Please join Northern California Innocence Project and Santa Clara University School of Law for a free symposium. In the Interest of Justice: Conviction Review Programs Friday, September 25th, 2015 9:00 am to 3:30 pm; breakfast starts at 8:00 am. Santa…
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” This was just one of the passages NCIP client David Losoya had marked in his heavily annotated bible, which was among the few personal belongings sent to NCIP after his…
By Priscilla Ann Ornido Exonerees are often released from prison with nothing but the clothes they wear, and must rely on family or friends to ensure their basic needs are met. A Connecticut attorney, however, is trying to alter this…
While awaiting justice in his case, NCIP client David Losoya recently succumbed to Valley Fever and died in prison. David was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1978 based on faulty eyewitness identification and spent 37 years in prison before his…
Please join Northern California Innocence Project and Santa Clara University School of Law for a free symposium. In the Interest of Justice: Conviction Review Programs Friday, September 25th, 2015 9:00 am to 3:30 pm; breakfast starts at 8:00 am. Santa…
by Priscilla Ann Ornido Jo Handelsman, Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, called for the “eradication” of bite mark evidence at a conference sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
By Priscilla Ann Ornido The six members of Exoneree Band, Raymond Towler, William Michael Dillon, Antoine Day, Eddie Lowery, Alan Northrop and Ted Bradford, were collectively imprisoned for more than a century for crimes they did not commit. Though they live…
By Priscilla Ann Ornido In February 2011, Darrell Williams, a promising starter on Oklahoma State’s basketball team, was charged in the alleged sexual assault and rape of two women at a party. While there was no physical evidence or witnesses…
By Priscilla Ann Ornido Upon receiving the Board of Supervisors’ recent approval of $1 million in funding, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced plans for the creation of her office’s new conviction review unit. The unit will review…
The national search has begun for NCIP’s executive director. The job posting can be found here. Please feel free to share! www.ncip.scu.edu
