On March 2, 2017, Cooley LLP will be presented with the Pro Bono award at NCIP’s Justice For All Awards Dinner at the Pullman Hotel in Redwood City. Cooley will be honored for its contribution of hundreds of hours of…

This spring will be a busy time for NCIP with evidentiary hearings scheduled in two cases, including one for NCIP’s longest held client Jack Sagin, who has been incarcerated for 32 years. Mr. Sagin’s case is of particular significance because…

  We anxiously gathered around our computers in the NCIP office on the morning of our visit to Chowchilla Women’s Facility. Soon, we would begin our two-hour journey to the facility to have our first visit with our client, Sofia*.…

Legendary folk singer and human rights activist Joan Baez joined the fight against wrongful convictions, partnering with members of the Innocence Network on her latest concert tour. The folk music icon was accompanied on her 20-city tour by volunteers from…

In 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed two NCIP-sponsored pieces of legislation to reform the criminal justice system. Senate Bill 1134 (Leno, Anderson) created a viable new evidence standard for actual innocence in California and Senate Bill 1389 (Glazer, Hernandez) required…

NCIP is pleased to welcome two new members to its Advisory Board: Paul Grewal, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Facebook,  and Barmak Meftah, CEO of AlienVault.  Both Paul and Barmak are deeply committed to NCIP’s work and bring…

2016 was another busy year for Innocence Network affiliated organizations. According to the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE), 166 people were cleared in 2016 of crimes they did not commit — more than any other year in history.  As the…