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Man Accused of Grisly Murder Proven Innocent by DNA Evidence

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|Date: February 14, 2020
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Man Accused of Grisly Murder Proven Innocent by DNA Evidence

By Maxwell C. Myrhum After nearly 15 years, an El Dorado man wrongly convicted of a murder decades ago ha ...

By Maxwell C. Myrhum After nearly 15 years, an El Dorado man wrongly convicted of a murder decades ago has been released from prison with the help of the Innocence Project. Ricky Davis was released fr ...

February 14, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 39 – Tirpak Spends 25 Years Wrongly Imprisoned, Freed by SB 1437

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|Date: February 05, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 39 – Tirpak Spends 25 Years Wrongly Imprisoned, Freed by SB 1437

Early in 2019, Michael Tirpak became the third person released from prison under SB 1437. He had served t ...

Early in 2019, Michael Tirpak became the third person released from prison under SB 1437. He had served time in prison since 1996 following his conviction on first-degree murder. Prosecutors said he w ...

February 05, 2020
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Arkansas Cooperates with the Innocence Project and the ACLU to Conduct Testing for Ledell Lee’s Case

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|Date: February 04, 2020
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Arkansas Cooperates with the Innocence Project and the ACLU to Conduct Testing for Ledell Lee’s Case

By Coco Wang Officials in Jacksonville, Arkansas, agreed to the DNA and fingerprint testing for Ledell Le ...

By Coco Wang Officials in Jacksonville, Arkansas, agreed to the DNA and fingerprint testing for Ledell Lee's case after the Innocence Project, the ACLU, the law firm Hogan Lovells US LLP, and Little R ...

February 04, 2020
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Flawed Evidence and Hasty Execution Leads to ACLU and Innocence Project Lawsuit against Arkansas

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|Date: January 24, 2020
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Flawed Evidence and Hasty Execution Leads to ACLU and Innocence Project Lawsuit against Arkansas

By Maxwell C. Myrhum The shroud of uncertainty behind the execution of Ledell Lee has lead the American ...

By Maxwell C. Myrhum The shroud of uncertainty behind the execution of Ledell Lee has lead the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Innocence Project, and Arkansas lawyers to sue the State, intend ...

January 24, 2020
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Felipe Rodriguez Exonerated of All Charges in 1987 Queens Murder Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2019
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Felipe Rodriguez Exonerated of All Charges in 1987 Queens Murder Case

(From Press Release – Innocence Project) - (New York – December 30, 2019) Today, the Hon. Joseph Zayas of ...

(From Press Release – Innocence Project) - (New York – December 30, 2019) Today, the Hon. Joseph Zayas of Queens County Supreme Court granted a motion to vacate the 1990 conviction of Innocence Projec ...

December 31, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 20: George Powell – Bad Forensics Leads to Wrongful Conviction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 20: George Powell – Bad Forensics Leads to Wrongful Conviction

From 2003 to 2008, George Powell III had been living in a town which had a large soldier presence and wor ...

From 2003 to 2008, George Powell III had been living in a town which had a large soldier presence and working on music. He appreciated the soldier population there but found the Killeen police mistrea ...

November 22, 2019
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Has Granted Rodney Reed an Indefinite Stay of Execution

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|Date: November 16, 2019
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Has Granted Rodney Reed an Indefinite Stay of Execution

(From Press Release – Innocence Project) On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously vo ...

(From Press Release – Innocence Project) On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously voted in favor of a 120-day reprieve of Rodney Reed’s execution. Now, the decision lies with Gove ...

November 16, 2019
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A Numbers Game: CA Victim Compensation Board Denies Man Falsely Convicted for Decades $1 Million Claim

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|Date: October 23, 2019
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A Numbers Game: CA Victim Compensation Board Denies Man Falsely Convicted for Decades $1 Million Claim

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – In the end, it appears Maurice Caldwell is, an ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – In the end, it appears Maurice Caldwell is, and always has been, just a number. A bunch of them really. $1,049,160. That would be what the St ...

October 23, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 11 – Obie Anthony and Exonerated Nation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 11 – Obie Anthony and Exonerated Nation

In 1995, Obie Anthony was 19 years old when he was convicted of murder and attempted robbery. Despite no ...

In 1995, Obie Anthony was 19 years old when he was convicted of murder and attempted robbery. Despite no physical evidence connecting him to the crime, prosecutors relied on testimony from an informa ...

September 10, 2019
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Lester Holt Talks about Why People Falsely Confess to Crimes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2019
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Lester Holt Talks about Why People Falsely Confess to Crimes

When a motion to suppress came forward in the Daniel Marsh case about five years ago, I was alarmed to di ...

When a motion to suppress came forward in the Daniel Marsh case about five years ago, I was alarmed to discovered that they took the young man, barely 16, interrogated him for about five to seven hour ...

September 08, 2019
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Exonerees in 2018 Lost a Record Number of Years to Wrongful Imprisonment

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|Date: April 10, 2019
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Exonerees in 2018 Lost a Record Number of Years to Wrongful Imprisonment

Conviction Integrity Units in prosecutors’ offices have tripled since 2013 (From Press Release) - In 2018 ...

Conviction Integrity Units in prosecutors’ offices have tripled since 2013 (From Press Release) - In 2018, the National Registry of Exonerations recorded 151 exonerations, setting a record for the num ...

April 10, 2019
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Reaction Pours Out to Gavin Newsom’s Moratorium on the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2019
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Reaction Pours Out to Gavin Newsom’s Moratorium on the Death Penalty

In his announcement on the moratorium, Governor Gavin Newsom framed the issue as a personal journey roote ...

In his announcement on the moratorium, Governor Gavin Newsom framed the issue as a personal journey rooted not just in the immorality of the death penalty, but also in the idea that there are people o ...

March 14, 2019
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Governor Brown Signs Post-Conviction Discovery Bill

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|Date: September 20, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Post-Conviction Discovery Bill

New Law Provides Innocent People Access to Materials Available at Trial (From Press Release)— Governor Je ...

New Law Provides Innocent People Access to Materials Available at Trial (From Press Release)— Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law sponsored by the California Innocence Coalition, a group made ...

September 20, 2018
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Bill Designed to Keep Innocent People out of Jail and Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2018
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Bill Designed to Keep Innocent People out of Jail and Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Since 1989, experts estimate that nearly 200 people have been wrongly convicted in California. According ...

Since 1989, experts estimate that nearly 200 people have been wrongly convicted in California. According to the Innocence Project, mistaken eyewitness identification played a role in over 70 percent ...

July 21, 2018
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Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Case of Lawrence Miranda

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2018
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Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Case of Lawrence Miranda

Back in October 2010, the Northern California Innocence Project came out with a report, “Preventable Erro ...

Back in October 2010, the Northern California Innocence Project came out with a report, “Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009,” that uncovered over 700 cases ...

May 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: How Prosecutors Can Serve on the Front Lines in the War against Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2018
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Commentary: How Prosecutors Can Serve on the Front Lines in the War against Wrongful Convictions

Yesterday I read an op-ed in the Cleveland newspaper where the head of the Innocence Project of Ohio, Mar ...

Yesterday I read an op-ed in the Cleveland newspaper where the head of the Innocence Project of Ohio, Mark Godsey, praised the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor for an exoneration. Mr. Godsey credits the pro ...

March 29, 2018
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For Exonerees, Getting Released Is Only the First Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2018
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For Exonerees, Getting Released Is Only the First Struggle

Exonerated Inmates Receive No Services and Often Face Health, Mental, Educational, and Financial Hardship ...

Exonerated Inmates Receive No Services and Often Face Health, Mental, Educational, and Financial Hardships Upon Release It was billed as one of the largest gatherings of exonerated inmates, mobilized ...

January 19, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Promise and Failure of Conviction Integrity Units

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Promise and Failure of Conviction Integrity Units

Recently I sat down with the mother of a man convicted in Yolo County of a crime – she believes he is inn ...

Recently I sat down with the mother of a man convicted in Yolo County of a crime – she believes he is innocent and, having followed the trial and read through their evidence, I believe they at the ver ...

December 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2016
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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty

In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has s ...

In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has shot and killed an 8th grader, identified as Tyre King. The teen was shot “multiple times” by C ...

September 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: How We Can Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: How We Can Prevent Wrongful Convictions

This was the speech I gave last night at the Vanguard Court Watch Event: Preventing Wrongful Convictions. ...

This was the speech I gave last night at the Vanguard Court Watch Event: Preventing Wrongful Convictions. This has been an interesting year for the Vanguard Court Watch. When we started the program ba ...

November 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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