Over the last few months, NCIP has made a strong effort to engage the Santa Clara University (SCU) community in our work. SCU faculty, staff, and students are critical collaborators in everything we do. Here are some of the things…
In all our work, we must always take the long view. Our cases take years, sometimes decades to resolve, and involve hundreds of hours of investigation, meetings with dozens of witnesses, and the filing of multiple pleadings. When we lose…
NCIP is ecstatic to be up and running in a new office located in Santa Clara Law’s Charney Hall. We are excited and grateful to continue our work to promote a more fair, effective, and compassionate criminal justice system under…
Over the last year, we have kept you updated on NCIP exoneree Maurice Caldwell’s quest for compensation for the more than 20 years he spent wrongfully incarcerated. Maurice was wrongfully convicted of murder in San Francisco in 1991, based primarily…
NCIP’s legislative efforts forged ahead this spring. NCIP’s priorities for this legislative session included postconviction discovery reform, improving evidence retention in criminal cases, implementing eyewitness identification best practices, and automatic compensation for exonerees. Below is a short synopsis of the…
NCIP at Santa Clara University School of Law is one of only three innocence organizations in California. No other law school in Northern California, and few other law schools in the country, offers students the experience of working directly with…
For the last sixteen years, Jeremy Puckett has been seeking justice. In March, 1998, Anthony Galati’s body was found on the side of a road in Sacramento County. Galati suffered two gunshots to the head, his hands were tied behind…
“Don’t use your talents for evil!” “Get comfortable getting out of your comfort zone!” “Make good choices and wear sunscreen!” All sayings that my three now young adult children have heard me say more times than they can count. In…
Building off of recent policy reform successes, NCIP will prioritize legislative efforts that address the causes and consequences of wrongful conviction. NCIP’s legislative priorities for the current legislative session are outlined below: Senate Bill (SB) 923 (Senator Wiener and Assemblymember…
For 16 years, the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) has been working tirelessly on behalf of the wrongfully convicted by promoting a fair, effective, and compassionate criminal justice system and protecting the rights of the innocent. Since our founding in…
