Still No #JusticeForJoy

13 Years.

Still no apology or acknowledgement.

Still our belongings have not been returned.

Update: 2023. Our case IS moving forward in U.S. District Court.

On April 4, 2022: The Supreme Court Of The United States ruled 6-3 in favor of Mr. Thompson, in Thompson V. Clark, a case that relied heavily on Dr. Laskar’s case (oral arguments were heard last October). This is a landmark civil rights ruling with regards to indication of innocence – SCOTUS overturned and established new precedent originally set in 1871. In issuing his majority opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh cited Dr. Laskar’s case and Federal Judge Pryor’s appellate ruling three times. Learn more here.

On Oct. 12, 2021, Dr. Laskar’s case was cited several times during oral arguments before the Supreme Court Of The United States, in Thompson v. Clark. Learn more here.

Please read the most recent article published by The New York Times Sept. 21, 2020.

• The Laskar family waited for 2,367 days for the 2010 incident to be over.
• On Oct. 5, 2016, Judge Robert McBurney dismissed the case in its entirety.
• The family waited an additional 30 days, in case the state of Georgia decided to appeal. That time passed on Nov. 7, 2016.

And now an additional 81 months — and still no apology, no acknowledgement, no return of our personal items.

On Oct. 1, 2018, Dr. Laskar filed suit in U.S. District Court against four former or current administrators at Georgia Tech for malicious prosecution stemming from the 2010 case.

Following oral arguments in federal court in the summer of 2020, The U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit issued a a 62 page decision that Dr. Laskar’s lawsuit against former or current administrators at Georgia Tech may proceed. It is this ruling upon which SCOTUS based its decision in April 2022.

See CHRONOLOGY for more details.