Posts Tagged ‘Wrongful conviction’
Rape Charges Dropped
Thursday, December 10, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Richard Carruthers dropped all charges against William McCaffrey who had previously been convicted of raping Biurny Peguero Gonzalez who, after confessing to a priest confessed to perjury in August. Gonzales had met McCaffrey the night of her alleged rape in September 2005, however DNA samples taken from bite marks on her arm proved the marks to be from a woman and all of her injuries were later admitted to have been the result of a brawl with another female. The Judge said Thursday, “I want to convey to you my personal regret in having participated, though unknowingly, in the injustice committed to you…a catastrophe both for [McCaffrey] and for the criminal justice system.”
Read the full article HERE.
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Wrongful conviction
There are different legal resources prisoners who claim to be wrongfully convicted can pursue. One highly effective organization is the Center on Wrongful Convictions. This organization is associated with the law school at Northwestern University and its goal is to identify and rectify wrongful convictions nationwide.
To do this, the lawyers at the center provide representation, research, and community services to the wrongfully accused and their families. Visit the Center on Wrongful Convictions website.
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