Saved from Death Row, he knows the importance of DNA
As the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA, I know first-hand the importance of testing all available evidence in a case, especially when someone's life is at stake. Tennessee inmate Sedley Alley currently sits on death row awaiting execution while potentially exculpatory evidence in his case remains untested...
June 2, 2006
We Were Convicted, but We're Innocent
Letter to the editor from the New York Times by Kirk Bloodsworth, the first person to be exonerated from death row by DNA technology and Program Officer for The Justice Project.
January 31, 2006
The erosion of the Great Writ
This editorial from the American Judicature Society asserts that the Streamlined Procedures Act is the latest attempt in an ongoing effort to cripple federal habeas jurisdiction.
October 25, 2005