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New Hampshire is one of three states with a deadline for convicts to prove their innocence

  • William Skipworth

New Hampshire state law gives convicted prisoners three years to request a new trial. After that, they lose the right. With a narrow exception for DNA forensics, that’s true even if new evidence contradicting their guilt emerges. If someone else confesses to the crime after three years, they can’t request a new trial. If previously […]

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Judge orders release of Providence man ICE seeks to deport to Cambodia

  • Christopher Shea

A Rhode Island federal judge on Tuesday ordered federal immigration officials to release a Cambodian refugee who has lived in Providence since arriving in the United States as an infant and whose detention last month prompted appeals from advocates and elected officials. Chansareth Hong’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus was granted by U.S. […]

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ICE detains Providence man facing deportation to country he has never known

  • Christopher Shea

“Bring Chan home!” That was the chant of more than 100 demonstrators outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office off Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick Wednesday afternoon. They were demanding the release of Chansareth Hong, a Cambodian refugee who has lived in Providence since arriving as an infant in the 1970s. “We want […]