Wayfarer’s Refuge kicks off pool season, while Grandpa navigates constant requests. Yard work, garden plans, summer camp surprises, and thought-provoking reads.
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Innocent Man Exonerated After False Accusations During Satanic Panic Era
In this week’s update, read about Melvin Quinney’s exoneration from false accusations of sexual assault and murder, compensation for wrongful imprisonment, and the limitations of exonerees’ reintegration. Alongside that, I talk about updates on weather, car repairs, and the use of AI in blogging.
I’m Still Figuring Out What to Write About, But I Don’t Have Writer’s Block
Sigh. Again with the words. I’ve got a directory in my Writing folder titled Drafts and Ideas. It’s got almost eighty different files, all blog posts that I thought would be interesting. Eighty times I said, “That would be a good blog post,” or “That’s pretty interesting. I wonder if I could get a blog Read More
Wrongfully Convicted: What Happens After Freedom?
After society locks someone in a cage for seven or ten or fifteen years, how does that person reintegrate into society?
Concealing Key Evidence Convicts the Innocent
The Crime Report, a resource of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, shared some troubling news of a recent Supreme Court decision. In Turner vs United States, the court reaffirmed by a 6-2 vote a standard set in the 1964 Brady case regarding exculpatory evidence. Exculpatory evidence is evidence favorable to the defendant that Read More