News Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma Post-conviction DNA testing in 2014 cleared Mr. Lott of a 1988 rape conviction that was based on an unreliable witness identification. Breaking news 10.10.23 By Innocence Staff Innocence Project client Perry Lott exonerated on Oct. 10, 2023 in Ada, Oklahoma (Image: September Bottoms/Innocence Project) Innocence Project client Perry Lott exonerated on Oct. 10, 2023 in Ada, Oklahoma (Image: September Bottoms/Innocence Project) Innocence Project client Perry Lott exonerated on Oct. 10, 2023 in ..read more

News Introducing This Year’s Foderaro Post-conviction Litigation Fellows The fellowship is supported by a generous gift from Denise Foderaro Quattrone, a former Innocence Project board member and a fierce advocate for criminal legal system reform. Announcement 10.04.23 By Innocence Staff From left to right: Christa Alexander, Shabel Castro, and Kaila Johnson (Image: Lo Harris/Innocence Project) One was the captain of her university’s Bollywood-fusion dance team. Another is a Los Angeles transplant who is something of a coffee connoisseur in her newfound Brooklyn home. The th ..read more

News LISTEN: How A Family Came Together to Reverse Timothy Cole’s Wrongful Conviction  Timothy Cole was wrongly convicted in 1986 of a rape he did not commit in Texas. He sadly died in prison before he was exonerated in 2009. Wrongful Conviction Day 10.02.23 By Innocence Staff (Image: Courtesy of the Innocence Project) In the lead-up to Wrongful Conviction Day on Oct. 2, the Innocence Project and the Innocence Project of Texas are sharing a series of powerful stories of individuals who were exonerated of crimes they did not commit. The series is the result of a collabora ..read more

News LISTEN: Elizabeth Ramirez Shares Her Heartbreaking Experience in Prison for a Crime She Did Not Commit Elizabeth Ramirez, who was wrongly convicted in 1998, recounts her wrongful incarceration for a rape she did not commit in Texas. Wrongful Conviction Day 10.01.23 By Innocence Staff (Image: Kenny Karpov/Innocence Project) In the lead-up to Wrongful Conviction Day on Oct. 2, the Innocence Project and the Innocence Project of Texas are sharing a series of powerful stories of individuals who were exonerated of crimes they did not commit. The series is the result of a colla ..read more

News LISTEN: Dennis Lee Allen Reflects on the 15 Years He Spent Wrongly Incarcerated Dennis Lee Allen wrongly spent 15 years in prison for a murder he did not commit in Texas. He was exonerated in 2019. Wrongful Conviction Day 09.30.23 By Innocence Staff (Image: Lara Solt/Innocence Project) In the lead-up to Wrongful Conviction Day on Oct. 2, the Innocence Project and the Innocence Project of Texas are sharing a series of powerful stories of individuals who were exonerated of crimes they did not commit. The series is the result of a collaboration with StoryCorps, a nonprofit ..read more

News LISTEN: Patrick Waller Speaks About His Wrongful Conviction and Subsequent Exoneration Mr. Waller was wrongly convicted in 1992 of a robbery and kidnapping he did not commit. Wrongful Conviction Day 09.29.23 By Innocence Staff (Image: Courtesy of the Innocence Project) In the lead-up to Wrongful Conviction Day on Oct. 2, the Innocence Project and the Innocence Project of Texas are sharing a series of powerful stories of individuals who were exonerated of crimes they did not commit. The series is the result of a collaboration with StoryCorps, a nonprofit organization dedi ..read more

News LISTEN: Jimmy Ray Bromgard Discusses His Wrongful Conviction With Survivor Linda Glantz Mr. Bromgard served 15 years in prison before he was exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing in 2002. Wrongful Conviction Day 09.29.23 By Innocence Staff (Image: Courtesy of the Innocence Project) In the lead-up to Wrongful Conviction Day on Oct. 2, the Innocence Project and the Innocence Project of Texas are sharing a series of powerful stories of individuals who were exonerated of crimes they did not commit. The series is the result of a collaboration with StoryCorps, a nonprofit ..read more

News 8 Reasons Why the Historic Mass Clemency Effort in Louisiana May Save Innocent People From Execution Louisiana residents should speak out before Gov. Edwards leaves office in January 2024. Urgent 09.20.23 By Alicia Maule Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 in Angola, La. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni ) Stop another unjust execution in Louisiana Louisianans have a chance to prevent innocent people from being executed on death row. At least 190 innocent people have been exonerated from death row nationwide and 12 in Louisiana alone. The ..read more

News When Artificial Intelligence Gets It Wrong Unregulated and untested AI technologies have put innocent people at risk of being wrongly convicted. 09.19.23 By Christina Swarns (Image: Lo Harris/Innocence Project) Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when she was arrested for carjacking. The Detroit police used facial recognition technology to run an image of the carjacking suspect through a mugshot database, and Ms. Woodruff’s photo was among those returned.  Ms. Woodruff, an aesthetician and nursing student who was preparing her two daughters for school, was sh ..read more

News 8 Moving Moments from Leonard Mack’s Historic Exoneration after 47 Years “It’s overwhelming that today I am walking through the front door [of the courthouse] as a free man.” Breaking News 09.07.23 By Alicia Maule “It’s overwhelming that today I am walking through the front door [of the courthouse] as a free man.” Breaking News 09.07.23 By Alicia Maule @innocence BREAKING: Leonard Mack was exonerated today — on his birthday — after 47 years of wrongful conviction in New York. Leonard’s wrongful conviction is the longest to be vacated based on DNA evidence in U.S. history ..read more