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‘Making a Murderer’: Brendan Dassey’s Conviction Overturned

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 Dylan Donnelly 1087 Views Accountability, appeal, Brendan Dassey, Civil rights, coerced into confessing, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, documentary, false confession, freedom, habeas corpus petitions, Harassment, Homicide, involuntary confession, Justice System, juvenile suspects, Len Kachinsky, Making a Murderer, murder, Netflix, police, police accountability, rights, Steven Avery, Steven Drizin, Teresa Halbach, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court

The conviction of a Wisconsin man who appeared in the documentary “Making a Murderer,” has been overturned by a federal

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Denver Police Sued by Man Coerced Into Murder Confession at Age of Fourteen

June 22, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1601 Views Accountability, Civil rights, CO, coerced confession, Colorado, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, David Fisher, Denver, Denver homicide detectives, denver police department, Dishonesty, DNA, Double Standard, Emily Johnson, false confession, false conviction, Fox 31 Denver, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, innocent, interrogation, Justice System, kelly patterson, Lawrence Lorenzo Montoya, lawsuit, life sentence, Lisa Polansky, murder, new years, police, police abuse, police accountability, police interrogation tape, Police State, rights, teacher, video

When he was just fourteen years old Lawrence Lorenzo Montoya, was arrested on suspicion of having committed a murder. Initially,

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Cop’s False Testimony Sent Teen to Prison for 9 Years, Despite Real Killer’s Confession Weeks After Sentencing

June 15, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2032 Views Accountability, affidavit, Civil rights, conviction overturned, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, credibility, Davontae Sanford, Deputy Police Chief James Tolbert, detailed diagram of the crime scene, detective, detroit, detroit police department, Dishonesty, Dykema Gossett, false confession, false conviction, false testimony, Flint, Flint Police Department, freedom, Heidi Naasko, Hitman, Homicide, Judge Brian Sullivan, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kwame Kilpatrick, lawsuit, location of the victims’ bodies, MI, Michigan, Michigan Innoncence Clinic, Michigan State Appellate Defender's Office, michigan state police, murder, Northwestern Center for the Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Odell Godbold, police, police abuse, police accountability, quadruple homicide, rights, Scandal, second degree murder, Strippers, suspended from practicing law, Tamara Greene, Vincent Smothers, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

On Tuesday, a Detroit man who had been in prison since the age of fourteen, due to false testimony by

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“Crowd-Pleasing, Gun-Toting, Tough-Talking” Colorado Sheriff Facing 6 Felonies, Including Extortion And Kidnapping

June 2, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1418 Views 18th Judicial District, Accountability, Arapaho County, assault, Bill Elder, Board of El Paso County Commissioners, Brutality, CBI, Civil rights, CO, Colorado, Colorado Bureau of investigation, Commander Juan "John" San Agustin, Commissioner Darryl Glenn, Commissioner Peggy Littleton, Comptroller Dorene Cardarelle, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, creating a hostile work environment, creepy text messages, Crowd-Pleasing Gun-Toting Tough-Talking Sheriff, Deputy Travis Garretson, Dishonesty, District Attorney George Brauchler, Double Standard, Douglas County, Douglas County jail, dramatic downfall, driving under the influence, dui, El Paso County, El Paso County Courthouse, El Paso County sheriff's office, Elbert County, employee morale, Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, excessive force, extortion, extramarital affairs, false confession, False imprisonment, Gazette.com, grand jury, Harassment, Indictments, internal afairs file, internal investigations, Justice System, Kellie Trull, kelly patterson, Kidnapping, lack of integrity, lincoln county, no confidence vote, OWI, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rising star, settlements, sex scandal, sexual misconduct, shirtless selfie, suspicion of harassment, The Gazette, Tiffany Huntz, Undersheriff Paula Presley, violent beatings, wide ranging allegations, wish you were with me

Last week, Terry Maketa was indicted on nine charges, including six felonies. Less than two years ago, Maketa was the

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Prisons Can’t be Exonerated of Their Role in The Police State

February 5, 2016February 4, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1524 Views a prisoners’ character, Accountability, african-american, anarchism, assault, assigned social role, barbaric, broken system, Brutality, C4SS, CA, California, center for a stateless society, Children, CIU, Civil rights, confinement, Conviction, Conviction Integrity Units, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminal justice system, Dishonesty, disposable, exonerated, false confession, federal convictions, fit of rage, force, freedom, future criminal activities, guilty plea, Harassment, institutions, involved with the wrong people, Justice System, kelly patterson, liberty, medecine, mentally handicapped, Minorities, modus operandi, myriad of reasons, National Registry of Exonerations, NBC, New York, Nick Ford, no crime, ny, one or a handful of incidents, Plea Bargain, police, police abuse, police accountability, police misconduct, Police State, poor exercise in judgement, Prison, prisoners, prisons are not innocent, Professor Samuel Gross, public spectacle, punishment, Race, racial element, Racism, recidivism, reform, restitution, restraint of individual's liberty, rights, state convictions, strike the root, System, Texas, the state, Torture, TX, U.S. District Judge John L. Kane, university of michigan, Witness intimidation, Witnesses, wrongful conviction, You Cannot Exonerate Prisons

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Lying Cops Ruin An Innocent Pennsylvania Man’s Life, Now Won’t Even Apologize

April 24, 2015April 23, 2015 CopBlock 1288 Views Accountability, Arson, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, false confession, false conviction, Harassment, Justice System, Karla Dewey, Lehigh Valley Live, lying cop, pa, Pennsylvania, police, rights, Zachary Handley

A Pennsylvania man is getting a chance at getting his life back, seven and a half years after lying cops

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We All Have Rights

March 1, 2014 CopBlock 656 Views bitcoin-fueled content contest, chicago, Coercion, false confession, harsh interrogation tactics, rights

Victor Taglia shared this post for the second portion of the Bitcoin-Fueled Content Contest. Too often do guilty lawbreakers go free

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Man Alleging Police Torture Released From Prison

December 16, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 550 Views chicago, chicago police, Chicago Police brutality, chicago police department, false confession, Illinois, Lt. Jon Burge, Police brutality, police tortured, Pontiac Correctional Center, sexual assault, Stanley Wrice, Torture, tortured into false confession

This article was written by Don Babwin of Associated Press and published on MSN.com on December 11, 2013. Stanley Wrice’s release from the prison

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