Michael Morton, who spent 25 years behind bars in Texas for the wrongful murder conviction of his wife, will release his memoir, “Getting Life: An Innocence Man’s 25-Year Journey From Prison to Peace” on Tuesday. In 1986, Morton’s wife Christine…
In recent years, numerous prosecutors across the nation have created conviction integrity units to address claims of wrongful conviction. Over the last several years, these units have reviewed various cases and dismissed dozens of convictions to date. For example, Brooklyn’s…
The Center for Prosecutor Integrity (CPI) released a proposed bill today that would require federal prosecutors to employ an open-file policy which would provide defense attorneys full access to all evidence pertinent to the case. Today under the Brady requirement,…
Students at a New York high school received life advice from three exonerees and the father of a shooting victim, who promoted community involvement, education, and healthy lifestyles for young men. The panel consisted of Kharey Wise and Yusef Salaam,…
Tyrone Hicks, 57, was cleared of all charges on Thursday after spending eight years in a New York prison for an attempted rape in 1998 that he did not commit. Hicks’ wrongful conviction was a consequence of eyewitness misidentification—no physical or…
Reginald Adams, 61, was released Monday after spending 34 years in a New Orleans prison for a 1979 murder he did not commit. According to Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, Adams’ case stemmed from “intentional prosecutorial misconduct” and a…
South Africans who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes now have a resource to turn to for assistance in having their convictions overturned. The Innocence Project South Africa, a pro bono legal clinic, recently registered with the Innocence Network and,…
Researchers recently found at least 4.1% of those facing the death penalty in the United States are likely innocent. The study, “Rate of False Conviction of Criminal Defendants Who Are Sentenced to Death,” was recently published in the nationally recognized…
Jonathan Fleming was exonerated on April 8th after spending nearly 25 years in prison for a 1989 murder in Brooklyn, New York that he did not commit. Fleming, 51, was released after new evidence was discovered in his case, including…
Gloria Killian, exoneree and longtime friend of NCIP, will be featured on next week’s episode of “Death Row Stories,” a CNN Original series that attempts to discover the truth behind different capital murder cases and questions the numerous beliefs about…