Exoneree and NCIP advisory board member Rick Walker was featured in Groundbreaking Report on the Cost of Statewide Wrongful Convictions on KTVU Fox 2. NCIP Executive Director Hadar Harris was featured in Panel to Consider Innocence Project Bills in the…
On April 12, 2016, nearly 100 people filled a classroom in Santa Clara Law’s Bannan Hall to hear three NCIP students recount their roles in Larry Pohlschneider’s exoneration. Leah Collins,’16, Thomas Levine, ’16, and Danny Wall, ’16, explained the history…
By Audrey Redmond Exonerating wrongfully convicted inmates and protecting the rights of the innocent are the core of NCIP’s work. NCIP currently maintains an active caseload of approximately 50 cases. The work is slow and often tedious. The following is…
By Karyn Sinunu-Towery In 1983, while in law school, I joined the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. I stayed for 30 years and was fortunate to have a very gratifying career trying cases and supervising divisions. For most of…
by Aaron Aguas-Rao On April 7, nearly 600 exonerees and innocence advocates descended upon San Antonio, Texas for the 2016 Annual Innocence Network Conference. Among them were a contingent of 13 NCIP attorneys, staff and exonerees, whose considerable involvement was…
Rick Walker was exonerated in 2003 after serving 12 years for a murder he didn’t commit. Since his exoneration, he has reconstructed his life by building cars, tiny homes, and a reputation as a humanitarian through his efforts to improve…
In response to the FBI’s admission of errors, NCIP to review California cases. By Todd Fries In April 2015, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stunned the criminal justice community by acknowledging that…
By Lucy Salcido Carter Two NCIP-sponsored California state Senate bills, SB 1134 and SB 1389, recently passed unanimously in the California Senate Public Safety Committee. SB 1134 establishes a fairer standard in California for using new evidence to prove innocence.…
By Audrey Redmond An exuberant group of nearly 300 supporters came together on March 17 to honor 11 exonerees and other justice champions at NCIP’s 2016 Justice for All Awards Dinner. The annual fundraising dinner serves as a platform to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ContactLucy Salcido Carter, Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) Policy Director,lcarter@scu.edu, 650-400-4364 (Cell) or Audrey Redmond, NCIP Communications Director, alredmond@scu.edu, 408-396-1360 (Cell) Faulty Convictions in California Lead to 2,346 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment and $282M+ in Costs Over…
