Tag: The Gazette
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To Be Guilty or Not: The Michael Clark Dilemma.
“A wrongful conviction doesn’t just imprison the innocent—it lets the truth walk free, unanswered and unseen.” “I Am Innocent” vs. “I Claim I Am Innocent”: Words That Matter in Justice In the world of criminal justice, language holds weight—especially when it comes to the difference between “I am innocent” and “I claim I am innocent.” These phrases may sound…
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Colorado’s Post-Conviction Justice Reform: A Step Toward Transparency Following the CBI Scandal, why is Michael Clark constantly being brought up in the media while the other 800 men and women affected by this scandal are overlooked? What are we missing here?
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is at the center of a forensic scandal that has shaken the state’s judicial system. The decades-long misconduct of Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a veteran DNA scientist at the CBI, has cast doubt on hundreds of convictions, prompting calls for systemic change. A new law is in development, aiming to…