Thursday, October 25, 2012

This Week on Due Process - The Eyewitness



- Troy Davis, executed last year in Georgia, largely on the testimony of eyewitnesses - most of whom later recanted
 



 

 
 
 
 
 
 
                              
  This Week on Due Process
 
"The Eyewitness"
 
airs: Sunday October 28 at 9:30 am and 7 pm
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The eyewitness, a staple of criminal prosecution and the base upon which many a conviction rests. But scientific studies on observation and memory - especially in times of stress - have increasingly raised doubts about eyewitness reliability and fears of faulty verdicts.
 
On this edition of Due Process, the dilemma of the pivotal eyewitness, whose testimony may be sincere, but mistaken, or maliciously manufactured or coerced.
 
Sandra King's opening mini-doc recalls 17 years of Due Process coverage of exonerated inmates, most of whom were convicted and imprisoned on the word of eyewitnesses to the crime, years later - sometimes after decades of an innocent man's incarceration - proven wrong.
 
With the State Supreme Court now requiring tighter rules of interrogation and judicial warnings to jurors, New Jersey continues to lead the country in efforts begun over a decade ago by then-Attorney General John Farmer, who first reformed the rules for investigative techniques like perp photo displays and lineups.
 
In the studio, with Raymond Brown and Sandy: former prosecutor and Newark Judge Anthony Guerino, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Prof. Dr. Steven Penrod and national capital case expert Montclair Attorney Jean Barrett.
 
Due Process - winner of 21 New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmys - airs on NJTV, successor to New Jersey Network, on the stations and cable positions once occupied by NJN.
 
Due Process is a production of Rutgers School of Law - Newark and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy with studio facilities provided by the Rutgers iTV Studio, Division of Continuing Studies.
 
Major funding for Due Process is provided by The Fund for New Jersey and Rutgers, The State University.
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Friday, October 19, 2012

This Week on Due Process - "The Jersey Sting"


- then-Hoboken Mayor Cammarano with Atty. Joe Hayden July, 2009
 
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This Week on Due Process
"Jersey Sting "
airs: Sunday October 21 at 9:30 am and 7 pm
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It was the most spectacular political corruption bust in New Jersey history: the federal government's "Jersey Sting." Dozens of politicians, influence peddlers and money launderers arrested, dozens pleading guilty or convicted at trial. Among them: a rising political star like Hoboken's new mayor, Peter Cammarano, and longtime party stalwarts like Jersey City Deputy Mayor (and onetime burlesque queen) Leona Beldini. It made months of headlines, and may have helped sway a gubernatorial election.
 
But through it all, questions and controversy raised by the character and credibility of the sting man, Solomon Dwek, a ponzi-running grifter, convicted of bank fraud. Dwek was himself sentenced this week to 6 years in federal prison, prompting this encore presentation of "The Jersey Sting."
 
Tune in to "Due Process" this Sunday for a closer look at the Jersey Sting with defense attorneys, prosecutors and two reporters who, literally, wrote the book. In Sandra King's field piece: Defense Lawyer Alan Zegas, former prosecutor Jay Fahy, and Josh Margolin, co-author of the book, "The Jersey Sting."

In the studio with Sandy and co-host Raymond Brown: Joseph Hayden, who represented Cammarano; Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli, and the "Jersey Sting's" other author, Ted Sherman.
 
Winner of 21 New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmys - Due Process airs on NJTV, successor to New Jersey Network, on the stations and cable positions once occupied by NJN.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

This Week on Due Process - Habeas Now

Guantanamo
Sensory-deprived detainees from the early days at Guantanamo
 
 
 
 
 
 
This Week on Due Process 
 
"Habeas Now"
 
airs: Sunday October 14 at 9:30 am and 7 pm
 
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Since the start of the War on Terror, legal scholars have been asking: "What happened to Habeas Corpus"?
 
Even the U.S. Supreme Court has said Habeas can't be tossed aside. Yet Guantanamo remains open, while black sites and renditions are said to survive. And, some say, the protections of The Great Writ of Habeas Corpus still suffer - all in the name of national security.
 
Two of those legal scholars are our guests for this edition of Due Process: Seton Hall Law Professors Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz have taken their research and their advocacy beyond the classroom. Co-editors of "The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law," both represent detainees at Guantanamo. Hafetz is also the author of "Habeas Corpus After 9/11: Confronting America's New Global Detention System," while Denbeaux's work on who's really imprisoned at Guantanamo made national headlines and caught the attention of Congress.
 
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Medical Marijuana: No More Pipe Dream

 

Diane Riportella, an ALS patient and medical marijuana user, who died weeks ago - before seeing implementation of the law she fought for.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 "Medical Marijuana: No More Pipe Dream"
 
 
 The first episode of our new season is now available online:
 
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There are still some who say that the law is flawed, too restrictive, and others who insist that allowing any legal marijuana is flawed thinking.
 
But like it or hate it, medical marijuana is almost here. New Jersey's first authorized distribution center is expected to open within weeks, in a Montclair storefront that once housed a head shop.
 
On this edition of "Due Process," we look at the rationale - and the strict state rules - for legalizing the use of marijuana to ease the suffering of the critically ill.
 
And we look back at the life of Diane Riportella, an ALS patient for whom other drugs proved useless. It was her tearful plea to state legislators that helped win passage of the "compassionate use" bill. She died just weeks ago, before she could see the law she fought for put in practice.
 
In the studio, Sandra King and Raymond Brown get all sides of the still-controversial law from Senate Sponsor Nicholas Scutari, former Ocean County 1st Asst. Prosecutor Terrence Farley and Critical Care Doctor Jeffrey Miskoff.
 
Due Process - winner of 21 New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmys - airs on NJTV, successor to New Jersey Network, on the stations and cable positions once occupied by NJN.
 
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Due Process Tops 20!!

 
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Sandy and Tania at the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Emmys

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"Due Process" wins TWO more Emmys!

 
Rutgers University's critically acclaimed public television series - focused on critical issues of justice and public policy - can now claim an unprecedented 21 New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards.
 
Executive Producer/Co-host Sandra King and Associate Producer Tania Ivanova brought home two more of the winged statuettes this weekend from ceremonies in Philadelphia, where "Due Process" was named Outstanding Interview Discussion Series. "Due Process" also won Outstanding Interview Discussion Special for its exclusive in-depth interview with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, taped before an audience at Rutgers School of Law-Newark.
 
The honors from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, were shared by Co-host Raymond Brown; "Due Process" Co-executive producers John Farmer, Dean of Rutgers Law-Newark, and Rutgers University Prof. Raphael Caprio, former Vice President for Continuing Studies. Other "Due Process" winners were: Pete Troost of the Rutgers iTV Studio, Cameraman Joe Conlon and Crew Chief Pat Scannella.
 
"Due Process," launched in 1996 as a production of New Jersey Network Public Television with underwriting from The New Jersey State Bar Foundation, might have died along with NJN last year if not for Farmer and Caprio, who brought the series into the University with a new home at the law school, a new studio at Rutgers iTV in Piscataway and additional institutional support from the Rutgers Division of Continuing Studies and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
 
Major funding for "Due Process" is provided by The Fund for New Jersey and Rutgers, The State University. 
 
 L-R Sandy King, Pat Scannella, Tania Ivanova, Eric Schultz and Joe Conlon
 
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