On January 26, current and former NCIP clinic students got to experience something that not all lawyers get to experience—the exoneration of an innocent client. NCIP staff and students joined Glenn Payne at the Hall of Justice in San…
On February 15, NCIP welcomed Japanese legal scholar Mari Hiryama to our office. Mari reached out to NCIP to discuss our innocence work in California for her consideration as to how our experience might inspire criminal justice reform in Japan.…
For the last 30 years, I have been looking for missing pieces. At the Northern California Innocence Project, our job is to search for the missing pieces of evidence in our cases that will help bring innocent clients home. But…
In August, NCIP welcomed 14 Santa Clara Law students into our year-long clinical program. Throughout this academic year, this group will have the unique experience of working closely with the NCIP legal team on real innocence cases. We sat down with…
On July 21, NCIP partnered with the Scientific Collaboration, Innovation & Education Group (SCIEG) to present an innovative training on the Santa Clara University campus: Interpreting Mixtures: Probabilistic Genotyping for Attorneys. The training educated attorneys and investigators on probabilistic genotyping (PG), a…
Last month, NCIP celebrated two legislative victories that will provide much needed support for exonerees post release. The first bill, NCIP-sponsored Senate Bill (SB) 336, authored by Senator Joel Anderson, expands the eligibility of wrongfully convicted individuals to receive transitional…
As the holiday season approaches, we continue to make strides toward bringing our clients home. Here are some highlights from the NCIP docket: THE CASE OF JEREMY PUCKETT Years served: 15 First contacted NCIP on: November 8, 2012 On November…
On October 19, NCIP exoneree Maurice Caldwell’s fight for compensation continued at the California Victim Compensation Board’s (CalVCB) October board meeting. Maurice was exonerated in 2011 for a murder he did not commit after spending more than 20 years in…
Please join NCIP in welcoming its first full-time External Relations Director, Lori Stone Reinauer. As External Relations Director, Lori will implement development strategies to achieve NCIP’s fundraising goals and to enhance and expand our strategic communications. Lori has a strong background in…
(A version of this story appeared in the spring 2012 edition of NCIP’s newsletter) In February 2008, NCIP received a letter from Obie Anthony. Convicted of murder and robbery in 1995, he maintained his innocence and requested NCIP’s help. It…
