Posted by: themip in Untagged on
Jul 30, 2008
We were informed this week that the Missouir Bar Foundation has approved our technology grant request for $16,900.
When Tiffany and I took the reins of the MIP several months ago we had one overwhelming desire in comon: to take the system of moving cases forward into the digital age. So, we wrote a grant to the MO Bar asking for help with that goal.
With this money the MIP will: scan over 40,000 paper documents into a digital form that can be accessed over the internet; purchase an in-house, high-volume scanner to handle the day to day scanning of documents; purchase a server to keep all our digital casework on and serve it up to the internet; upgrade the MIP website (www.TheMIP.org); buy two new computers for our volunteers to use to scan and organize our thousands of documents; and buy the software necessary to run them effeciently.
Anyone within earshot of the board members of the Missouri Bar, please tell them thank you on our
Posted by: themip in Remedies, Policy, Causes on
Jun 13, 2008
By NADIA PFLAUM OF THE PITCH BLOG:
Time to wax the mustache and polish the good-cop, bad-cop routine: The Kansas City Police Department plans to start filming all interrogations of crime suspects.
It used to be that the KCPD only filmed a suspect's official statement. Everything leading up to that, however, was off-camera. As of now, there is only one interrogation room at KCPD headquarters equipped with a video camera. But recently, Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin approved a decision to film the entire process. Police spokesman Capt. Rich Lockhart says that no specific incident prompted the policy change.
"This is one of those national trends that lots of departments are starting to follow," Lockhart says.
Not everyone at the KCPD is thrilled about the change. "There are some detectives that are supportive," Lockhart says. "Some are not."
Why wouldn't a detective want his or her interrogations thoroughly documented?
"There are certain techniques you use in interrogation that aren't
Posted by: themip in General Info on
Jun 05, 2008
With the new website comes a new blog.
This will serve as our staff's opportunity to communicate to you the issues surrounding innocence work.
We hope you enjoy it.
