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9 Powerful Moments from the Innocence Project’s 2025 Gala: A Celebration of Freedom & Justice

9 Powerful Moments from the Innocence Project’s 2025 Gala: A Celebration of Freedom & Justice

Hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and featuring Savion Glover and Tony Goldwyn, this year’s gala delivered powerful performances, moving tributes to exonerees, and a renewed call for justice.

05.14.25 by Alyxaundria Sanford

Commonsense Discovery Reform Is Under Attack: 8 Key Facts You Need to Know

Commonsense Discovery Reform Is Under Attack: 8 Key Facts You Need to Know

Across the country, discovery reform has played a crucial role in preventing wrongful convictions. Rollbacks put innocent people at risk.

03.04.25 by Alyxaundria Sanford

'Strongest Person I Know’: How This Mother Modeled Strength and Compassion Despite Decades of Wrongful Incarceration

'Strongest Person I Know’: How This Mother Modeled Strength and Compassion Despite Decades of Wrongful Incarceration

Renay Lynch not only was a source of strength and guidance for her own children but also for other women in prison, with some even calling her “Mama Lynch.”

Mother's Day 05.09.24 by Alyxaundria Sanford

What You Need to Know About Qualified Immunity and How It Shields Those Responsible for Wrongful Convictions

What You Need to Know About Qualified Immunity and How It Shields Those Responsible for Wrongful Convictions

The Innocence Project and partners push to end a law shielding government misconduct in New York.

Action 04.22.24 by Alicia Maule, Keli Young

Renay Lynch Is Exonerated After Nearly 26 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Buffalo, New York

Renay Lynch Is Exonerated After Nearly 26 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Buffalo, New York

Ms. Lynch’s exoneration marks the 250th Innocence Project victory. New fingerprint evidence withheld by police points toward an alternate suspect.

01.05.24 by Innocence Staff

Send a Joyful Holiday Message to Five Innocence Project Clients Fighting for Freedom

Send a Joyful Holiday Message to Five Innocence Project Clients Fighting for Freedom

Receiving letters of support is comforting and a reminder to the wrongfully convicted that people still care and will not stop fighting for them until they are freed.

Action 12.12.23 by Alicia Maule

Innocence Project’s Uplifting Moments from 2023

Innocence Project’s Uplifting Moments from 2023

The Innocence Project team helped exonerate nine people in 2023, from Hilo, Hawaii to Syracuse, New York.

Best of 2023 12.04.23 by Alicia Maule

Watch: Huwe Burton Shares His Story

Watch: Huwe Burton Shares His Story

Watch 11.15.23 by Innocence Staff

'I’m Running the New York City Marathon in Honor of Jabar Walker— One Mile for Every Year of Liberty He’s Lost'

'I’m Running the New York City Marathon in Honor of Jabar Walker— One Mile for Every Year of Liberty He’s Lost'

Three Innocence Project staffers share their motivation for running the 2023 NYC marathon.

10.24.23 by Alicia Maule

NY Governor Kathy Hochul Should Sign the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act Into Law

NY Governor Kathy Hochul Should Sign the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act Into Law

New York is just one of just a handful of states that won’t allow people convicted of crimes to obtain post-conviction relief with non-DNA evidence of innocence.

Opinion 10.02.23 by Barry Scheck

8 Moving Moments from Leonard Mack’s Historic Exoneration after 47 Years

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

Hit in DNA Database Proves Leonard Mack’s Innocence After 47 Years of Wrongful Conviction

Hit in DNA Database Proves Leonard Mack’s Innocence After 47 Years of Wrongful Conviction

Unreliable witness identifications along with racial bias and tunnel vision led to Mr. Mack’s wrongful conviction, the longest to be vacated based on DNA evidence.

Breaking News 09.05.23 by Innocence Staff