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Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go, Elizabeth B. Cooper, Margaret E. Johnson, Marcy L. Karin Feb 2021

Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go, Elizabeth B. Cooper, Margaret E. Johnson, Marcy L. Karin

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To State Bar Of Nevada, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic Jul 2020

Letter To State Bar Of Nevada, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Wrongful Convictions: It Is Time To Take Prosecution Discipline Seriously, Ellen Yaroshefsky Sep 2004

Wrongful Convictions: It Is Time To Take Prosecution Discipline Seriously, Ellen Yaroshefsky

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Ron Williamson, who came within five days of execution, and Dennis Fritz, who served twelve years of a life sentence, were released from prison in 1999. They were innocent men, wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of Debra Carter. Arrested five years after her murder and tried separately, the cases against them rested on testimony of a jailhouse informant, a jail trainee, and unreliable hair evidence. Fortunately, there was DNA evidence in the case, and scientific testing exonerated Fritz and Williamson. The evidence instead implicated Glen Gore, the person who should have been the prime suspect. Many of these …