Isabelle Armand book release
Posted onTHE PAST ISN’T PAST ARVIND DILAWAR 04.06.18 10:34 PM ET Both Men Were Innocent But They Were From Mississippi Photographer Isabelle Armand spent five years documenting the lives of two… Read More >
Read More...George Cochran
Posted onFriends: Earlier this week we lost our good friend, ardent supporter, law professor, board member and fine, fine lawyer, George C. Cochran. Below please find the notice from the Oxford… Read More >
Read More...Raymond Tempest’s conviction thrown out after 23 years in Jail
Posted onMurder conviction vacated man in jail for 23 years: Raymond Tempest By Katie Mulvaney, July 13th 2015 A Superior Court judge on Monday agreed to vacate Raymond D. “Beaver” Tempest’s conviction… Read More >
Read More...Houston crime lab board hires exoneree Anthony Graves, former death row inmate
Posted onExonerated Texas death row inmate appointed to Houston crime lab board The Associated Press – June 25th 2015 A man who spent almost 20 years in prison, including 12 on… Read More >
Read More...FBI error confessions to crime labs continues
Posted onFBI notifies crime labs of errors used in DNA match calculations since 1999 By Spencer H. Hsu, May 29th 2015 The FBI has notified crime labs across the country that… Read More >
Read More...Cleveland Exonoree files lawsuit against city and former police officers
Posted onRicky Jackson files civil rights lawsuit for his wrongful imprisonment By Eric Heisig, May 19th 2015 CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ricky Jackson, a Cleveland man who spent 39 years behind… Read More >
Read More...National Registry of Exonerations Created
Posted onNew Report Reveals Many More Exonerations and False Convictions than Previously Found, but Represents Only “the Tip of the Iceberg” More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of… Read More >
Read More...Overby Center Fall Series: Screening & Panel Discussion of “Mississippi Innocence”
Posted onTuesday, October 25, 5:30 p.m. “MISSISSIPPI INNOCENCE” The award-winning documentary, prepared by Ole Miss filmmakers and spotlighting the success of the Law School’s Innocence Project in freeing two Noxubee County… Read More >
Read More...34 Years Later, Supreme Court Will Revisit Eyewitness IDs
Posted onThe New York Times By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON — Every year, more than 75,000 eyewitnesses identify suspects in criminal investigations. Those identifications are wrong about a third of the time, a… Read More >
Read More...“Mississippi Innocence” to screen at The Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Posted onThe University of Mississippi Media and Documentary Projects and the Mississippi Innocence Project announce the screening of their documentary film Mississippi Innocence, at The Newseum in Washington, D.C., October 3, 2011.… Read More >
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