common Sense in Executing Mentally Ill 
* View New Documentaries on Innocence

October 24, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 9
* Habeas Under Attack Again 
* Lethal Injection Protocol Update
* FEATURED REFORM: Ensuring Standards for Adequate Defense Counsel 
* CA: Two Important Reform Bills Passed 0
* MA: DA Report Recommends Reform
* VA: New Charges in 1982 Wrongful Conviction Case 
* FL: ABA Report on Death Penalty System
* New ABA Standards on DNA Evidence
* Faulty Forensics in Texas

September 21, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 8
* Habeas Corpus Update
* Innocence Protection Act Funding Update
* Improving Eyewitness Identification Procedures
* TX: Conflict of Interest in Wrongful Execution Investigation
* NC: Innocence Commission Created
* WI: Wrongly Convicted Woman Released after 10 Years  
* AZ Death Penalty System Flawed
* ABA Resolution on Mental Illness

August 22, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 7
* Justice Scalia on Innocence
* Lethal Injection Protocol Update
* Featured Reform: Electronic Recording of Interrogations
* TX: New Evidence Indicates Another Innocent Man Executed
* TX: Houston Lab Reopens DNA Division
* TN: Sedley Alley Update
* FL: Post-Conviction DNA Testing Deadline Eliminated
* NY: DNA Exoneration After 22 Years
* NC: Innocence Commission Approved
* NY: Commission Calls for Indigent Defense Reform

July 18, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 6
* US Supreme Court: Post-Conviction DNA Testing Decision, Decision in Lethal Injection
* FEATURED REFORM: Prosecutorial Misconduct
* TN: Execution Scheduled Despite Questions of Innocence
* CT: New DNA Exoneration
* NY: DNA Exoneration Spurs Call for Recording Interrogations
* Alabama ABA Report

June 21, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 5
* Attacks on Habeas Corpus
*
Lethal Injection Update
* FEATURED REFORM: Post-Conviction DNA Testing
* TX: Houston Crime Lab Scandal
* TX: Evidence Questioned in 2004 Execution
* VA: Compensation for Earl Washington, Jr.
* LA: New Orleans Indigent Defense Crisis
* Movie Screenings: The Trials of Darryl Hunt
*
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May 24, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 4
* FEATURED REFORM: Ensuring Adequate Counsel for Indigent Defense: Tennessee, Louisiana, Indiana and Virginia
* The Justice for All Symposium is a Resounding Success!
* Lethal Injection Update
* IL: Eyewitness Identification Reform Challenged
* CA: "The Faces of Wrongful Conviction" Conference
* FL: Post-Convction DNA Testing Update
* MI: Detroit to Videotape Custodial Interrogations
* ABA -- Achieving Justice: Freeing the Innocent, Convicting the Guilty
* Donate Now to Help Address the Leading Cause of Wrongful Convictions!

April 26, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 3
* FEATURED REFORM: Improving Eyewitness Identification Procedures: Illinois, Minnesota, Georgia and Maryland
* IL: Improving Forensic Testing Procedures
* AL: Indigent Defense Crises
* FL: Post-Convction DNA Testing and Death Row Exoneration
* OH: Post-Convction DNA Testing Legislation
* Lethal Injection Challenged
* Get Involved! Justice for All Symposium

March 23, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 2
* Streamlined Procedures Act: Efforts to Pass Harmful Legislation Continue
* FEATURED REFORM: Expanding Post-Conviction DNA Testing
* Exonerations in Texas and Florida
* Innocence News from Chicago and Pennsylvania
* Get Involved! Justice for All Symposium
* GA: Public Defender Standards Council Makes Progress in First Year
* VA: Fee Caps for Indigent Defense Questioned
* LA: New Orleans Indigent Defense Crisis
* ABA -- Georgia Death Penalty Assessment
* Constitution Project: Mandatory Justice: The Death Penalty Revisited
* New York Times: We Were Convicted, but We're Innocent
* Chicago Sun Times: Fix Justice System so Innocent Don't Go to Jail

February 21, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 3 No. 1
* Streamlined Procedures Act: Efforts to Pass this Harmful Legislation Continue
* Supreme Court to Determine When Innocence Claims can be Heard
* FEATURED REFORM: Improving Forensic Testing Procedures
* Houston Crime Lab DNA Anaylsis "Completely Unacceptable"
* Boston Fingerprint Lab Reopens
* Get Involved: Justice for All Symposium
* NJ: Death Penalty Study Bill and Moratorium Signed into Law
* NJ: Electronic Recording of Police Interrogations
* TN: Public Defenders are Overburdened and Underfunded
* MO: State Funding for Public Defenders is Lowest in the US
* VA: Governor Warner Orders DNA Review of Old Cases
* Help Build the Reform Community

January 20, 2006

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 2 No. 12
* TJP Continues to Fight the Streamlined Procedures Act
* FEATURED REFORM: Recording of Custodial Interrogations
* Norfolk 4 -- Innocent Navy Men Gave Forced Confessions
* TX: Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?
* GA: DNA Testing Frees Innocent Man
* VA: Governor Warner Grants Clemency in Lovitt Case
* NJ: New Jersey Senate Votes for Death Penalty Moratorium
* TAKE ACTION against the Streamlined Procedures Act!
* TJP Benefit: Hugh L. Carey Legacy Award Held in New York City

December 15, 2005

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 2 No. 11
* TJP Continues to Fight the Streamlined Procedures Act
* Senate Approves Over $200 Million for Innocence Protection Act Programs
* VA: Clemency Petition Filed on Behalf of Innocent Navy Men
* VA: Snitch Testimony in a Capital Case
* OH: Spirko Case Update
* NC: House to Study Death Penalty
* FEATURED REFORM: DNA Testing Backlogs Continue to Delay Justice in TX, CA, IN, OH
* Blind Justice: Juries Deciding Life and Death With Only Half the Truth
* Broken Justice: The Death Penalty in Alabama
* TJP Benefit Event: Governor Hugh L. Carey Legacy Award
* TAKE ACTION against the Streamlined Procedures Act!

November 17, 2005

The Criminal Justice Reformer: Volume 2 No. 10

* Update: TJP Continues to Fight the Streamlined Procedures Act
* Supreme Court to Hear Innocence Case
* State Updates: NJ, FL, GA, AL, HI, VT, AZ
* Mental Illness in Death Penalty Cases
* Mental Retardation in Death Penalty Cases
* Death Penalty in Pop Culture

October 19, 2005