Larry Sims’s rape conviction was overturned last year after serving more than 24 years in prison for a crime that most likely never happened. But what he really wanted was to be declared actually innocent. Sadly, Sims died earlier this…
The Midwest Innocence Project can prove Ricky Kidd is innocent of the murder that put him behind bars for life. Now if only the court will let them. Ricky Kidd has served 16 years of a life sentence for a…
Five different independent groups have called on Michigan to reform its system for paying lawyers to represent poor defendants. Each time the state has done nothing. Finally, that may be changing due to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties…
In an article written for the San Jose Mercury News, retired judge LaDoris Cordell writes about her experience with wrongful conviction. Bobby Herrera was 17 years old when he appeared in Cordell’s courtroom charged with murder. Faced with a possible…
Recent California Innocence Project exoneree Brian Banks’ dream of playing in the NFL continues in Seattle. After impressing the Seahawks coaches at a workout last week, head coach Pete Carroll has invited Banks to attend a mini-camp this week on…
David Lee Gavitt, 54, walked out of prison last week after 26 years in prison. Gavitt was wrongly convicted of the arson murders of his wife and two daughters. Fire investigators suspected the fire was arson due to the burn…
Brian Banks, who was on his way to a big future in football before he was wrongfully convicted of rape in 2002, is getting a second shot at his dream. Banks, 26, was exonerated last week and so far, four…
In 2002, Brian Banks, a 17 year old high school football star with a promising future, was convicted of a kidnap-rape by a fellow female classmate. With still no DNA evidence and a recantation by the alleged victim, the charges…
Michael Crowe and a friend were declared factually innocent on Tuesday in the 1998 murder of Crowe’s sister. Michael Crowe was 14 when he was arrested and charged of the stabbing death of his sister Stephanie, at the family home in…
NCIP exoneree Franky Carrillo was interviewed by Al Sharpton yesterday on Politics Nation. View the video on our Facebook page! http://on.fb.me/MHvTbA www.ncip.scu.edu
