Wrongful Convictions · False Allegations · Memory & the Courts
Glenn Smith · 21 October 2026
Brian Musgrave was named a sexual predator by Rep. Nancy Mace on the House floor. Prosecutors now say not a scintilla of evidence supported her claims against him.
£260,000 sought by man wrongly accused of sexual abuse was 'disproportionate', judge rules.
20 October 2026
The exoneration of Rickey Jackson, after 39 years of incarceration for a wrongful conviction, has prompted scrutiny of Ohio's capital punishment system over irreversible judicial error.
20 October 2026
A UBC creative writing chair was fired over allegations a retired judge found unsubstantiated. Jonathan Kay on the CanLit mobbing, as Galloway's libel trial runs.
20 October 2026
Queensland's DPP has dropped its EMDR safeguards and NSW may follow. The science on therapy and memory is unsettled, and a pre-therapy record protects everyone.
20 October 2026
A.B. says she came to on Galloway’s office floor while he watched the Canucks game. Her texts show her following that game with her husband, minute by minute.
20 October 2026
A Medina, New York, couple told police a stranger assaulted their 14-month-old child. Police found the named suspect was out of state and say the father caused the injuries.
19 October 2026
A Tampa realtor says she commented on a stranger's engagement post implying he was cheating with her, to drive traffic to her page. TikTok users called it defamation.
19 October 2026
A Suffolk County jury awarded former MIT professor David Sabatini $6 million after finding that Kristin Knouse, a younger colleague who accused him of sexual misconduct, had defamed him, and rejected her counterclaims.
17 October 2026
District Attorney Ashley Welch took the incredibly rare step this week of overturning a prior conviction against a man now known to be innocent.
17 October 2026