In 1993, Leonel Herrera was executed in Texas even though a former judge submitted an affidavit that another man had confessed to the crime.Many examples of wrongful convictions have been discovered not by higher courts but by dogged journalism students.
"It's an example of his convictions, his vision for the market and where things are going to go and his ability to stand by those convictions," he said.
— Gov. Tim Kaine on Thursday ordered the release of three sailors who were convicted in a 1997 murder and rape case that had become a national cause célèbre as an example of wrongful convictions based on coerced confessions.
But with his eyewitness account, his recorded words, and his towering example of courage, conviction, and compassion, his life story offers a ray of hope for humankind.
But with his eyewitness account, his recorded words, and his towering example of courage, conviction, and compassion, there is hope the world won't descend into an abyss of moral fog and historical relativism or denial.
A number of factors – things like, for example, the increased number of convictions for historic sex abuse.
This study provides, therefore, good examples of the discrepancy between conviction and practice, of the sceptic implementation of available evidence from clinical studies, and of poor adoption of official recommendations in daily practice.
Some type of jobs — in the securities industry, for example — require that candidates be free of convictions for certain crimes.
Dan Beard QC told the court: "We have multiple examples of communications data being critical in securing convictions.
"He is a man of convictions.
