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“Beatrice 6,” Seek to Garnish Wages, Seize Property of Officers Involved in False Murder Convictions

December 9, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3042 Views 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, Accountability, appeal, Bankruptcy, Beatrice, Beatrice 6, Civil rights, cold case murder, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Deputy Burdette Searcey, Dishonesty, District Judge Richard Kopf, DNA, execution of judgment, false convictions, False imprisonment, Gage County, Gage County Sheriff's Office, Harassment, Helen Wilson, Homicide, James Dean, Jennifer Tomka, Justice System, kelly patterson, lawsuit, lincoln, ne, nebraska, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, personal property, police, police accountability, private-practice attorney, property lien, psychologist, Reserve Deputy Wayne Price, rights, Sheriff Millard “Gus” Gustafson, stay, strike the root, wage garnishment

In November, one of six people falsely imprisoned for murder filed motions to have the wages garnished and liens placed

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2015 Was a Record Year For Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1302 Views Arson, brooklyn, Cameron Todd Willingham, capital punishment, Cheese, chocolate chip cookies, committed doubters, controlled substance, criminal justice system, Death Penalty, death row, declared innocent, drug crimes, Drug war, exonerated, false conviction, false convictions, false guilty pleas, forensic arson investigation, freedom, Harassment, Harris County, Homicide, intellectually disabled, judicial misconduct, Justice System, juvenile, kelly patterson, la, Louisiana, Making a Murderer, mentally ill, mistaken for drugs, Mother Jones, MotherJones.com, National Registry of Exonerations, new orleans, New York, no victim no crime, no-crime crimes, non-violent, ny, Officer Misconduct, overrepresented on death row, Plea Bargain, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, prosecutor misconduct, radio program, Radley Balko, repost, rights, riven with errors and official misconduct, Serial, Texas, the war on some drugs, tortilla dough, University of Michigan Law School, victimless crime, washington post, wrongfull convictions

As originally reported by Mother Jones, a report from the University of Michigan Law School has declared that 2015 set

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