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Happy post-Thanksgiving from all of us at the Innocence Project. This week, we're giving thanks for all of the 18 people exonerated through DNA testing this year and thinking about the work ahead to free the countless innocent people who remain behind bars in the U.S...
A year ago today, Steve Barnes walked out of an upstate New York courtroom a free man for the first time in more than two decades...
We have a lot to be thankful for this year at the Innocence Project - from the joy of seeing our clients walk out of prison to rejoin their families after decades behind bars to successful policy reforms across the country to prevent wrongful convictions...
A new policy directing Texas Forensic Science Commission members to destroy all old emails relating to the commission is being criticized by a state Senator, who says the move takes the panel "in the wrong direction."The Fort Worth Star-Telegram obtained an email from the commission's staff...
Today marks the six-year anniversary of the day Leo Waters was exonerated in North Carolina after serving 21 years for a crime he didn't commit.In 1982, Waters was convicted of a rape and robbery based in part on an eyewitness identification...
It was a big week for freedom in the face of injustice, but the fight against wrongful conviction and unreliable forensics goes on...
The case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas in 2004, had drawn headlines around the world recently. The case starkly underscores the risk of overlooking clear signs of wrongful conviction and allowing innocent people to be executed...
The controversy over the work of the Texas Forensic Science Commission is continuing after the panel's new chairman testified before a state Senate committee last week, and a new editorial in the Houston Chronicle calls on the commission to prioritize facts over politics.John Bradley, who was...
Last week, a U.S. Senate committee examined the effectiveness of a 2004 law in supporting crime labs across the country...
La'Keisha Butts, the daughter of Louisiana exoneree Rickie Johnson, will join the Tom Joyner radio show Tuesday morning to discuss the issues surrounding wrongful conviction and the experience of seeing her father freed after decades of wrongful conviction.Tune in online here at 9 a.m...
Anthony Robinson spent ten years in prison for a rape he didn't commit and 13 years fighting for the DNA testing that would finally exonerate him. Today, he is a successful attorney practicing in China and Texas and Saturday marks the ninth anniversary of his exoneration...
On Tuesday, Texas Senators questioned John Bradley, the new chairman of the state Forensic Science Commission. We reported on the hearing here...
Saying he had proved his "actual innocence," a judge today tossed out the conviction and charges of Fernando Bermudez, a New York man who served 18 years in prison for a crime he has always said he didn't commit. "This court wishes to express its profound regret over the past 18 years...
On this Veterans' Day, our thoughts are with the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have served the United States over the years in the military and those serving right now...
The new chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission told members of the a Texas Senate Committee today that he intends to continue the commission's investigation of the Cameron Todd Willingham case, but refused to give a timeline for the work.John Bradley, who was appointed last month by Gov...
