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George C. Cochran Innocence Project
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848
(Tel) 662-915-5207

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2006

Exoneration Cedric Willis
Innocence Project New Orleans client
Conviction: Capital Murder, Armed Robbery
Years Served: 12

2007

MIP Established Mississippi Innocence Project Established at University of Mississippi School of Law

2008

Exoneration Levon Brooks
Innocence Project New York client
Charge: Capital Murder
Years Served: 18
Exoneration Kennedy Brewer
Innocence Project New York client
Charge: Capital Murder
Years Served: 13
Legislation Mississippi DNA Task Force Formed
Exoneration Arthur Johnson
Innocence Project New Orleans client
Charge: Rape
Years Served: 16

2009

Legislation DNA Preservation and Post-Conviction Testing Signed into Law
Legislation Compensation Statute Provides Funds to Wrongfully Convicted

2010

Exoneration Kevin Norwood
Charge: Armed Carjacking
Years Served: 15
Exoneration Philip Bivens
Innocence Project New Orleans client
Charge: Capital Murder
Years Served: 30
Legislation Requiring Board Licensing for pathologists performing State Funded Aubottomsies
Exoneration Larry Ruffin (Posthumously)
Innocence Project New Orleans client
Charge: Capital Murder
Years Served: 30
Exoneration Bobby Ray Dixon
Innocence Project New Orleans client
Charge: Capital Murder
Years Served: 30

2011

Legislation Establishing non-partisan, diverse panel tasked with appointing state medical examiner and creating advisory panel to aid medical examiner office issues
Legislation Eye-witness ID training

2012

2013

Legislation Helped to defeat HB 788

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