tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post353021346502949337..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice backs innocence, juvenile justice reformsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84171233886681337242013-03-12T07:20:58.947-05:002013-03-12T07:20:58.947-05:00The National Institute of Justice has published an...The National Institute of Justice has published an academic study of erroneous convictions, entitled: "Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice." From the publication blurb, the study "compared cases where innocent defendants were wrongfully convicted to “near misses” – cases in which an innocent defendant was acquitted or had charges dismissed before trial." <br /><br />The link to the study is: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/241389.pdf<br /><br />There is also a link to a website that summarizes the study: http://nij.gov/topics/courts/sentencing/wrongful-convictions/predicting-preventing.htm <br /><br />Here is the link to the executive summary portion of the study report: https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/241389.pdf#page=12Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41915173604481885422013-03-08T15:42:08.116-06:002013-03-08T15:42:08.116-06:00The solution for schools is "restorative disc...The solution for schools is "restorative discipline" an off shoot of "restorative justice." Neither RJ nor RD has been tried to any extent in "tuff on crime" Texas. RD has a 40 year history at Buxmont Academy in PA, an alternative campus for really bad behavior. GO to iirp.org for more.EDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6813456977651338822013-03-08T06:45:16.526-06:002013-03-08T06:45:16.526-06:00Exactly right on the juvenile part. Someday soon a...Exactly right on the juvenile part. Someday soon a large percentage of people will have some sort of criminal record. TEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076220879170837158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91672365225843342992013-03-07T10:28:04.360-06:002013-03-07T10:28:04.360-06:0010:07, Blackburn didn't want an innocence comm...10:07, Blackburn didn't want an innocence commission like the one in North Carolina that was doing the actual investigations - it never really worked and he (rightly) thinks lawyers, not commissions, get innocent people out of prison. Simply studying the causes of false convictions post-exoneration, however, is a different kettle of fish.<br /><br />On mutual discovery, IPOT has taken no formal position. My personal view is that the current bill goes too far but something along the lines of federal discovery rules would be worthwhile in order to mandate prosecutors' open files.<br /><br />I agree, though, a scorecard would be helpful. :)Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28505212859786900032013-03-07T10:07:09.307-06:002013-03-07T10:07:09.307-06:00My God, Grits, I'm about to need a roster and ...My God, Grits, I'm about to need a roster and a scorecard to figure out the politics of all of this criminal justice reform legislation. Let me see if I get this straight:<br /><br />Mutual Discovery: Prosecutors FOR; Defense Attorneys AGAINST;<br />Grits, Seemingly ambivilant. <br /><br />Innocence Commission:<br /><br />Wallace Jefferson (R) FOR;<br />Jeff Blackburn, IPOT, AGAINST;<br />Grits, IPOT, FOR.<br /><br />WTF????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com