Friday Roundup: Herzog’s Death Penalty Documentary

11.11.11

Acclaimed director Werner Herzog’s new documentary “Into the Abyss,” about capital punishment in America

opens in theaters today

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Police agencies across Texas

will be required to adopt

a version of the model eyewitness identification policy developed by the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University by September 1, 2012.

Strategies to prevent wrongful convictions

will be a key issue

considered in the race for District Attorney in Monroe County, New York.

Recently released California prisoner Obie Anthony will discuss his wrongful conviction and life after prison

in a series of radio interviews on The Madeleine Brand Show

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