Join NCIP exoneree Franky Carrillo (right) and State Senator Mark Leno (left) at a house party supporting NCIP in San Francisco on Oct. 3 at 6 pm! Meet David Onek, NCIP’s executive director, enjoy good food and mingle with NCIP…
Keker & Van Nest Partner Elliot Peters wrote a great story for the Huffington Post about his experience working with NCIP to exonerate Ronald Ross. Read Peters’ two-part story, “A Lawyers Holiday,” here. Read the press release about Ronald Ross’…
Joseph Frey was exonerated with the help of attorneys at the Wisconsin Innocence Project after spending nearly 20 years in prison for a wrongful conviction. In 1994, Frey was convicted of sexually assaulting a female college student at knifepoint and…
Andrew Johnson, client of the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center (RMIC), was officially exonerated last Friday when a Wyoming judge dismissed him of all charges due to newly discovered DNA evidence. In 1989, Johnson was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and…
On May 24th, Oklahoma became the 50th and final state to pass a post-conviction DNA testing law. 306 people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes have been exonerated by DNA evidence in the United States since DNA testing first became…
NBC Bay Area News recently ran a story about the successful work of NCIP’s law students, who have helped win the freedom of 17 exonerees since 2001. “It’s pretty amazing. I get to set innocent people free from prison. Let…
Exonerees Antione Day and Jarrett Adams are tirelessly working with the Loyola University Chicago School of Law Life After Innocence program to help exonerees find housing after their release from prison. The Life After Justice Center in Chicago was created…
NCIP exoneree Maurice Caldwell and NCIP attorney Paige Kaneb recently spoke with ABC7 News about the struggle exonerees face after prison. In 1990, an eyewitness falsely identified Caldwell as a killer during a bad drug deal, and he wrongfully spent…
Brian Banks, who was on his way to a big future in football when he was wrongfully convicted of rape in 2002, signed with the Atlanta Falcons today. Banks was a star football player at Long Beach Poly High School…
At a hearing this morning in Oakland, Judge Jon Rolefson ordered his release after the District Attorney dismissed all charges stemming from an attempted murder. Thanks to the Keker & Van Nest team for their countless hours on this case!…
