The attorneys have asked Gov. Mary Fallin for a 60-day reprieve based on the new evidence of innocence they say they discovered in the past two weeks.

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And I think were some states - I think it was Virginia, in fact, that said new evidence, fresh evidence of innocence, is not acceptable.

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The Justice Department's position is that unless McVeigh can provide "new evidence of actual innocence" in the bombing he is not entitled to return to the 10th Circuit Court to ask for further court review of his case.

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Habeas corpus relief depends upon a combination of newly-discovered evidence plus a demonstration of innocence.

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Three decades and countless hearings after the guilty verdict, MacDonald finally won the right to present the full panoply of evidence supporting his innocence at the long-awaited hearing the week of September 17th.

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The evidence of these men's racism is not evidence that they are murderers, and the presumption of innocence unless guilt is proved is a fundamental bulwark of due process.

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Glossip's lawyers, meanwhile, are making frantic last minute claims of innocence, pointing to what they say is new evidence that would exonerate him.

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It includes the full presumption of innocence until proven guilty, public trial by jury, the hearing of oral evidence in open court and the creation of a prosecution service that is independent, rather than an arm of the police.

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Nearly two years later, the Innocence Project commissioned Lentini and three other top fire investigators to conduct an independent review of the arson evidence in the Willingham case.

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