Press Releases
11/20/2009 - Innocence Network Asks Ohio Appeals Court to Grant New Trial Based on Tainted Forensic Evidence
10/22/2009 - 400 People from 125 Texas Towns — Including 15 Exonerated with DNA Testing — Urge State Panel to Continue Willingham Probe
9/23/2009 - New Jersey Judge to Hear Case on Eyewitness Guidelines
8/31/2009 - New Report Shows that Cameron Todd Willingham, Executed in Texas in 2004, Was Innocent
8/21/2009 - Innocence Project Seeks Thorough Search for Evidence That Could Prove New Jersey Man Innocent in 1985 Rape
8/19/2009 - Innocence Project Statement on Decision Dismissing Murder Charges Against Ralph Armstrong After 29 Years
8/6/2009 - DNA Testing Proves Houston Man’s Innocence in 1985 Rape; Case Highlights Serious Problems with Forensic Science
7/16/2009 - As More States Weigh Improving Lineups, New Innocence Project Report Shows Extent of the Problem and Effectiveness of Reform
6/25/2009 - Supreme Court Ruling on Crime Lab Testimony Is a Step Forward, But Doesn’t Resolve Underlying Problems with Forensic Science
6/18/2009 - The Exonerated and Their Families in New York State Call for Legislative Reforms to Improve Criminal Justice
6/18/2009 - U.S. Supreme Court Decision on DNA Testing Is Disappointing But Will Have Limited Impact, Innocence Project Says
6/8/2009 - New York Leads Most States in Number of Wrongful Convictions, Must Enact Reforms to Prevent Them, Innocence Project Report Finds
5/12/2009 - Paul House Fully Cleared in 1986 TN Death Row Conviction; Case is “a profound reminder that our system of justice must give people every reasonable opportunity to prove their innocence”
5/11/2009 - DNA Testing Proves Man’s Innocence in 1984 Richmond Rape; Lawyers Seek Full Reinvestigations in Two Additional Convictions
5/1/2009 - Chief Judge of NY High Court Creates Unprecedented Justice Task Force; Innocence Project Says Task Force is a ‘Huge Step Forward’ and a National Model
4/13/2009 - Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Tuesday on Whether Man Convicted of Rape/Murder Can Have DNA Testing
3/11/2009 - U.S. Department of Justice Failing to Enforce Critical Forensic Oversight, New Innocence Project Report Finds
2/18/2009 - National Academy of Sciences Urges Comprehensive Reform of U.S. Forensic Sciences
2/5/2009 - Prosecutors, Crime Victims, People Exonerated with DNA Testing and Others Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Recognize Constitutional Right to Post-Conviction DNA Testing
1/27/2009 - Innocence Project, Representing Alaska Man in U.S. Supreme Court Case, Says Constitution Allows Post-Conviction DNA Tests
1/9/2009 - Steven Barnes is Fully Exonerated with DNA Testing in Utica, NY, Nearly 20 Years After Wrongful Conviction for Rape and Murder
12/17/2008 - Alleging Negligence in Baltimore Crime Lab, Innocence Project Formally Requests Investigation under Federal Law
11/25/2008 - Nearly 20 Years After Rape and Murder Conviction, Steven Barnes Is Released from Prison Based on DNA Testing
9/16/2008 - Innocence Project and Affiliated Organizations Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Maintain Safeguards Against Systemic Prosecutorial Misconduct
8/6/2008 - Victim’s Family Joins Federal Lawsuit for DNA Testing That Could Overturn a Wrongful Conviction and Solve a Cold Case
8/5/2008 - Mississippi Takes ‘Huge First Steps’ Against Unprecedented Autopsy Misconduct but Must Take Further Action, Innocence Project Says
8/4/2008 - 25 Years After Wrongful Conviction, Steven Phillips Set To Be Exonerated in Dallas Based on DNA and Other Evidence
7/29/2008 - Newark Man’s Conviction for 1995 Murder Should Be Tossed Based on DNA Testing and Other New Evidence
7/1/2008 - NY State Senate Task Force to Hold Public Hearing July 2 on Preventing Wrongful Convictions
6/24/2008 - Innocence Project and Affiliated Organizations Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Critical Right to Challenge Forensic Evidence in Criminal Cases
5/28/2008 - Dean Cage, Wrongfully Convicted Based on Eyewitness ID Practices that Are Still in Place Today, Is Exonerated in Chicago with DNA
5/27/2008 - DNA Testing Proves Chicago Man’s Innocence in 1994 Rape
5/21/2008 - 26 Years After Wrongful Conviction in Detroit Rape Case - Walter Swift is Released from Prison and Exonerated
