If Another Person Confesses to a Crime, Why Can’t Jurors Hear that Evidence? w/Sharon Turlington

Today, Hunter is joined by long time Capital Defender, Sharon Turlington. Today, the two discuss cases that bookended Sharon’s career in Missouri. Both cases involved an in the weeds evidentiary rule that prohibits testimony that points to the guilt of […]

Supreme Court issues capital opinions on failure to correct false evidence, presenting highly prejudicial evidence, and intellectual disability

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender            The U.S. Supreme Court has issued opinions in three death penalty cases so far this Term.            In a case that received wide publicity, Glossip v. Oklahoma, decided […]

Women fighting for justice on death row

Released On: 01 Jan 2024 Available for over a year – BBC Nelufar Hedayat meets two criminal defence lawyers who fight for people’s lives on death row. Sarah Belal is a barrister and the founder of Justice Project Pakistan. She represents […]