A look ahead: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a series of cases that could significantly impact the legal landscape on issues of voting rights, postconviction relief, restitution awards, and warrantless home entries.
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Supreme Court to Hear Pivotal Cases on Voting Rights, Postconviction Relief, and Fourth Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a series of cases that could significantly impact the legal landscape on issues of voting rights, postconviction relief, restitution awards, and warrantless ho…
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October 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A look ahead: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a series of cases that could significantly impact the legal landscape on issues of voting rights, postconviction relief, restitution awards, and warrantless home entries.
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The FBI's own numbers -- where they are wildly incentivized to downplay the exoneration rate of postconviction DNA testing -- show that of 350 cases where DNA evidence was obtained in postconviction testing, 65 of them proved the convicted person did not do it.
April 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The FBI's own numbers -- where they are wildly incentivized to downplay the exoneration rate of postconviction DNA testing -- show that of 350 cases where DNA evidence was obtained in postconviction testing, 65 of them proved the convicted person did not do it.
NEW: Serving life in Minnesota prisons for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Philip Vance’s hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his 5th postconviction relief petition. This came after the CRU released their report concluding they don't support Vance's innocence claim.
New Report and Ruling Dim Philip Vance's Hopes of Postconviction Relief - UNICORN RIOT
Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit, Philip Vance's hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition.
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April 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: Serving life in Minnesota prisons for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Philip Vance’s hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his 5th postconviction relief petition. This came after the CRU released their report concluding they don't support Vance's innocence claim.
New Report and Ruling Dim Philip Vance’s Hopes of Postconviction Relief
Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Philip Vance’s hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition.
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Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Philip Vance’s hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition.
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New Report and Ruling Dim Philip Vance's Hopes of Postconviction Relief - UNICORN RIOT
Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit, Philip Vance's hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition.
unicornriot.ninja
April 22, 2026 at 6:54 PM
New Report and Ruling Dim Philip Vance’s Hopes of Postconviction Relief
Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Philip Vance’s hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition.
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Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Philip Vance’s hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition.
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Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Philip Vance’s hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition. Vance’s support team told UR they’re appealing the latest denial.
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New Report and Ruling Dim Philip Vance's Hopes of Postconviction Relief - UNICORN RIOT
Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit, Philip Vance's hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition.
unicornriot.ninja
April 28, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Serving life in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Philip Vance’s hopes for freedom took a blow last month when a judge denied his fifth postconviction relief petition. Vance’s support team told UR they’re appealing the latest denial.
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NEW: After waiting years for MN’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) to finalize their investigation, Philip Vance’s legal team is bypasssing the CRU & filing a petition for postconviction relief with newly acquired evidence proving his innocence on Thursday.
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Done Waiting on CRU, Philip Vance Readies to File Legal Petition for Wrongful Conviction - UNICORN RIOT
After waiting years on CRU to finalize their investigation on his case, Philip Vance's legal team is filing a new petition for postconviction relief with newly acquired evidence proving his innocence.
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February 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
NEW: After waiting years for MN’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) to finalize their investigation, Philip Vance’s legal team is bypasssing the CRU & filing a petition for postconviction relief with newly acquired evidence proving his innocence on Thursday.
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NEW: The Waiting Game Continues For Philip Vance
Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report on Wrongful Conviction
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Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report on Wrongful Conviction
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Philip Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report - UNICORN RIOT
After court filings to present new evidence in his 'wrongful conviction,' Philip Vance given new rulings to wait until CRU report is published.
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March 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
NEW: The Waiting Game Continues For Philip Vance
Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report on Wrongful Conviction
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Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report on Wrongful Conviction
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Thirty years ago today, I started the best possible job for me—an appeals and postconviction public defender, which means I get to help people protect themselves from the government (charges from misdemeanor through capital) by reading, writing, thinking & talking.
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Thirty years ago today, I started the best possible job for me—an appeals and postconviction public defender, which means I get to help people protect themselves from the government (charges from misdemeanor through capital) by reading, writing, thinking & talking.
Third SCOTUS decision this morning (and not the last) is from Justice Sotomayor, 6-3. (CJ Roberts and Justice Barrett join the liberal trio.)
Held: death row inmate has standing to bring a due process claim alleging the denial of postconviction DNA testing.
ANOTHER reversal for the 5th Cir.
Held: death row inmate has standing to bring a due process claim alleging the denial of postconviction DNA testing.
ANOTHER reversal for the 5th Cir.
June 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Third SCOTUS decision this morning (and not the last) is from Justice Sotomayor, 6-3. (CJ Roberts and Justice Barrett join the liberal trio.)
Held: death row inmate has standing to bring a due process claim alleging the denial of postconviction DNA testing.
ANOTHER reversal for the 5th Cir.
Held: death row inmate has standing to bring a due process claim alleging the denial of postconviction DNA testing.
ANOTHER reversal for the 5th Cir.
Philip Vance’s Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report
The waiting game continues for Philip Vance as he serves a life sentence for a murder based on an investigation from a disbanded police unit & testimony that's been recanted.
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The waiting game continues for Philip Vance as he serves a life sentence for a murder based on an investigation from a disbanded police unit & testimony that's been recanted.
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Philip Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report - UNICORN RIOT
After court filings to present new evidence in his 'wrongful conviction,' Philip Vance given new rulings to wait until CRU report is published.
unicornriot.ninja
April 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Philip Vance’s Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report
The waiting game continues for Philip Vance as he serves a life sentence for a murder based on an investigation from a disbanded police unit & testimony that's been recanted.
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The waiting game continues for Philip Vance as he serves a life sentence for a murder based on an investigation from a disbanded police unit & testimony that's been recanted.
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The Waiting Game Continues For Philip Vance
Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report on Wrongful Conviction
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Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report on Wrongful Conviction
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March 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Waiting Game Continues For Philip Vance
Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report on Wrongful Conviction
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Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report on Wrongful Conviction
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Everyone is doing introductions? Okay.
Hi new friends 👋 I'm a law student in my final weeks and aspiring public defender. I've been working in appeals/postconviction for about a year. First gen law school and college.
Hi new friends 👋 I'm a law student in my final weeks and aspiring public defender. I've been working in appeals/postconviction for about a year. First gen law school and college.
November 12, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Everyone is doing introductions? Okay.
Hi new friends 👋 I'm a law student in my final weeks and aspiring public defender. I've been working in appeals/postconviction for about a year. First gen law school and college.
Hi new friends 👋 I'm a law student in my final weeks and aspiring public defender. I've been working in appeals/postconviction for about a year. First gen law school and college.
Serving a life sentence for a murder he claims he didn't commit, Philip Vance filed a postconviction relief petition with the courts last month providing new evidence supporting Vance’s innocence and 12 affidavits of recanted testimony.
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Philip Vance's Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report - UNICORN RIOT
After court filings to present new evidence in his 'wrongful conviction,' Philip Vance given new rulings to wait until CRU report is published.
unicornriot.ninja
March 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Serving a life sentence for a murder he claims he didn't commit, Philip Vance filed a postconviction relief petition with the courts last month providing new evidence supporting Vance’s innocence and 12 affidavits of recanted testimony.
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This is also a massive challenge for exonerative post conviction forensic DNA testing. Someone wrongfully convicted of murder in the 80s often can't do postconviction testing on the murder weapon to exclude them, because it was handled by 3 dozen people during the investigation and trial.
June 15, 2024 at 7:20 PM
This is also a massive challenge for exonerative post conviction forensic DNA testing. Someone wrongfully convicted of murder in the 80s often can't do postconviction testing on the murder weapon to exclude them, because it was handled by 3 dozen people during the investigation and trial.
How much danger are post-Furman postconviction schemes in?
November 7, 2024 at 8:48 PM
How much danger are post-Furman postconviction schemes in?
Something that sticks with me is a postconviction case I worked on where defendant had been convicted in part on hypnosis testimony that the judge allowed in
I love it when I see a story based on interviews with "body language experts." Immediately you know that you don't have to read it. Oh cool, you talked with someone with a made up job. You talked to a D&D NPC. Tell me again about that dream you had, it was so interesting
December 21, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Something that sticks with me is a postconviction case I worked on where defendant had been convicted in part on hypnosis testimony that the judge allowed in
I wish I'd been able to get my frustration about Bivens out of my system before starting to practice (while we're talking about functionally overruled cases).
OR THE RIGHT TO HABEAS CORPUS IN CRIMINAL POSTCONVICTION SETTINGS
OR THE RIGHT TO HABEAS CORPUS IN CRIMINAL POSTCONVICTION SETTINGS
September 19, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I wish I'd been able to get my frustration about Bivens out of my system before starting to practice (while we're talking about functionally overruled cases).
OR THE RIGHT TO HABEAS CORPUS IN CRIMINAL POSTCONVICTION SETTINGS
OR THE RIGHT TO HABEAS CORPUS IN CRIMINAL POSTCONVICTION SETTINGS
If you’ve been following this and thinking, “Man, Serial was ten years ago, how can this take so long?”—welcome to appellate and postconviction litigation. Everything takes years, and usually you’re in prison the whole time.
The Maryland Supreme Court has reinstated the murder conviction against Adnan Syed
It has ordered the circuit court to redo the hearing that cleared Syed’s name two years ago
It has ordered the circuit court to redo the hearing that cleared Syed’s name two years ago
Maryland Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction of Adnan Syed and orders new hearing
Syed was the subject of the hit podcast "Serial" and served more than 20 years in prison in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School. He has always maintaine...
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August 30, 2024 at 2:38 PM
If you’ve been following this and thinking, “Man, Serial was ten years ago, how can this take so long?”—welcome to appellate and postconviction litigation. Everything takes years, and usually you’re in prison the whole time.
All any honest person not using crime as an apology for fascism ever needs to know is that even WITH due process, about 28% of cases analyzed with postconviction DNA testing that produce a suspect DNA profile, it is not the DNA profile of the person convicted of the crime. TWENTY. EIGHT. PERCENT.
April 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
All any honest person not using crime as an apology for fascism ever needs to know is that even WITH due process, about 28% of cases analyzed with postconviction DNA testing that produce a suspect DNA profile, it is not the DNA profile of the person convicted of the crime. TWENTY. EIGHT. PERCENT.
I applied for a job as a staff attorney for the 4th Circuit and a decent amount of their work is apparently going through pro se filings which include some genuinely interesting pro se criminal postconviction appeals but are also mostly nonsense
April 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I applied for a job as a staff attorney for the 4th Circuit and a decent amount of their work is apparently going through pro se filings which include some genuinely interesting pro se criminal postconviction appeals but are also mostly nonsense
In its desperation to redirect the "Serial" audience and not have to engage with the messy facts of the postconviction proceedings, the doc strongly implies that a poor Black man killed Hae--and then gratuitously both names and shows you a fully nude photo of him w/o his consent. Cue "Serial" piano
September 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In its desperation to redirect the "Serial" audience and not have to engage with the messy facts of the postconviction proceedings, the doc strongly implies that a poor Black man killed Hae--and then gratuitously both names and shows you a fully nude photo of him w/o his consent. Cue "Serial" piano
#Florida
James Ford ( See My BlueSky)
WARRANT: Ford files postconviction motion ahead of scheduled execution.
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James Ford ( See My BlueSky)
WARRANT: Ford files postconviction motion ahead of scheduled execution.
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WARRANT: Ford files postconviction motion ahead of scheduled execution
James Ford's execution is scheduled for February 13. 1`Yesterday, Ford filed a successive motion for postconviction relief in the circuit court. The State filed its response today.
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January 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#Florida
James Ford ( See My BlueSky)
WARRANT: Ford files postconviction motion ahead of scheduled execution.
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( Note: Stop Execution of James; See My BlueSky to take action)
#deathpenalty #jamesFord -
James Ford ( See My BlueSky)
WARRANT: Ford files postconviction motion ahead of scheduled execution.
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( Note: Stop Execution of James; See My BlueSky to take action)
#deathpenalty #jamesFord -
Georgia's postconviction and appellate system is facing multi-year delays, sparking urgent calls for legislative reforms from experts and advocates alike.
Learn more here!
#GA #CitizenPortal #LegislativeAccountability #CriminalJustice #JudicialReform #GeorgiaAppellate
Learn more here!
#GA #CitizenPortal #LegislativeAccountability #CriminalJustice #JudicialReform #GeorgiaAppellate
Panel weighs legislative fixes as Georgia appellate delays drag on
A blue-ribbon legislative committee heard pleas from public defenders, innocence advocates and academics for immediate fixes to transcript and screening processes and for consideration of a longer-term independent appellate office to reduce decades-long delays in appeals and postconviction review.
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September 26, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Georgia's postconviction and appellate system is facing multi-year delays, sparking urgent calls for legislative reforms from experts and advocates alike.
Learn more here!
#GA #CitizenPortal #LegislativeAccountability #CriminalJustice #JudicialReform #GeorgiaAppellate
Learn more here!
#GA #CitizenPortal #LegislativeAccountability #CriminalJustice #JudicialReform #GeorgiaAppellate
If we dissolved postconviction registries and residency restrictions
while not being tempted to protect men from the most basic consequences of their actions just because we feel protective of them/their cause/reputation/etc.
Society would be much farther down the road to preventing this
while not being tempted to protect men from the most basic consequences of their actions just because we feel protective of them/their cause/reputation/etc.
Society would be much farther down the road to preventing this
April 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
If we dissolved postconviction registries and residency restrictions
while not being tempted to protect men from the most basic consequences of their actions just because we feel protective of them/their cause/reputation/etc.
Society would be much farther down the road to preventing this
while not being tempted to protect men from the most basic consequences of their actions just because we feel protective of them/their cause/reputation/etc.
Society would be much farther down the road to preventing this
I recognize that "unqualified successes" in postconviction law are essentially unheard of.
Nevertheless.
Nevertheless.
February 22, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I recognize that "unqualified successes" in postconviction law are essentially unheard of.
Nevertheless.
Nevertheless.