‘We Need a Whole New System,’ Charges Termaine Hicks After 19 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated
By Carlin Ross PHILADELPHIA – The Innocence Project, a team that exonerates those wrongly convicted through DNA…
After 25 Years in Prison, Jaythan Kendrick is Exonerated In Queens
By Ruby Chavez QUEENS, NY- Jaythan Kendrick has spent 25 years, a quarter century, in prison trying…
Suspend Federal Death Penalty Until Biden Takes Office, Congressional Lawmakers Urge AG Barr
By Victoria Lembesis WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressional lawmakers Friday called on Attorney General William Barr to suspend…
EXONERATIONS: Part VIII – Trends Show Decrease of Official Misconduct in Some Cases, Increase in Others
(This is the eighth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations…
EXONERATIONS: Part VII – Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors at Trial Cause of Wrongful Convictions
(This is the sixth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of…
EXONERATIONS: Part V – Fabricated Evidence: Forensic Deception, Planted Evidence and Forged Confessions
By Kelsea Valerio (This is the fifth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a…
EXONERATIONS: Part IV – Misconduct in Interrogations – A Legal Gray Area
(This is the fourth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations…
Judge Halts Death Penalty Proceedings, Orders DNA Evidence Granted to Pervis Payne
By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – This morning, September 16, 2020, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne was…
Innocence Project Helps Free Robert DuBoise after Nearly 37 Years in Prison, Thanks to DNA Evidence
By Cailin Garcia TAMPA, FL – Robert DuBoise Thursday had an emotional reunion with his family after…
Facing Dec. Execution, Pervis Payne Asks Court for DNA Testing as New Evidence in 30-Year-Old Case
By Angelina Caplanis TENNESSEE – DNA testing of 30-year-old evidence, including the murder weapon, may exonerate Pervis…
FBI Hair Analysis Called into Question after Santae Tribble’s 2012 Exoneration
By Lauren Smith WASHINGTON D.C. – After spending 28 years wrongly convicted of and imprisoned for murder,…
Wrongful Convictions Disproportionately Impact Black and Brown People
In two weeks, Laurese Glover will join us for our 10th annual Vanguard fundraiser. The keynote speaker…
Innocent Black Man is Six Months Away from Execution
By Gabriela Tsudik TENNESSEE – About four months from now, on Dec. 3, 2020, Pervis Payne, 53,…
Looking Back: The Complicity of Silence
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester…
Wrongful Conviction Project – Episode 2, Franky Carrillo
Franky Carrillo was one of the cases featured on Netflix’s series, “The Innocence Files.” The story begins…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 69 – Wife of Walter Barton Speaks Out
On May 19, Walter Barton became the first person executed in the US in over two months,…
The Connection between Police Brutality and Wrongful Convictions
Statement from the Innocence Network: On May 25th, George Floyd, a 46-year old Black man, was killed…
Former Georgia Death Row Prisoner Is Released after 43 Years for a Murder He Did Not Commit, Due to New DNA Evidence
By Murcel Rahimi GEORGIA – Johnny Lee Gates is set free, 43 years after being sentenced to…
Minnesota Adopts Eyewitness ID Law to Prevent Wrongful Convictions
By Linh Nguyen SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA– On May 16, 2020, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed legislation that…
Oklahoma Becomes Third in the Nation to Require Statewide Tracking of Jailhouse Informants
When Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a new law cracking down on unreliable jailhouse informants— incarcerated witnesses…
