http://tennesseejusticeproject.org Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:57:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By John Terzano April 28, 2008   I’ve been engaged in social justice advocacy for more than 25 years. In that time, I’ve seen how important a fair and accurate criminal justice system is to our society. When crimes are committed, our system should determine the truth. Unfortunately, time and time again, the system ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/blog/test/ What's wrong with the defense representation Tennessee provides to indigent defendants facing the death penalty? Many of the answers are in Pretend Justice – Defense Representation in Tennessee Death Penalty Cases, an article published in The University of Memphis Law Review by Bill Redick, Brad MacLean and Shane Truett of The Tennessee Justice ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/home/pretend-justice/ As published in The Tennessean, July 1, 2007 Op/Ed By BILL REDICK and BRADLEY MacLEAN As Independence Day approaches, Americans are reminded of their freedom, liberty, constitutional rights and civic responsibilities. Our criminal justice system plays a vital role in protecting these values, ensuring that justice — not power, money or influence ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/blog/uneven-playing-field-creates-injustice-for-indigent-in-tennessee/ New report reveals that fairness and accuracy of the Tennessee criminal justice system is jeopardized by funding disparity NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – A new report on prosecution and indigent defense funding in Tennessee has uncovered disturbing evidence of a significant and unfair imbalance of financial and other resources between the prosecution and ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/press/tn-indigent-defense-attorneys-receive-less-than-half-the-dollars-allocated-to-the-prosecution/ This report on prosecution and indigent defense funding in Tennessee uncovers disturbing evidence of a significant and unfair imbalance of financial and other resources between the prosecution and indigent defense functions. The report is the first comprehensive analysis of indigent defense and prosecution resources in the state, and indicates that ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/reports/resources-of-the-prosecution/ Thanks to the efforts of The Tennessee Justice Project and allies, the Tennessee Legislature recently passed a bill creating a special committee for the study of the state’s death penalty system. In recognizing the impact new methods and technologies have on the determination of guilt or innocence and causes of wrongful ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/press/tn-death-penalty-study-bill-passed/ House v. Bell Could Impact Other Tennessee Cases Experts Available to Comment on Today's Ruling In an opinion issued today in the case of House v. Bell, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that Tennessee death row inmate Paul House is entitled to a new hearing in federal court because post-conviction ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/press/us-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-tennessee-death-row-inmate/ The Tennessean, OP/ED By Kirk Bloodsworth As the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA, I know first-hand the importance of testing all available evidence in a case, especially when someone's life is at stake. Tennessee inmate Sedley Alley currently sits on death row awaiting execution while potentially exculpatory evidence in his ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/blog/saved-from-death-row-he-knows-the-importance-of-dna/ The Tennessean, Op-Ed By Bill Redick April 24, 2006 --Tennessee faces a crisis which undermines the right of our citizens to have equal access to effective legal representation if they cannot afford counsel. Critically, the overwhelming majority of criminal defendants in Tennessee are indigent and must rely on the state to provide ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/blog/for-indigent-defendants-equal-justice-requires-competent-attorneys/ Cite Risk of "Extreme Pain and Suffering" Under Current Protocol Attorneys for Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman Available for Comment Seventeen prominent Tennessee medical professionals filed an amicus brief today with the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Tennessee death row inmate Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol. On February 15, ... http://tennesseejusticeproject.org/press/prominent-tennessee-doctors-challenge-states-lethal-injection-procedures/