The Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP), acting as amicus, assisted veteran appellate and post-conviction attorney Marc Zilversmit in reversing the conviction of Jamal Trulove, wrongfully convicted of murder after a single eyewitness implicated him in a killing San Francisco. On…
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…
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…
On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed two very important bills to help protect innocent people from wrongful conviction and make sure that those who have been wrongly convicted receive access to compensation. SB 618 authored by CA State Senator…
Join NCIP today from 4-8 pm at Pizza My Heart at Santa Clara University and help support NCIP! Simply mention us when you place your order and 30 percent of your total will be donated to NCIP. See you there!…
Thanks to all who attended David Onek’s house party to support NCIP! Here are the first photos, with more to follow.
Join NCIP exoneree Franky Carrillo (right) and State Senator Mark Leno (left) at a house party supporting NCIP in San Francisco on Oct. 3 at 6 pm! Meet David Onek, NCIP’s executive director, enjoy good food and mingle with NCIP…
Keker & Van Nest Partner Elliot Peters wrote a great story for the Huffington Post about his experience working with NCIP to exonerate Ronald Ross. Read Peters’ two-part story, “A Lawyers Holiday,” here. Read the press release about Ronald Ross’…
Best Wishes to California Innocence Project exoneree Brian Banks, who makes his NFL debut tonight with the Atlanta Falcons as they face the Bengals (ESPN 5:00 pm West Coast Time–8:00 pm East Coast). Banks has been working toward this moment since his exoneration in…
In a recent opinion piece entitled “How ‘Sloppy’ Fire Science Sends Innocents to Prison,” Paul Bieber, founder and director of the Arson Research Project, speaks out against wrongful convictions caused by faulty fire science. There have been several cases in…