By Elena Applebaum, Senior Editor Today, rapid innovation poses unexpected challenges for lawyers. I met with Santa Clara Law Alum Allonn Levy, who specializes in high profile technology cases, to get an inside view on what it’s like to…
(A version of this story appeared in the spring 2012 edition of NCIP’s newsletter) In February 2008, NCIP received a letter from Obie Anthony. Convicted of murder and robbery in 1995, he maintained his innocence and requested NCIP’s help. It…
By Lucy Salcido Carter, Policy Director and Todd Fries, Operations Director NCIP hosted its second of two 2016 restorative justice circle retreats in late August. Twenty participants gathered at NatureBridge in Marin to share their stories, listen to one another,…
By Dre McEwen, NCIP attorney A beloved mentor once compared the process of post-conviction investigation to the gentle tugging on a thread. The first trip around the file reveals an intuitive nagging, bare hints at the elements of the case…
In a recently filed petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Stanislaus County Superior Court, NCIP attorneys laid out new evidence that proves NCIP client Domingo Bustos Anaya is innocent. Anaya was convicted twenty years ago of the January…
By Maitreya Badami, NCIP Assistant Legal Director One of the most frustrating aspects of innocence cases is how slowly they seem to move. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, the average exoneration occurs nearly 11 years after the conviction.…
Since the first DNA exoneration took place in 1989, forensic DNA testing has become an important investigative tool to solve crimes and to exonerate the innocent. On September 29th, NCIP clinic students had an exciting in-class opportunity to learn about…
By Aaron Aguas Rao, NCIP Case Manager On October 4, NCIP joined innocence projects across the globe to celebrate Wrongful Conviction Day. Wrongful Conviction Day is an international day to inform and educate the broader community on the causes and…
On September 28, Governor Brown signed all three of NCIP’s -sponsored and -supported bills into law, significantly changing the landscape for innocence cases in California. NCIP-sponsored Senate Bill 1134, authored by Democratic Senator Mark Leno and Republican Senator Joel Anderson,…
Blog post written by IHRC Student Anna Saber. On October 1, 2016, Santa Clara University’s International Human Rights Clinic (Clinic) prepared and submitted a response to a questionnaire sent by UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Ms. Dubravka Šimonović.…