| Here are the top stories in criminal justice reform, taken from the Justice Newsladder.
Former Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Louisa Dixon called for an overhaul of the state's autopsy system, claiming that is designed to get the DAs results that win them convictions. (theagitator.com)
An op-ed in the Sarasota Herald Tribune explains the problems with the way their state's justice system handles confessions as evidence. (heraldtribune.com)
Kirk Bloodsworth, the first person to be exonerated from death row based on DNA evidence, spoke at Cornell University this week about flaws in the criminal justice system that led to his conviction. (cornellsun.com)
An op-ed in the Dallas Morning News urges Dallas County DA Craig Watkins to take a "long, hard look" at State District Judge Rick Magnis's recommendation that Ben Spencer, who has spent 21 years behind bars for murder, be freed based on new evidence that witnesses who claimed to have seen him exit the victim's car the night of the murder could not have clearly identified him. (dallasnews.com)
With the Florida Senate about to approve a bill to give Alan Crotzer, who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, a settlement of 1.25 million dollars, the Miami Herald argues that compensation for those wrongfully convicted should only be the beginning of a larger effort to ensure that the right people go to jail and the wrong ones don't. (miamiherald.com)
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