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Pinocchio Law Keeps Jeffrey Havard on Death Row Despite His Innocence

March 20, 2014

[Havard] argues… “newly discovered evidence debunking shaken baby syndrome proves he is actually innocent of capital murder.” [The state] disagrees. “But first, [the state] would note that actual innocence does not entitle [Jeff Havard] to relief. ‘Actual innocence is a gateway claim made by petitioners in order to receive review of an otherwise procedurally barred […]

Appeal Denied: Nyki Kish Remains Behind Bars in a Travesty of Justice

March 18, 2014

Poet, songwriter and community activist Nyki Kish is currently serving a life sentence for a murder she did not commit. Nyki was charged and convicted in 2011 for the stabbing death of Ross Hammond, an internet porn marketing executive with no physical evidence and despite multiple eye witnesses accounts that all verified her story. Justice […]

Family of Murder Victim Loretta Saunders Vows to Keep Fighting for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

March 12, 2014

(Are you listening, Stephen Harper?) On February 13, 2014, Loretta Saunders, a pregnant 26-year old Inuk woman, went missing. Sadly, on February 26, her body was found in a wooded median along a New Brunswick highway. Police have not revealed how Loretta was killed, only that it’s a part of the evidence in the first-degree […]

The Deathly Siluetas of Ana Mendieta

February 21, 2014

Highly prolific during her short life, Cuban artist, Ana Mendieta left behind an extraordinary body of work including her beautiful Siluetas – a series of earth-body sculptures where she imprinted or outlined her silhouette into or onto the natural elements. Hauntingly foreboding in their gesture, these works recall sites of mourning and the tracings of a […]

Blood in the Snow: Belligerent Drunk Gets Starlight Tour to Highest Power in the Land

February 19, 2014

One starry winter night, you stumble down the walk, drunk, in a city on the Saskatchewan prairies. The cops pick you up; drive you to the edge of town; and dump you off. Rubber tires recede, crunching on bitter snow. The wind howls, stalking and taunting its prey. You are miles from anywhere with no […]

Crazy Bitches on Trial

February 19, 2014

“…[C]riminals are an exception among civilised people and women are the exception among criminals… As a double exception, then, the criminal woman is a monster.” – Cesare Lomroso. Italian Criminologist, 1893 The public’s fascination with women who murder is palpable, if not dangerously obscene. Apart from its statistical rarity, female killers (or those accused) fascinate us […]

Fembots, Flesh Dresses and the (Anti-)Fetishization of Jodi Arias

February 18, 2014

In a sensationalist plot where consumerism meets science fiction meets true crime, Jodi Arias emerges as the perfect fembot (or flesh dress) who obediently shaved her parts, donned superhero briefs and bent over tirelessly for her man. Their perverse game met a brutal end when Arias murdered lover Travis Alexander. As Arias awaits sentencing, her […]

Playing Dirty: A Tale of False Charges

November 8, 2013

“When pigs fly, wrongful convictions will be dust in the wind.” Too cynical? Perhaps. The story I’m about to tell you will shock some, but not those who follow wrongful convictions. Hopefully, it will shed some light on the precarious dance between a media who wants “its dirt” and law enforcement who wants “its perp.” […]

Media Abuse and the Wrongful Conviction of Nyki Kish

November 3, 2013

Crime myths are falsehoods that grow into public ‘truisms’, told and retold over time, or sensationalised to create “moral” mythologies surrounding a crime. This type of mythmaking is usually aimed at specific groups (i.e. femme fatale, black youth, the homeless, etc.) or behaviours (i.e. panhandling or fatal attractions) that are flagged as potential threats to […]

HLNTV: Hate and the Modern-day Gladiator Ring

June 24, 2013

With the Jodi Arias trial kicking off this week, people are prepping for huge parties. Bags of chips and buckets of onion dip are flying off store shelves. Fans are sporting their favourite coloured ribbons and pom poms. And, as with any lynch mob, the more, the merrier. Sounds ludicrous, right? Well, it may be […]

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