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Exonerated Five Extends Support to Steven Lopez, Sixth Person Exonerated in Jogger Case

Exonerated Five Extends Support to Steven Lopez, Sixth Person Exonerated in Jogger Case

On behalf of members of the Exonerated 5 and the Innocence Project, we extend our deepest support to Steven Lopez.

07.26.22 by Innocence Staff

Steven Lopez arrives in court for a hearing, Monday, July 25, 2022, in New York. Lopez, a co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in a notorious 1989 rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned Monday. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

On behalf of members of the Exonerated 5 and the Innocence Project, we extend our deepest support to Steven Lopez.

07.26.22 by Innocence Staff

Social Media Toolkit: New Yorkers Challenging Wrongful Convictions

Social Media Toolkit: New Yorkers Challenging Wrongful Convictions

New York law makes it nearly impossible for innocent people who pled guilty to get back into court without DNA.

02.24.22 by Innocence Staff

Yusef Salaam introducing the criminal justice package in New York on Dec. 14, 2021 in Central Park. (Image: Elijah Craig/Innocence Project)

New York law makes it nearly impossible for innocent people who pled guilty to get back into court without DNA.

02.24.22 by Innocence Staff