Innocence Project
Pervis Payne’s Life in Jeopardy Nine Years After Troy Davis Execution
[Pervis Payne] Selby: “There is still time to save Payne’s life…Payne’s family, legal team, and supporters are continuing to call for justice in his ...
TRAVIS COUNTY TEXAS LAWMAKERS ASK DA FOR “JUSTICE AND BASIC HUMANITY” IN ROSA JIMENEZ CASE
[Mass Incarceration\Innocence Project\Rosa Jimenez] This past October, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel overturned Jimenez’s murder conviction and ordered a new trial based on Jimenez ...
INNOCENCE PROJECT & ACLU DEMAND RELEASE OF EVIDENCE THAT COULD EXONERATE EXECUTED BLACK MAN
[Criminal Justice\Execution of Ledell Lee] Cassandra Stubbs, director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project: “Two of the biggest predictors of a death sentence are ...
WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED DETROIT MAN FREED AFTER 30 YEARS IN PRISON
[Wrongful Convictions\Innocence Project\Gerry Thomas] Although Thomas had an alibi and did not match the description of the assailant in conspicuous ways, he was found ...
INNOCENCE PROJECT: NEW PRE-TRIAL LAWS NECESSARY TO TRANSFORM NEW YORK’S “DEEPLY UNJUST” RACIST JUSTICE SYSTEM
[Criminal Justice\ New York Pre-trial Reform] Innocence Project’s Rebecca Brown: “The previous system that harmed poor people and people of color, reduced public safety, ...
WRONGFULLY CONVICTED LATINO MAN EXONERATED FROM 1987 QUEENS MURDER CHARGE
[Criminal Justice\Felipe Rodriquez] Nina Morrison Innocence Project: “We are thrilled that Felipe is finally cleared of this wrongful conviction…But amidst the joy of today’s ...
INNOCENCE PROJECT: RODNEY REED GIVEN STAY OF EXECUTION BY TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
[Mass Incarceration News\Rodney Reed] Bryce Benjet, Mr. Reed’s Innocence Project attorney: “We are thankful that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles have unanimously ...
BIPARTISAN SENATORS URGE TEXAS GOVERNOR ABBOTT TO STOP NOVEMBER 20TH EXECUTION OF RODNEY REED
[Criminal Justice News\Rodney Reed] “Mr. Reed’s case recalls the sentiment then-Governor George W. Bush expressed in 1998 when he commuted the sentence against Henry ...
SHARONNE SALAAM, MOTHER OF YUSEF SALAAM FRAMED IN THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE CASE, FIGHTS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS
[New York News\Sharonne Salaam\ Justice 4 Wrongly Incarcerated] Sharonne Salaam: “We would like the people to know…they have the power to assist in helping ...
IS TEXAS ABOUT TO EXECUTE RODNEY REED FOR A MURDER PERPETRATED BY A POLICE OFFICER?
[Criminal Justice\ Rodney Reed] Bryce Benjet, senior staff attorney at the Innocence Project and Reed’s lead counsel: “It should be clear to anyone who ...
