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The Russell “Russ” Faria murder retrial began quietly on Monday in Troy, Missouri. Faria was convicted in 2013 of murdering his terminally ill wife, Elizabeth “Betsy” Faria, in 2011. The Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals threw out Faria’s conviction in February of this year, based on claims of improperly suppressed evidence and alleged prosecutorial misconduct, paving the way for a new …
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The Jeff Havard Death Penalty Case Attracts International Support With Letter Campaign
The Jeff Havard case in Mississippi is attracting more international attention. Havard has seen support coming from a growing list of countries in recent years, including (but not limited to) Australia, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, and the UK. He can now add France to the list. French anti-death penalty advocate, Louis Richard, has taken great interest in Havard’s case and is …
Read More »Nyki Kish supporters urge CBC's the fifth estate to investigate case
Supporters for Nicole “Nyki” Kish were optimistic last year when the fifth estate, Canada’s premier investigative journalism show, decided to investigate her case. As part of their investigation, the show requested to film an interview with Kish at the Grand Valley Prison where she is currently being housed. Unfortunately, Nancy Kinsman, the prison warden, denied the fifth estate access despite …
Read More »Justice for Illinois Wrongfully Convicted 3rd Annual Freedom Ride for Justice
Justice for Illinois Wrongfully Convicted (JIWC) is hosting their 3rd annual Freedom Ride for Justice this Saturday in Springfield Illinois. The event raises money to support the outstanding efforts of JIWC. JIWC works to educate the public about the criminal justice system in Illinois, while advocating for those who have been wrongfully convicted in the state. JIWC currently supports these cases of wrongful …
Read More »The Jeff Havard Case Highlights The Need For Criminal Justice Reform
What does a United States prison inmate do when new evidence comes to light proving their innocence? They wait. Sadly the wait is most often excruciatingly long, sometimes decades. The appeals system in the US operates at an incredibly slow pace, making it difficult to correct a wrongful conviction no matter how strong the case for innocence may be. Jeff …
Read More »President Obama Continues To Stress The Need For Criminal Justice Reform
In recent months, President Obama has initiated a discussion to help set the United States on a path to begin reforming our criminal justice system. In July, Obama commuted the sentences of 46 drug offenders, saying that “their punishments didn’t fit the crime.” He also gave a powerful speech to the NAACP on the subject, and he toured a federal penitentiary, taking time to have an in-depth conversation with inmates. The statistics are …
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