Innocence Project
Innocence Project: Marcellus Williams Facing Execution On Sept. 24 For Crime He Didn’t Commit
By Innocence Project Photos: Marcellus Williams’ Legal Team\YouTube Screenshots Here is the latest update in Missouri’s ongoing moves to block Marcellus Williams, facing execution ...
Innocence Project: We Must Stop The Scheduled Sept. 24 Execution of Marcellus Williams
By Innocence Project Photos:Marcellus Williams’ Legal Team\Missouri Department of Corrections Earlier this month, the Missouri Supreme Court scheduled Marcellus Williams’s execution for Sept. 24, ...
July 4: Celebrating Freedom For The Wrongfully Incarcerated
Photos: University of Michigan\Facebook\Twitter In the following statement, Innocence Project exoneree Shabaka Shakur, from New York, shares some thoughts about freedom as we observe ...
July 4: What Freedom Means For The Wrongly Incarcerated
Photos: Innocence Project\John Jay With July Fourth coming up, there’s likely going to be a lot of talk about freedom and its significance for ...
Texas Pastor: Melissa Lucio’s April 27th Execution Must Be Stopped
Photos: Innocence Project\Rep. Jeff Leach Texas Pastor Jesse Rincones is callling for a halt to the April 27 scheduled execution of Melissa Lucio for ...
Clemency Petition Filed To Stop Texas From Executing Melissa Lucio
Photos: Innocence Project\Lucio Team On Tuesday, the Innocence Project took a big next step in the effort to save Melissa Lucio by filing a ...
Malcolm X Assassination: FBI, NYPD Apparently Withheld Vital Evidence
Photos: Jeenah\Innocence Project\Wikimedia Commons In 1966, Muhammad A. Aziz (above, in white mask yesterday, in Manhattan court) and Khalil Islam were wrongly convicted of ...
Death Penalty: People of Color With Intellectual Disabilities Disproportionately
Photo: Pervis Payne Christina Swarns, executive director of the Innocence Project says the death penalty disproportionately harms people of color with intellectual disabilities like ...
Innocence Project Exoneree Shot To Death in Chicago
Photo: Erin G. Wesley\Innocence Project We are heartbroken to share that Michael Saunders, age 42, was tragically shot and killed in Chicago last month. ...
National Registry Of Exonerations Report: 25,000 Years Lost To Wrongful Convictions
Photo: Twitter June 14, 2021—The National Registry of Exonerations released a report today marking a dark milestone: as of June 1, 2021, exonerated defendants ...
