$28.1 Million Jury Award after Eighth Circuit Allows Conspiracy Claims in Nebraska Wrongful Conviction Suit by Matthew Clarke On December 31, 2015, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that six wrongfully convicted former prisoners could sue Gage County, Nebraska for conspiring to manufacture false evidence; further, law enforcement officials …

Eighth Circuit Dismisses Suit for Faulty Rape Investigation by On July 22, 2014, a man who spent 17 days in jail for a false rape accusation had his lawsuit against the Sheriff's office dismissed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court upheld the summary judgment order of …

Innocent Defendant's Delimma-Plea Bargining, J of Crim Law & Criminology, 2013 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Volume 103 | Issue 1 Article 1 Winter 2013 The Innocent Defendant's Dilemma: An Innovative Empirical Study of Plea Bargaining's Innocence Problem Lucian E. Dervan Vanessa A. Edkins Ph.D. Follow this and additional …