INNOCENCE PROJECT
IPTX: Our Client Lydell Grant Has Been Exonerated
Photo: IPTX Eighteen months after being released from prison, our client Lydell Grant was exonerated last week. Lydell was overjoyed at the news, saying ...
Lydell Grant Exonerated More Than a Year after Being Freed
Photo: Texas Innocence Project On Wednesday morning, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that our client Lydell Grant is innocent. “This decision has ...
Five Facts About Police Deception Tactics in Interrogations You Need To Know
Photos: Twitter\YouTube The following article, by the Innocence Project‘s Nigel Quiroz, details some of the deceptive methods (including lying) that police often use to ...
George Floyd: We Must Address False Concept of Police Exceptionalism that Created Derek Chauvin
Photo: YouTube\Twitter Tuesday’s verdict — convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all three charges against him for the murder of George Floyd ...
Maryland’s Recent Reforms a Win for Police Accountability, Exonerees Seeking Compensation
Photo: Daniele Selby\Innocence Project Earlier this week, Maryland passed several laws that will strengthen police transparency and accountability and advance justice for the wrongfully ...
Philly DA Candidate Vega Lying About Anthony Wright’s Wrongful Prosecution
Photo: Twitter The following statement is from the Innocence Project regarding Philadelphia ADA Carlos Vega (above) (a current candidate for Philadelphia District Attorney) involvement ...
Pervis Payne’s Execution Reprieve Is About to Expire — Here’s What That Means
Photo: Innocence Project Pervis Payne, a Black man with an intellectual disability, has spent 33 years on death row in Tennessee. And for 33 ...
Unequal Justice: Women’s Incarceration in Texas
Photo: YouTube Women’s History Month celebrates the strides that women have made around the world. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the ...
Thurgood Marshall’s Pursuit Of Racial Justice Lives on Today at Innocence Project
Photo: Wikimedia Commons The following article was written by Christina Swarns the Executive Director of the Innocence Project regarding the influence of former Supreme ...
8 Facts You Should Know About Racial Injustice in America’s Criminal Legal System
Photos: YouTube Racial injustice and systemic racism has always been ingrained into America’s justice system. While Black History Month is a time to celebrate ...
