wrongful-convictions

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-636 Atif Ahmad Rafay v. Eric Jackson Ninth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process false-confession false-confessions habeas-corpus police-coercion police-misconduct undercover-operation wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions Should this Court summarily reverse the Ninth Circuit for failing to address petitioner's preserved claim that his conviction was premised on a confes…
22-7548 Vickie Leavitt Duran v. Nevada Division of Parole and Probation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence conspiracy due-process false-evidence fourteenth-amendment procedural-protections wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions 1) Is Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, under Section 1.5.1 (Overview of Procedural Due Process) considere…
22-6782 Richard Leon Wilbern v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment appellate-standard constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment standard-of-review witness-identification wrongful-convictions Witness misidentifications are a leading cause of wrongful convictions. The Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause thus requires trial courts to exclude…
21-6836 Daniel Locus v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification federal-courts judicial-review state-court-review state-courts wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions 1. Did the District Court's ruling consistent with the holdings in Neil v. Biqqers , 2243 (1977)?423 U.S. 98, 114, 53 L.Ed.2d 140, 97 S. Ct. 2. If t…
21-6604 Andre Bowers v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violations constitutional-rights criminal-justice due-process faulty-investigative-practices first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct systemic-racism wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions 1. There is a proven systematic pattern of wrongful conviction around the Nation based on prosecutorial/police misconduct, and ineffective assistance…