Victor Caminata, a Michigan man convicted of arson in 2009, was officially exonerated on Wednesday after serving more than four years in prison. Caminata was released in July, but the case wasn’t formally dismissed and Caminata cleared until Judge William…
Freedom Fighters, a documentary that follows a group of Texas exonerees as they form a detective agency to help exonerate other innocent inmates, received a MacArthur Foundation grant yesterday. The $150,000 grant for Freedom Fighters will enable director Jamie Meltzer…
Daniel Villegas, 37, of El Paso, Texas was exonerated Tuesday after spending nearly 20 years in prison for a double homicide that he did not commit. In 1995, Villegas, then only 16 years old, was wrongfully convicted of the murders…
The Department of Justice and Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced more than 30 members of the newly formed National Commission on Forensic Science. The commission aims to strengthen the validity and reliability of forensic…
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in cooperation with the Department of Justice and the Innocence Project, will make 30 recommendations for changes in the way law enforcement officials conduct investigations, in an effort to prevent cases of…
Eyewitness misidentifications have played a part in almost half of the nation’s 1,063 exonerations since 1989. Studies show that witnesses frequently select the incorrect suspect due to influence, often unintentional, from the police. Based on these studies, best practice reforms…
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Check out SF Weekly’s great cover story about NCIP exoneree Maurice Caldwell. Having served more than 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Maurice was exonerated in 2011 after NCIP lawyers Linda Starr and Paige Kaneb took…
Northern California Innocence Project client George Souliotes walked out of a Stanislaus County Jail Wednesday a free man, after his attorneys from NCIP, Morrison & Foerster, LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP successfully negotiated an agreement to secure his…
NCIP E-news is now online: Learn about: George Souliotes’ Conviction Overturned; Now Facing Retrial 2013 Pro Bono Award Recipient Nominated to Serve on the U.S. District Court NCIP Attorney Testifies at State Capitol NBC Bay Area News Highlights NCIP Law…