Baumgartner, POLI 203 Spring 2016 Framing Reading: Radelet and Borg, Baumgartner DeBoef Boydstun April 11, 2016
Catching Up • My class on traffic stops for Fall 2016 was cancelled. I’ll just be teaching POLI 421 on Framing. • Instead of the traffic stops class, I’m going to team- teach a “super course” on diversity with Profs. Sharon P. Holland (American Studies / AAAD) and Jennifer Ho (English / Comp Lit / Asian-American Studies). Large lecture, Spring 2017, open to all, covering lots of issues relating to race, gender, multiculturalism. No course number yet, but it will be in Spring 2017. All three of us will teach it.
Tonight’s speakers: Jim Coleman, Jamie Lau • https://law.duke.edu/news/wrongful-convictions- clinic-client-freed-after-serving-nearly-24-years- crime-he-didnt-commit/ • Howard Dudley freed just about 2 weeks ago after 24 years. • LaMonte Armstrong, others have come from their work. • They can also discuss the “brutal triage” of innocence claims – they have to pick and choose. • So come with your questions.
Today’s guest at 4:10 or so • Elizabeth Hambourger, Staff Attorney, CDPL • She coordinates visitors and correspondents for all NC death row inmates, but can also answer your questions.
The Rise of the “Innocence” Frame 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Includes: Innocence; Evidence; System-is-Broken; Mention of the Defendant
The “Net Tone” of NYT Coverage 40 20 Pro-Death Penalty Stories Minus 0 Anti-Death Penalty Stories -20 -40 -60 -80 -100 -120 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Shows number of pro- minus number of anti-death penalty stories per year
Net Tone from Readers’ Guide 10 Pro- Stories Minus Anti- Stories 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Innocence Frame: NYT vs. Other Major Papers 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 New York Times Average of Boston Globe, Chicago Sun Times, Denver Post, Houston Chronicle, LA Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Seattle Times, and Washington Post
Innocence Frame: NYT vs. Houston Chronicle 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 New York Times Houston Chronicle
Exonerations over Time: No big bump, but 158 as of today. (Over 1,700 including non-death sentence cases) 14 160 12 120 10 8 80 6 4 40 2 0 0 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 Yearly (left axis) Cumulative (right axis)
Lexis Nexis hits on “exonerations” 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005
News Coverage of Individual Exonerations: Grows over time. 300 Rolando Cruz 250 Anthony Porter 200 Earl Washington Alejandro Hernandez 150 Aaron Patterson 100 Wilbert Lee Freddie Pitts 50 Delbert Tibbs 0 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005
Mention the Victim: pro-DP story. 36% 73% 64% 27% The Victim (640) The Defendant (443) Pro-Death Penalty Anti-Death Penalty
From Victim to Defendant 40 Stories Mentioning Defendant Stories Mentioning Victim Characteristics Minus 30 Characteristics 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
A chronology of innocence • 1983 Centurion Ministries • 1985 MacArthur Justice Center, U Chicago Law • 1988 Scheck and Neufeld start working on DNA • 1990 DPIC created • 1992 Scheck and Neufeld create Innocence Project, Cordozo School of Law • 1992 In Spite of Innocence published • 1992-2000 80 more innocence projects created • 2000 Ill. Gov George Ryan declares moratorium after revelations of torture in Chicago, false confessions and exonerations. • 2003 Gov. Ryan commutes the sentences of all 163 Ill. Death row inmate, and grants pardons of innocence to another 4. • 2007 NY, NJ abolish; 2009 NM; 2011 IL; 2012 CT; 2013 MD; 2015 NE. All but NY by vote in the legislature.
• How do frames change: organization, social movements. Think of police violence. Think of gay rights. Frames don’t just change; someone pushes the new frame and fights a battle to change the culture. • This year’s meeting of the Innocence Project: 160 exonerees, lots of attorneys and staff: • http://www.ksat.com/web/ksat/news/innoce nce-network-conference-focuses-on-freeing- wrongfully-convicted-inmates • http://innocencenetwork.org/networkconfere nce/
Organizations, Social Movements, and Frames • Think of police violence. • Think of gay rights. • Frames don’t just change; someone pushes the new frame and fights a battle to change the culture.
A mature movement • This year’s meeting of the Innocence Project: 160 exonerees, lots of attorneys and staff: • http://www.ksat.com/web/ksat/news/innoce nce-network-conference-focuses-on-freeing- wrongfully-convicted-inmates • http://innocencenetwork.org/networkconfere nce/
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