Opinions

Series explores unjust imprisonment and Alaska's inadequate system for reviewing old cases

One prisoner has insisted she is innocent of murder for 30 years while serving a sentence for a crime where she wasn't present and that she didn't help plan, while the shooter lives free. Another prisoner continues a 99-year sentence although the science that put her behind bars has been disproven. Alaska's system for reviewing criminal justice keeps release out of reach for these women and pardons are unknown.

Three opinion columns:

  1. /opinions/2017/05/13/unjustly-imprisoned-for-30-years-donna-armey-cant-get-alaskas-courts-to-listen-2/
  2. /opinions/2017/05/14/debunked-science-has-kept-suzette-welton-in-prison-for-17-years-2/
  3. /opinions/2017/05/16/alaska-could-release-innocent-prisoners-other-states-do/

Charles Wohlforth

Charles Wohlforth was an Anchorage Daily News reporter from 1988 to 1992 and wrote a regular opinion column from 2015 until 2019. He served two terms on the Anchorage Assembly. He is the author of a dozen books about Alaska, science, history and the environment. More at wohlforth.com.

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