Innocence Blog Archive
March 19, 2010
An Extraordinary Exoneration, Seven Years Later Friday Roundup: Second Chances and Needed Reforms
March 18, 2010
Tune in Tonight: Innocence Project Attorney Olga Akselrod Lab Offers Free Testing in Texas Death Row Case
March 17, 2010
Call on Gov. Perry to Stay Texas Execution so DNA Testing Can Be Done
March 16, 2010
Reporters and Advocates to Receive New Annual Awards Ohio Legislators Pass Major Reform Package
March 15, 2010
Texas Man Set to Be Executed Despite Untested DNA
March 12, 2010
Friday Roundup: Opposition in Mississippi and Updates on Exonerees Ohio Legislators Poised to Pass Key Criminal Justice Reforms
March 11, 2010
Scientists Urge National Standards for Forensics
March 10, 2010
Tune In: Exonerees on Dr. Phil and America’s Most Wanted Former Prosecutor Calls for DNA Testing in Texas Case
March 9, 2010
Connecticut Innocence Project Examines Possible Wrongful Conviction Ten Years Later Ohio Legislators Urged to Pass Key Criminal Reform Bill
March 8, 2010
Prosecutor Talks about His Role in Wrongful Conviction
March 5, 2010
Manhattan District Attorney Creates Wrongful Convictions Unit Massachusetts Man Celebrates Six Years of Freedom Friday Roundup: Seeking Freedom and Reform
March 4, 2010
Your Chance to Help an Exoneree
March 3, 2010
Exoneree Inspires Students in New York
March 2, 2010
After Posthumous Pardon in Texas, a Resolve to Help Fix the System
March 1, 2010
Timothy Cole Officially Pardoned
February 25, 2010
The Many Faces of Forensic Science
February 24, 2010
February 23, 2010
Forensic Oversight Badly Needed, Experts Say
February 22, 2010
Advocates Seek Innocence Commission and Compensation Reform in Florida
February 19, 2010
Friday Roundup: Freedom and Reform, from Coast to Coast
February 18, 2010
Faulty Science and the Wrong Man on Death Row
February 17, 2010
North Carolina Man Freed After 17 Years
February 16, 2010
Prestigious Award for Texas Arson Story
February 12, 2010
Three Years Later, Rebuilding a Life in Georgia Friday Roundup : Redemption, After a Decade of Injustice
February 11, 2010
February 10, 2010
Innocence Network Conference: April 16-18 in Atlanta North Carolina Prisoner Seeks Freedom
February 9, 2010
After Two Decades in Prison, Helping Other “Homecomers” Wednesday in Boston: How DNA Testing Sparks Reform
February 8, 2010
February 5, 2010
Freddie Peacock’s Long Journey to Exoneration Media Coverage in Freddie Peacock Case Friday Roundup: 250 And Counting
February 4, 2010
250 Exonerated, and the Need for Reform
February 3, 2010
Surviving Injustice, Achieving Heaven on Earth
February 2, 2010
Nebraskans Mark a Year of Freedom
February 1, 2010
Texas Forensics Panel to Discuss Willingham Case at Next Meeting
January 29, 2010
Watch Live: Texas Forensic Science Commission Meeting Friday Roundup: Forensics Under Review in Texas
January 28, 2010
Taking Aim at the Causes of Injustice in New York
January 27, 2010
Pennsylvania Man Seeks DNA Testing
January 26, 2010
Lobbying for the Freedom of Others
January 25, 2010
Massachusetts Exoneree: We Need DNA Access Now
January 22, 2010
Friday Roundup: Waiting for Freedom
January 21, 2010
Texas Dog Handler to Retire Texas Forensics Panel to Reconvene, but Arson Case Isn’t on Agenda
January 20, 2010
January 19, 2010
Three Freed, and FBI Continues to Review Ballistic Cases
January 15, 2010
“The Wronged Man” on Lifetime Movie Network Friday Roundup: Ringing the Liberty Bell
January 14, 2010
Chicago Man Freed After 23 Years
January 13, 2010
January 12, 2010
January 11, 2010
Supreme Court Revisits Right to Confront Forensic Witnesses
January 8, 2010
Improper Forensics and Two Decades in Prison Texas Governor Can Issue Posthumous Pardon Friday Roundup: Learning from DNA Exonerations
January 7, 2010
How to Stop False Confessions Barry Scheck on Tonight’s Colbert Report
January 6, 2010
Host a Book Club on Wrongful Convictions NJ Man Continues His Search for Evidence
January 5, 2010
Supreme Court Dismisses Prosecutorial Misconduct Case
January 4, 2010
January 1, 2010
Friday Roundup: New Year Edition
December 31, 2009
Happy New Year Ten Great Books of the Decade
December 30, 2009
Ten Great Moments of the Decade
December 29, 2009
December 28, 2009
Florida Exonerees Celebrate Freedom
December 23, 2009
27 Years Later, Donald Gates is Declared Innocent
December 22, 2009
Oregon Man Freed After 10 Years
December 21, 2009
Compensating the Exonerated in New Jersey
December 18, 2009
Report: NY Lab Hid Pattern of Misconduct Friday Roundup: The Innocence Network Recaps a Successful 2009
December 17, 2009
Florida Man is Freed After 35 Years
December 16, 2009
Georgia Man Freed After 2008 Conviction Is Overturned Forensics and the Gates Case Boston Bar Association: Provide Access to DNA Tests
December 15, 2009
December 14, 2009
From the Boxing Ring to a Prison Cell: Dewey Bozella’s Fight for Freedom
December 11, 2009
Friday Roundup: From Australia to the U.S., Public Defense Falls Short
December 10, 2009
One Year Free, New Questions Raised
December 9, 2009
DNA Evidence Points to Florida Man’s Innocence
December 8, 2009
A Canadian Mother Is Cleared in Her Son’s Death Supreme Court Reviews Miranda Warnings
December 7, 2009
DNA Backlogs Build Across the U.S.
December 4, 2009
December 3, 2009
Ten Years Later, a Texas Family Seeks a Posthumous Pardon Texas Forensics: Fingerprints, Fires and Email
December 2, 2009
New Report: States Failing to Help the Exonerated
December 1, 2009
Public Defense and Wrongful Conviction
November 30, 2009
Missing Evidence Presents a Problem in Kentucky
November 27, 2009
Friday Roundup: Freedom for Thanksgiving
November 25, 2009
One Year Later, Still Discovering Freedom
November 24, 2009
November 23, 2009
Texas Commission’s Email Policy Comes Under Fire
November 20, 2009
Leo Waters, Six Years Free Friday Roundup: Two Freed in New York
November 19, 2009
November 18, 2009
November 17, 2009
Lab Backlogs and Untested Evidence
November 16, 2009
Tomorrow on Tom Joyner: My Dad Was Exonerated
November 13, 2009
Nine Years After Exoneration, Practicing Law Across Borders Friday Roundup: An Arson Case Keeps the Spotlight
November 12, 2009
18 Years Later, Judge Tosses Case Against NY Man
November 11, 2009
Veterans and Wrongful Conviction
November 10, 2009
Senators Question Commission Chair in Texas
November 9, 2009
Tune in Online: Hearing Tuesday on Texas Forensics
November 6, 2009
Innocence Network Accepting Award Nominations Friday Roundup: Arson in Texas, Videotape in Louisiana and “The Good Wife”
November 5, 2009
Film Screening Nov. 12 in New York Three Years Free, After Half His Life in Prison
November 4, 2009
Police Dogs and Unvalidated Forensics Wrongful Convictions and Prosecutorial Immunity
November 3, 2009
Michigan Man Freed After Eight Years
November 2, 2009
Jailhouse Snitch Recants in Florida Case
October 30, 2009
Willingham’s Stepmom: It’s Time for Truth Friday Roundup: Fighting for Exoneration and Reform, from Inside and Outside the System
October 29, 2009
October 28, 2009
Charges Dismissed in Texas Case Set Free in New York After 26 Years
October 27, 2009
Reunited After Exoneration, Part 2 Report: Forensic Board Replacements Weren’t Routine
October 26, 2009
A Test of Convictions Investigative Reporter Dies
October 23, 2009
James Ochoa: Three Years Free, a New Start in Texas Two Men Freed in Dallas, Another Seeks Justice in New York
October 22, 2009
More Than 400 Texans Urge Forensics Panel to Continue its Work
October 21, 2009
Journalism Program in Standoff with Prosecutors New York Bill Would Remove Roadblocks to Exoneration
October 20, 2009
Controversy Widens in Texas Case
October 19, 2009
A New Partnership for Forensic Reform
October 16, 2009
Friday Roundup: Arson, Confessions and DNA Backlogs
October 15, 2009
Another Use of Arson Science, and More Twists in a Texas Case IP Executive Director to Speak at Genetics Conference
October 14, 2009
Police Chiefs Recognize Importance of Eyewitness Identification Reform
October 13, 2009
Three Years Later, a Somber Anniversary Dallas Man Released After 14 Years
October 9, 2009
U.S. Government to Fund Wrongful Conviction Representation and Training Efforts Friday Roundup: Overturning Injustices from 1995 and 1915
October 8, 2009
Scott Fappiano’s New Life New Project Focuses on Youth Injustice
October 7, 2009
Texas Commission on Hold, Members Urged Perry to Reappoint Chairman Wrongful Convictions and Police Chiefs, Part II
October 6, 2009
Police Chiefs and Wrongful Convictions
October 5, 2009
Editorial Calls for More Action from Connecticut Innocence Panel
October 2, 2009
Montana Man Marks Seven Years Free Thank You, Blog Readers Friday Roundup: A Troubling Development in Texas
October 1, 2009
Texas Governor Replaces Forensic Examiners Texas Man Pardoned
September 30, 2009
One Man Seeks Freedom, and Another Adjusts to It
September 29, 2009
Op-Ed: Unresolved Questions in Alabama Case
September 25, 2009
Friday Roundup: The Lessons of Wrongful Conviction
September 24, 2009
Deadline Extended: Help Us Pay for DNA Testing Six Years Free, Living a New Life
September 23, 2009
The Deadline’s Tonight - Can You Help? NJ: Critical Hearings on Eyewitness Identification
September 22, 2009
New Report Examines Unreliable Dog Scent Lineups
September 21, 2009
LA Times: We Can Do Better with Forensics
September 18, 2009
Texas Prosecutor Untroubled by Willingham Evidence Friday Roundup: The Devil and DNA
September 17, 2009
Eyewitness Reforms and Stronger Evidence
September 16, 2009
Indiana Court Orders Recording of Interrogations
September 15, 2009
One Norfolk Defendant is Cleared
September 14, 2009
September 11, 2009
Florida Man Freed After 25 Years You Can Free the Innocent Friday Roundup: The Case Develops
September 10, 2009
September 9, 2009
Senators Consider Federal Forensic Reforms
September 8, 2009
Suspect Arrested in Milwaukee Killings Watch Live: Senate Judiciary Hearing on Forensic Reform
September 4, 2009
New Texas Compensation Law Takes Effect Friday Roundup: Convictions Questioned Across the Country
September 3, 2009
The Wrong Prints: Man Arrested for a Robbery he Didn’t Commit
September 2, 2009
Join New Yorker’s David Grann in a Live Online Chat North Carolina Man Exonerated After 14 Years
September 1, 2009
News and Opinion on a Wrongful Execution in Texas
August 31, 2009
Groundbreaking New Reports Show Texas Executed an Innocent Man
August 28, 2009
Friday Roundup: Arson, ID and Exoneration
August 27, 2009
Seven Years Later, a Cause of Injustice Persists
August 26, 2009
FBI Agents: Norfolk Four Are Innocent
August 25, 2009
Seeking Justice in New Zealand
August 24, 2009
NJ Judge to Order Evidence Search
August 21, 2009
Marvin Anderson Marks Seven Years of Freedom Friday Roundup: Uncovering Misconduct
August 20, 2009
Virginia Man to Receive $632,000 Forensics Series Continues Tonight on CNN
August 19, 2009
After 21 Years, Charges Dropped in Connecticut Case Wisconsin Man Is Cleared
August 18, 2009
Virginia Lawmakers Consider Improved Exoneree Compensation
August 17, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court Orders Hearing for Troy Davis Forensics in the News An Indiana Man’s Fight for Freedom
August 14, 2009
Friday Roundup: Progress Around the Country
August 13, 2009
Five Years Later: Wilton Dedge and Dog Scent Evidence
August 12, 2009
Examining the Houston Crime Lab
August 11, 2009
California Man Could Be Freed After 24 Years
August 10, 2009
Ernest Sonnier’s First Days of Freedom
August 7, 2009
Houston Man Free After 23 Years Friday Roundup: A Big Week
August 6, 2009
New Video: Discussing Innocence and Exoneration Pardons in “Norfolk Four” Case Fall Short Texas Man Expected to Walk Free Tomorrow
August 5, 2009
Connecticut Man Freed After Two Decades in Prison Artists Stand Against Wrongful Convictions
August 4, 2009
Economist: Improved DNA Access Would Mean More Exonerations
August 3, 2009
Crime Victim: Our System Failed Me Media Coverage: Wisconsin Charges Dismissed
July 31, 2009
Friday Roundup: Cases and Reforms Move Forward
July 30, 2009
Four Years Out: Tommy Doswell Moves Forward
July 28, 2009
Charges Dropped in Wisconsin Case Another Chapter in a Notorious Chicago Murder Case
July 27, 2009
Judge Bars False Confession Experts
July 24, 2009
NY Prisoner Set for Parole in November Friday Roundup: Fighting Injustice and Reforming Forensics
July 23, 2009
Australian Prisoner Could Become First to Get DNA Tests
July 22, 2009
Uneven Compensation Leaves the Exonerated in Limbo
July 20, 2009
Five Years After Exoneration, Lafonso Rollins is Giving Back
July 17, 2009
Friday Roundup: Hoping for Justice
July 16, 2009
New Report: Ways to Prevent Misidentification and Wrongful Convictions
July 15, 2009
Sotomayor and the Osborne Case Racial Justice in North Carolina
July 14, 2009
Shrinking State Budgets and Crime Labs
July 13, 2009
New National Institute Would Help Improve Forensic Science
July 10, 2009
Art and Injustice Friday Roundup: Freed, and Still Fighting
July 9, 2009
Painting the Exonerated John Grisham Developing Screenplay on ‘Norfolk Four’ Case
July 8, 2009
Brooke Shields and Aidan Quinn perform “The Exonerated” Diverse Views on DNA Access in Tennessee
July 7, 2009
Charges Dropped in Illinois and a Confession is Questioned in Michigan
July 6, 2009
Three Years Free, Planning for the Future The Supreme Court and Unvalidated Science
July 3, 2009
Friday Roundup: Innocence and Independence
July 2, 2009
DNA Testing for Australian Prisoner
July 1, 2009
Ronald Cotton Marks 14 Years with a Bestselling Book
June 30, 2009
Scent Lineups and Unvalidated Science
June 29, 2009
Supreme Court Delays Decision in Georgia Death Row Case Innocence Denied
June 26, 2009
Friday Roundup: Life After Exoneration
June 25, 2009
Two Cleared in Ohio as State Senate Passes Reform Bill Two Freed in Austin After a Decade Behind Bars U.S. Supreme Court: Forensic Science Has �Serious Deficiencies�
June 24, 2009
A New Trial in Ohio Thirteen Years and Counting The Osborne Case: A Misguided Decision and the Path Forward
June 23, 2009
Growing Calls to Reopen Florida Cases
June 22, 2009
A Strong Response to the Supreme Court
June 19, 2009
Friday Roundup: The Struggle for DNA Access
June 18, 2009
New York Exonerees Call for Reform A Disappointing Decision and a Renewed Call for Reform
June 17, 2009
Help Free the Innocent and Send a Father’s Day E-Card Former Mississippi Justice Rethinks Death Penalty
June 16, 2009
June 15, 2009
Calvin Johnson Marks a Decade of Freedom
June 12, 2009
Friday Roundup: The Fight for Freedom
June 11, 2009
One Year Out and Counting: Thomas McGowan Just Wants To Help Others
June 10, 2009
Live Discussion of New York Reforms
June 9, 2009
Will Texas Legislators Return for Innocence Reforms?
June 8, 2009
Thirteen Years Later, Exonerated in Wisconsin New York Lags on Reforms
June 5, 2009
Friday Roundup: Compensation and Crime Lab Woes
June 4, 2009
NY District Attorney on the Need to Prevent Wrongful Convictions
June 3, 2009
NY Exoneree: Now Is the Time for Criminal Justice Reform
June 2, 2009
Reform Bills Fail to Pass in Texas
June 1, 2009
Missouri Column: Too Many Errors Join the Call for Reform in New York
May 29, 2009
A Year After His Release, Dean Cage Is Still Fighting For Justice Friday Roundup: The First Day and The First Year
May 28, 2009
Texas Increases Exoneree Compensation
May 27, 2009
Dallas Man Expected to Walk Free Today UPDATE: Jerry Lee Evans Freed
May 26, 2009
Boston Globe: It’s Time for DNA Access
May 22, 2009
Friday Roundup: Unvalidated Forensics
May 21, 2009
One Year Out Newsroom Cuts Mean Fewer Exonerations
May 20, 2009
Texas Compensation Could be Retroactive