Opinion: Virginia must bolster access to police investigations
By JENNIFER L. GIVENS, DEIRDRE M. ENRIGHT and SHAWN ARMBRUST on February 27, 2021 It has been more than a year since Jason Nixon’s… Read more
Tag: Innocence Project
Opinion: Make Michigan police misconduct complaints public
By Tyrone Carter on September 26, 2020 We all know their names by now: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake.… Read more
Indiana’s exoneration fund has made no restitution payouts for wrongful convictions
By Sandra Chapman on September 2, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS — A new state law that's supposed to compensate the wrongly convicted… Read more
Exonerated brothers compensated $2 million each
By Eddie Kadhim on June 17, 2020 Birthdays, holidays, funerals— how do you pay someone back for stealing memories? On… Read more
Maryland brothers awarded $3.8 million after being wrongfully jailed for 24 years
By Ovetta Wiggins on June 17, 2020 Eric Simmons and Kenneth “JR” McPherson, two brothers who spent 24 years in… Read more
Editorial: Only Gov. Little can right this wrong
By Marty Trillhaase on May 13, 2020 Twice, Idaho has not only fessed up to sending a man to prison… Read more
Public weighs in on compensation plan for wrongfully convicted
By Seaborn Larson on May 12, 2020 Members of the public weighed in Tuesday on a proposal to pay $60,000… Read more
Exoneree compensation is smart economics
By David Herbst on May 9, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on fear, isolation and uncertainty for too many… Read more
Wrongfully convicted man speaks out about experience, vetoed legislation providing compensation
By Olivia Heersink on May 9, 2020 BOISE — When Charles Fain was exonerated in the 1982 rape and murder… Read more
DNA testing finally brings closure to a heinous Canyon County murder
By Jim Jones on May 8, 2020 Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue has brought closure to the brutal murder of… Read more
Fighting for compensation in a state that offers no relief to the wrongfully convicted
By Kevin Davis on April 27, 2020 At the age of 22, Christopher Tapp faced the possibility of spending the… Read more
Idaho’s exonerees are worth it, Gov. Little.
By Greg Hampikian on April 27, 2020 The people of Idaho spoke, both parties in the Idaho House and Senate… Read more