Join NCIP for a special event on Oct. 11, when two men who spent a cumulative 35 years behind bars for crimes they did not commit –one coming within days of execution – will be among the featured speakers at…
Michael Wayne Hash walked out of the Culpeper County courthouse a free man with his murder conviction and life sentence dismissed. The judge ruled that Hash’s actual innocence claim had merit and his conviction was infected with police and prosecutorial…
The California Supreme Court reversed Miguel Bacigalupo’s death sentence Monday finding that the prosecution failed to turn over evidence that would probably have led to a sentence of life-without-parole. Bacigalupo was convicted of the 1983 murders of two brothers in…
LaMonte Armstrong is trying to put his life back together. However, freedom has not come easily. Armstrong was released at the end of June after a judge threw out his murder conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct. He was originally implicated…
The California State Bar has charged Santa Clara deputy district attorney Troy Benson with five counts of misconduct, including suppressing evidence and then lying to cover it up. The charges stem from a 2006 child molestation case in which Benson…
Del Norte County District Attorney, Jon Alexander, is being investigated by the California State Bar for violating several rules of professional conduct. Alexander allegedly took a $6,000 loan from a defense attorney and then dismissed a case being handled by…
The Washington Supreme Court overturned the conviction and death sentence of Darold Stenson ruling that his rights were violated when the state “wrongfully suppressed” photographs that raised questions about mishandling of evidence and an FBI file that was never turned…
Veritas researchers found that from 2004-2008, Arizona courts found prosecutorial misconduct in 20 cases. Fifteen of the cases were deemed harmless, meaning the court ruled the misconduct would not have affected the outcome of the case. Only three prosecutors were…
Researchers from NCIP’s Veritas Initiative found 91 cases of misconduct in Texas from 2004-2008 but no prosecutors were publicly disciplined. Read more here
Independent investigator, Henry F. Schuelke III, says that the six prosecutors involved in the corruption cases against former Senator Ted Stevens committed intentional misconduct when they failed to disclose evidence that would have seriously damaged the credibility of the government’s…
