Innocence Cases

May 7, 2013 Innocence Project

April 22, 2013 Innocence Project
 
In an op-ed in Sunday’s Star-Ledger, New Jersey exoneree David Shephard discusses the need to increase compensation for the wrongly convicted in New Jersey.
 

March 4, 2013 Innocence Project

A new report issued on Friday by the Oklahoma Justice Commission made recommendations to improve the criminal justice system and prevent wrongful convictions.

“It’s not an indictment against law enforcement,” Oklahoma Police Chief and commission member Bill Citty said at a press conference. “It’s just that you always want to try to do things better.”

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Since the first time DNA evidence helped overturn a conviction in 1989, more than 300 people have been cleared of crimes they did not commit with the help of such evidence. Here is a look at cases where DNA evidence has helped overturn convictions of those awaiting execution on Death Row.