Innocence Blog

Friday Roundup: Claims of Innocence and Fighting for Justice

Posted: February 17, 2012 4:15 pm

American citizen fights for innocence in Nicaragua prison.
 
Texas counties launch programs to aid mentally ill and indigent defendants.
 
Also in Texas, the restructuring of Houston’s crime lab as a separate entity with a city-appointed independent board could include a presence from the Innocence Project.
 
Virginia forensic officials share post-conviction DNA results with law enforcement and convicted people who requested the tests.
 
Connecticut exoneree Kenneth Ireland Jr. filed an $8 million wrongful conviction claim for the 20 years he spent in prison for a murder he did not commit.