We heard today is #InternationalPodcastDay ! Check out "Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction," a very special limited podcast and radio series of interviews with Project clients, produced in September in partnership with WURD Radio. m.soundcloud.com/onwurd/sets/...

We are so fucked

Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group that helps inspectors general root out waste, fraud and abuse, marking this the latest example of Trump’s drive to remove any of the guardrails that might challenge his agenda. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Stephen Miller once reportedly called for the Trump admin to bomb migrant boats full of civilians. According to The Guardian, he's the man behind Trump's decision this month to bomb three alleged "drug" ships coming from Venezuela, which killed 17 people. www.commondreams.org/news/stephen...

The tragedy is that false confessions can be prevented. Audiovisual recording of custodial interrogations creates an irrefutable record of what occurred.

The act would mandate that, in cases involving violent crimes, custodial interrogations of both adults and minors performed by law enforcement must be electronically recorded.

In just a few short minutes, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing before a vote is taken on House Bill 413, the Uniform Electronic Recordation of Custodial Interrogations Act.

#WrongfulConvictionDay is coming up on October 2nd. How do you plan to recognize and honor those who have experienced wrongful conviction?

"We deserve a system that admits mistakes rather than compounding them with an execution. Roberson’s life should not be the cost of Texas refusing to face the truth." Read from Texans speaking out to help stop Robert Roberson's execution. bit.ly/3KjceDK

Former Oregon Innocence Project client Jesse Johnson was freed in September 2023 after 25 years in custody, 17 of which were spent on Oregon’s death row. opb.org/article/2025...

Our former client Nick McGuffin was convicted of manslaughter in 2011 and spent nine years of a 10-year sentence wrongfully incarcerated before his conviction was overturned by a judge. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

We are thrilled to announce Emmy award winning actor, Joe Morton, as our newest Innocence Ambassador! Joe joins an impressive list of Innocence Ambassadors dedicated to using their platform to fight for justice. Check out the rest of the list. innocenceproject.org/news/actor-j...

“But no one should be surprised that the Trump Administration is pursuing political vengeance against his perceived enemies. They telegraphed their intentions from the outset, and it is time for America to wake up,” Zaid said Friday. www.huffpost.com/entry/its-ti...

The consequences of this will be far-reaching, and for many, completely devastating. And I wonder how many people out there tonight even realize it's happening.

1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

At the New York City Bar tonight: An event launching John Ryan’s book on a decade of pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case at Guantánamo Bay, “America’s Trial.”

Based on the court calendar, due course could come in December. Here's a link to the ruling: www.mc.mil/Portals/0/pd...

Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, the judge, says in the same ruling he will proceed "in due course" with pretrial hearings on contested matters limited to the three other men in the joint conspiracy case -- Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al Hawsawi.

“…Mangione’s attorneys cited several recent public statements by members of Trump’s administration they said “baselessly” connected him to “left-wing extremist groups” in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.” gothamist.com/news/doj-sta...

Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Eager to read the forthcoming CSIS study behind this.

Pentagon Officials Ridicule Hegseth’s Plan to Stop War Department Leaks Three current Pentagon insiders told The Intercept that new Department of War rules are an egregious assault on press freedom. theintercept.com/2025/09/21/d...

This totalitarian move threatens ALL Americans' rights Trump's public comments contaminate the DOJ process & will hobble any case in court. This corruption & chaos is putting Americans in danger (& hurting our economy too) x.com/NBCNews/stat...

Latest: The new judge in the 9/11 case has agreed not to "conduct hearings on contested issues" pertaining to this man, Ammar al Baluchi, while the prosecution appeals to try to reverse his predecessor's ruling that the confessions were obtained through torture. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

🚨Censorship🚨 Media pledge! As Albert Camus cautioned: ➡️ “censorship and oppression prove that the word is enough to make the tyrant tremble” ➡️ “whoever does violence to truth or to its expression eventually mutilates justice, even though he thinks he is serving it.” apnews.com/article/pent...

President Donald Trump's attacks on civilian ships suspected of carrying narcotics are so legally tenuous that even a former Bush administration lawyer who defended Guantanamo interrogation tactics has called them excessive.

The head of the FCC threatened individual broadcasters & ABC network w/fines & revocations if Kimmel continued to air. Within hours — in what could only be described as a spineless & cowardly move — the network and those broadcasters took the bait and silenced him. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Wow! taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-b...

NEW: Revisiting Terrorist Motivation - A Critical Appraisal and New Directions for Research Our special issue launches shortly. Here's the primer: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The entire special issue on terrorist motivation has just been published, with several pieces #openaccess. Check it out. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ftpv20/3...

Our latest federal lawsuit to hold this Administration accountable to #RuleOfLaw. It is not only unlawful to release privacy protected info of federal employees, it is truly unprofessional & downright sleazy. Nothing more than vindictive smear campaigns. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...

🚨Breaking News for #IACP2025 I’ll be in Booth 2713 on October 19, 2pm-4pm, signing and giving away 100 copies of #UnjustifiableMeans Looking forward to connecting with law enforcement leaders in Denver, as we work collectively at improving the practice of policing. #LeadingWithVirtue

Hundreds of pages in classified NCIS files were left out for the trash collectors, a search warrant reveals.

White House speech crackdown after Kirk killing sparks concern among experts @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/white-house-...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to rebuke calls to target “hate speech” in an apparent swipe at Attorney General Pam Bondi. “Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.

“There is no legal justification for this military strike,” said one @amnesty.org campaigner. “The US must be held accountable.”

Once upon a time, pointing out that most political violence in the U.S. comes from right-wing actors would only land you an argument about data, methods, etc. Now, it may cost you your job, and by the end of the year, be tantamount to material support charges.

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants it sent to El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to Homeland Security data. (Published May)

Brazil made history by convicting and sentencing former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for plotting a coup to remain in power. Ben Rhodes stresses the urgent lessons the United States must learn about holding lawless leaders accountable. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

MUST READ @judgeluttig.bsky.social for Constitution Day 2025 open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/...

🚨Breaking News on Terrorist Minds by @johnhorgan.bsky.social An important read!

A very sincere thanks to all those who bought TERRORIST MINDS. Kindle version is currently down to just $16.

Since jails primarily hold people pre-trial, courts have found that depriving potentially innocent people of sunlight violates their right to due process. One judge called it ”simply punishment.”

Guantánamo Bay 9/11/2025

On this 9/11, a new generation with no memory of that terrible day is increasingly shouldering the responsibility to never forget.

The contractor was ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

None of the civilian interrogators at the Abu Ghraib prison from U.S. military contractor, CACI, ever faced criminal charges for their role in abuse of detainees, though military investigations concluded that several CACI interrogators had engaged in wrongdoing.

Military contractor urges Fourth Circuit to vacate damages awarded to tortured Abu Ghraib detainees www.courthousenews.com/military-con...