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False Imprisonment: Its Increasing Frequency and the Huge Cost It Imposes on Society

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1430 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, CA, California, chicago, choke hold, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, class-action lawsuit, Cleveland, CO, Colorado, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, dallas, Denver, Dishonesty, disorderly conduct, dna evidence, double-standards, Drug war, Eric Garner, excessive force, False imprisonment, Harassment, homan square, Homicide, IL, illegal arrest, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Innocence Project, James Bain, Jon Burge, Justice System, kelly patterson, Los Angeles, Making a Murderer, Netflix, New York, ny, OH, Ohio, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, Qualified Immunity, rape, rights, Robert Graham, settlements, Tamir Rice, Texas, Toy gun, TX, U.S. Supreme Court, wrongful death

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network anonymously by a reader, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. If you

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

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 Dylan Donnelly 1086 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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The Innocence Project Does it Again! Virginia Man Exonerated by DNA Evidence

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 Brian Sumner 1879 Views Brian David Sumner, Chris Fabrican, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, discredited bite mark, dna evidence, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Innocence Project, Jerry Crotty, Justice System, Keith Allen harward, Making a Murderer, Paul Cates, Peter Neufeld, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rape, Sex Crime, Steven Avery, Strategic Litigation for the Innocence Project, Virginia, writ of actual innocence, wrongful conviction

The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA testing and

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2015 Was a Record Year For Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1222 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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Law Professor Warns “Don’t Talk To Police” In Viral Making a Murderer Video

January 21, 2016January 26, 2016 Asa J 4034 Views Civil rights, constitution, copblock, copblock.org, don't talk to the police, Fifth Amendment, James Duane, Justice System, know your rights, law professor, Making a Murderer, Manitowoc County, Netflix, Police State, Regent University, Right to remain silent, rights, Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, Wisconsin

In the wake of Netflix’s Making a Murderer documentary, which primarily chronicles the prosecution of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin resident Steven Avery

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