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…
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…
My View: “I, Walter ‘Arkie’ Barton, am innocent and they are executing an innocent man!”
The question out of Missouri this is week is one of the most fundamental we can ask…
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…
Rachael Rollins Moves to Vacate 64 Guilty Pleas Following Drug Lab Scandal
By Dominique Kato & Shellsea Lomeli SUFFOLK COUNTY, MA – Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins has…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner
Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking…
Netflix’s The Innocence Files: Arrest, Convict, Move on to the Next
By Nancy Martinez The final segment of Netflix’s The Innocence Files spotlights yet another major cause of…
Sunday Commentary: Dealing with Wrongful Convictions and the False Allegations of Rape in the Me-Too Era
I grew up in the 80s and early 90s at a time when society was just recognizing…
Netflix’s ‘Innocence Files’ Continue with Limitations of Human Memory
By Nancy Martinez The second subseries of Netflix’s “The Innocence Files” focuses on two wrongful convictions caused…
Situation in California Prisons Precarious as First COVID Death Occurs at CDCR
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today announced an inmate from California Institution for Men…
My View: Disgraced Forensic Dentist Goes on the Attack on Innocence Files
The Netflix series, the Innocence Files, tracks three stories over nine episodes. The first three focus on…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 58: Senator Wiener Discusses Wrongful Conviction Legislation
In February, Senator Scott Wiener introduced new criminal justice reform legislation, Senate Bill 938. This bill would…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 57 – Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez
Eric Gonzalez was appointed the DA of Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, in 2016 after Ken Thompson,…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 56 – Duke Wrongful Conviction Clinic Discusses Ronnie Long
Ronnie Long has served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 55 – Story of Joann Parks Wrongly Convicted of Arson Murder
In 1989 she was a young mother who lost her kids in a tragic fire. Except the…
Governor Commutes Sentences of Four People, Including Subject of Book, Represented by the Innocence Project
On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he granted five pardons and 21 commutations. In their press…
Wrongful Conviction Project – Episode 1, Maurice Caldwell
Maurice Caldwell was convicted in 1991 in San Francisco Superior Court in the June 1990 death of…
Paul Hildwin Walks Free after Spending Nearly Three Decades on Death Row
By Coco Wang Paul Hildwin pleaded no contest to second-degree murder before his second retrial for the…
Wrongfully Convicted Man Advises Prosecutors to ‘Have Remorse’ for Communities They Prosecute
By Danielle Silva SAN FRANCISCO – Jamal Trulove, a wrongfully convicted man, opened for the UC Hastings…
Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Prevent Wrongful Convictions Resulting from Faulty Expert Witness Testimony
SB 938 would ensure expert testimony used as admissible evidence in court has sound methodology and would…
