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CRIMINAL APPEAL DEADLINES TO BE EXTENDED FOR THE INNOCENT

Filed under: Criminal Law, Death Penalty Cases, Drug Crimes, News, Sex Crimes Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ May 10, 2011

Pennsylvania Senator Stewart Greenleaf has proposed new legislation to lengthen the time for filing appeals where there is proof of actual innocence. His position is that no one can argue with giving a potentially innocent person his day in court. Numerous cases involving convictions of the innocent for heinous criminal offenses have swayed public opinion […]

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