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Distrust your beliefs
You risk being complicit in their violated innocence if you believe and act upon widely held but false views about the accused and wrongly convicted. Do you believe any of these 12 widely accepted views?
Steph Turner
Sep 1216 min read


Publicly Declare your Innocence
For the wrongly convicted innocent underserved by the legal process Summary This service is ideal for those with a compelling case of...
Steph Turner
Sep 96 min read


The staggering number of wrongful convictions in America
We know without doubt that the vast majority of innocent defendants who are convicted of crimes are never identified and cleared.
Steph Turner
Sep 56 min read


innocence offending
Let me introduce you to a fresh concept: “innocence offending”.
Anyone who treats a wrongly convicted innocent person as “guilty” offends that person if complicitly denying them of their stolen rights.
Steph Turner
Sep 14 min read


Innocence profile writing best practices
Use these criteria to get the most out of your publicly available innocence narrative.
Steph Turner
Jul 83 min read


California Innocence Project Embraces AI
AI can improve how lawyers process innocence claims
Steph Turner
Jun 233 min read


Open letter to innocence litigators
Need-response emerges as a new professional service to complement, or potentially compete with, the innocence movement, to clear the "unexonerated". Only need-response gets to the core of clearing the many innocent, by more effectively responding to all involved needs. We invite everyone working within the innocence movement to engage this fresh approach to serving one another’s underserved justice needs.
Steph Turner
May 118 min read


Open letter to all judicial officials
Need-response emerges as a new professional service to complement, or potentially compete with, the adversarial judicial system to serve the public’s justice needs. Only need-response emphasizes understanding the unresolved needs fueling conflicts, and how to more effectively respond to such needs. We invite everyone working within the judicial system to engage this fresh approach to serving one another’s underserved needs.
Steph Turner
Apr 296 min read


Estimated Innocence DIY instructions
You can use the Estimated Innocence Form to complement those forms required by innocence litigators. You can ask your local innocence...
Steph Turner
Apr 2741 min read


Innocence Checklist (Leonetti)
Dr. Carrie Leonetti of Aukland University identifies a list of 27 factors contributing to wrongly convicting the innocent. They complement the Estimated Innocence Form.
Steph Turner
Apr 1910 min read


Disillusioned with the innocence movement?
We know there are far more innocence claimants than innocence litigators to review their viable innocence claims. Are you one of them?
Steph Turner
Jan 2322 min read


Disillusioned with the adversarial justice system?
Disgusted with the adversarial justice system? Consider the emerging alternative of need-response, a new professional service in develop
Steph Turner
Jan 2313 min read


Law-Fit
The law can only do so much. Need-response takes us beyond minimal legal standards to respond directly to the needs our laws exist to serve.
Steph Turner
Jan 2212 min read


Justice costs much, injustice runs cheap
My pioneering efforts to end depression continue to be resisted by authorities perpetuating injustice.
Steph Turner
Jan 75 min read


Does innocence matter to you?
The disappointing failures of the adversarial legal system warrants a more responsive alternative
Steph Turner
Jan 122 min read


Need-Response For You (my 1st podcast effort)
My first attempt at podcasting last four weeks. I used BlogTalkRadio. Which has discontinued service.
Steph Turner
Nov 23, 20244 min read


5 elements of toxic legalism
Toxic legalism prioritizes laws over serving the needs for which they exist. Here are at least 5 ways we slip into such legalistic disarray.
Steph Turner
Sep 14, 202418 min read


Responsive exoneration (tutorial)
This new free tool supplements the Estimated Innocence Report. It challenges unresponsive courts with a more responsive alternative.
Steph Turner
Mar 2, 202415 min read
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