We work to help free innocent people from prison and transform the criminal legal system.
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Mar 11
BREAKING: #CarmenMejia just walked free after 22 years of wrongful conviction in Texas. While she was exonerated on Monday, she was not immediately released due to an immigration hold.
ICE announced that in light of the exoneration they would lift the detainer so that she could be released from local custody.
"I never lost faith and hope — I never lost it in 22 years," she said.
Read more: shorturl.at/xHo2p
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Jun 12
DNA can provide some of the best evidence of innocence, yet Delaware is one of just six states in the country that does not have an evidence preservation law. The lack of consistent procedures for preserving a crime scene pose incredible challenges to wrongfully convicted people to prove their innocence.
Along with the Delaware Innocence Project, help us change that today.
Take action here. bit.ly/4rb7NLk
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Jun 10
Anna Vasquez, of @IPTX and head of the @InnocenceNtwrk board, spent 15 years wrongfully imprisoned after homophobia fueled a wrongful conviction against her and three friends. They are known as the San Antonio Four. Now an exoneree advocate, she has a message for #Pride Month: "We need to push forward together because equality is what we want."
Read her story: bit.ly/3NlUZkq
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Jun 9
LGBTQ people are overrepresented at every step of the criminal legal system. Sexual orientation and gender identity are used to stoke bias in courtrooms — putting innocent people at risk. Recognizing how this happens is how we stop it.
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Jun 8
Did you catch @JohnGrisham on NBC’s “Great Americans”?
John has used his platform to advocate for the innocent and to bring critical reform in the criminal legal system as an Innocence Project Board Member and Ambassador for many years, and we were so proud to see him featured!
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Jun 8
⏱️ The Innocence Project’s limited-edition 32nd anniversary collection, featuring art by Dwight White, is now 30% off!
Join our fight to free the innocent, and visit our online store to get your merch while supplies last. Discounts will automatically be applied at checkout.
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Jun 6
In 1990, Roy Criner was wrongfully convicted of the murder and sexual assault of Deanna Ogg in Texas. After spending 10 years in prison, he was exonerated in 2000 after DNA evidence proved his innocence. Now nearly four decades after his #wrongfulconviction, forensic genetic genealogy technology has led to an arrest in the case.
Read more:bit.ly/4dSzBjZ
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Jun 5
New York makes it impossible for innocent people to prove their innocence without DNA evidence.
Help us change that before time runs out. Take action here: innocenceproject.org/petitio…
Jun 4
New York law makes it nearly impossible for innocent people who plead guilty and don’t have the benefit of DNA evidence to go back to court and prove their innocence.
Urge Speaker Carl Heastie to bring the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act (A.7422-C) to the Assembly today. @VOCALNewYork @nyc_defenders @LegalAidNYC @BklynDefender @_CFAL
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Jun 4
James “Jimmy” Genrich has been wrongfully incarcerated for 34 years and has always maintained his innocence. His homicide convictions — based on discredited toolmark analysis — were vacated in April, but he remains incarcerated for lesser charges based on the same discredited evidence.
Here are 8 facts you need to know about his case: bit.ly/4tvM2Xm
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Jun 4
New York law makes it nearly impossible for innocent people who plead guilty and don’t have the benefit of DNA evidence to go back to court and prove their innocence.
Urge Speaker Carl Heastie to bring the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act (A.7422-C) to the Assembly today. @VOCALNewYork @nyc_defenders @LegalAidNYC @BklynDefender @_CFAL
innocenceproject.org/petitio…
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Jun 2
New Hampshire residents have a three-year deadline to request a new trial, an arbitrary time limit that can hinder people trying to prove their innocence. After advocacy from the Innocence Project and New England Innocence Project, HB1422, which aims to overturn this rule, now sits on Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s desk as the last step toward approval.
Read more: bit.ly/4a5I00Y
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Jun 2
We're honored to partner with @FearOf13Bway, a phenomenal play that brings #wrongfulconviction to the stage!
Special thanks to Whoopi Goldberg, an Innocence Project Ambassador, who continues to use her voice for change, advocating for reform in the criminal legal space.
Tessa Thompson tells us about making her Broadway debut in 'The Fear of 13' and shares what drew her to the powerful true story.
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Jun 1
We are thrilled to have been selected in the audio/podcast category by the @Tribeca X Awards for powerful recorded conversation between exoneree Huwe Burton and his friend and musical collaborator, Brian “Saigon” Carenard, who he met during his 19 years of wrongful incarceration.
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The audio recording is part of “Stories of Freedom: A Community Archive of Freed and Exonerated Voices,” a project published in partnership with the @MellonFdn, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and @StoryCorps Studios.
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Jun 1
Music kept Huwe Burton going during his 19 years of wrongful imprisonment, during which he met rapper Brian “Saigon” Carenard. After his release in 2009, Huwe continued to collaborate with Saigon making music that reflects their shared experiences.
Hear Huwe’s story in his own words.
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May 31
A Philadelphia judge vacated the #wrongfulconvictions of Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham, and Rasheed Turner on Tuesday afternoon. They spent 28 years in prison for a murder they did not commit based on the testimony of a single unreliable eyewitness and flawed forensic testimony.
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The three men were represented by attorneys at the Innocence Project, the Exoneration Project, the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, and @DLA_Piper.
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May 29
Time’s running out to win tickets to see Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson in “The Fear of 13” on Broadway! Our sweepstakes closes on Monday, June 1.
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May 29
Earlier this week, a Philadelphia judge dismissed the #wrongfulconvictions of three men who spent nearly three decades in prison for a crime they did not commit. Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham, and Rasheed Turner were wrongfully convicted for a 1997 murder based on flawed forensic testimony.
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May 29
"I was 18 when I came in. I'm 46 going out," Jermal said.
The three men were represented by attorneys at the Innocence Project, the Exoneration Project, the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, and @DLA_Piper .
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May 28
Exciting news! We won a @tellyawards!
We won Silver in the online-social impact category for “Stories of Freedom: A Community Archive of Freed and Exonerated Voices,” published in partnership with @MellonFdn, @RWJF, and @StoryCorps Studios.
Listen to the award-winning work.
bit.ly/40H24lq
#TellyAward.
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