NCIP exoneree Franky Carrillo Jr. is now featured in the Summer 2015 issue of Loyola Marymount University Magazine. In the article, “First Person: Freed at Last,” Carrillo Jr. shares his journey from wrongful conviction at age 16, to exoneration 20…
A Washington D.C. Superior Court judge has officially exonerated Cleveland Wright, 56, who spent 28 years behind bars for a wrongful murder conviction before he was released from prison in 2007. Judge Laura A. Cordero declared Wright innocent of the 1978…
Michael Kenneth McAlister was pardoned by Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Richmond, Virginia, last week after spending nearly 30 years behind bars for a violent sex offense he never committed. The 58-year-old was originally charged in February 1986 for the abduction…
Exoneree Jarrett Adams, 34, who served 10 years in prison for a wrongful rape conviction, recently graduated from Loyola University Chicago Law School. At 17 years old, Adams was falsely accused of rape in Wisconsin. Despite maintaining his innocence since…
Colorado recently became the 12th state in the nation to mandate best practices for eyewitness identifications in criminal investigations. SB 58, the Eyewitness Identifications Policies and Procedures bill, requires all Colorado law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies and procedures…
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office under Jackie Lacey is launching a conviction integrity unit comprised of three prosecutors, a senior investigator, and a paralegal to address claims of wrongful conviction. The new unit follows a rise in wrongful-conviction…
NCIP Board Member Jennifer Thompson and exoneree Ronald Cotton were recognized by the Department of Justice at the Victims’ Rights Service Awards ceremony on Tuesday. Attorney General Eric Holder presided over the event, honoring Jennifer and Ronald for their extraordinary…
Life Beyond Freedom, a non-profit organization co-founded in July 2013 by justice advocates Jack Cummings and Daniel Jenkins, works to provide resources for wrongfully convicted individuals transitioning from incarceration back into society. Life Beyond Freedom will support exonerees in California through education, therapy, financial…
The city of Los Angeles has paid an $8.3 million settlement to Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) exoneree Obie Anthony, who served 17 years in prison for wrongful murder and attempted robbery convictions before he was exonerated and released in…
Nikki Pope, Cooley LLP attorney and NCIP advisory board member, and her co-author Courtney Lance, internal auditor and non-profit director, will accept the Media Award at NCIP’s Justice for All awards dinner on March 12, 2015. Their book, Pruno, Ramen,…
