- Expert Testimony and Other Resources:
- Focus Questions and Witness List for Public Hearing on Remedies for Wrongful Conviction
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Meeting Minutes for Public Hearing, 10/17/07, at Santa Clara University
Submitted by Chris Boscia, Executive Assistant to CCFAJ
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Proposal for Legislative Change to Penal Code Section 4900 et seq.
Ann Miller Ravel, County Counsel
County of Santa Clara
updated 2/19/08
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Testimony Before the Commission
Professor Myrna Raeder
Southwestern Law School
Co-Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section's Ad Hoc Innocence Committee to Ensure the Integrity of the Criminal Process
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ABA Criminal Justice Standards on DNA
Mark Windham, Head Deputy, Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office
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Post-Conviction DNA Testing: The DNA Testing Law Does Not Address Potential Remedies if Exculpatory Evidence is Revealed
Michael Chamberlain, Deputy Attorney General
California Department of Justice's DNA Legal Unit
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Access to DOJ Laboratories and DNA Data Bank Program
Michael Chamberlain, Deputy Attorney General
California Department of Justice's DNA Legal Unit
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Creation of A Permanent Criminal Justice Reform Commission & The Proper Preservation of Biological Evidence
Stephen Saloom, Policy Director, Innocence Project, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
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Penal Code Sections 4900-4906
Ms. Karen McGagin, Executive Officer
California Victim Compensation & Government Claims Board
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Model Legislation for Post- Exoneration Services: Based on SB 618
Heather Weigand, Director of Client Services
Life After Exoneration Program
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Problems with Current California Law Regarding Compensation for the Exonerated
Professor Susan Rutberg, Professor of Law, Golden Gate University
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Statutory Obstacles for Exonerees Seeking Monetary Compensation for Wrongful Conviction and Incarceration
Mary LeClair, Law Student, Golden Gate University
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Legal Obstacles to Asserting Civil Claims Against Criminal Defense Attorneys in Wrongful Conviction Cases
Emily Fowler and Caraine Leon Guerrero, Law Students, Golden Gate University
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A California Innocence Inquiry Commission: Part of the Solution to the Problem of Wrongful Conviction
Peter Orth, Seema Sood, Andre Vital, Law Students, Golden Gate University
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Remedies for the Wrongfully Convicted When Potentially Exculpatory Evidence Has Been Destroyed
Michelle Bethge, Renata Bogomolnaya, & Laura Kent-Monning
Law Students
Golden Gate University
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Mandating Social Services for Exonerees in California: Model Legislation and Methods to Implement Services
Julie Goldberg, Law Student, Golden Gate University
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Testimony of David Lockmiller
Member of the Public
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