Jonathan Fleming was exonerated on April 8th after spending nearly 25 years in prison for a 1989 murder in Brooklyn, New York that he did not commit. Fleming, 51, was released after new evidence was discovered in his case, including…
John Thompson spent 18 years in a Louisiana prison, 14 of them on death row, before he was exonerated in 2003 for a murder he did not commit. Since his release from prison, Thompson has become a tireless advocate for…
Gloria Killian, exoneree and longtime friend of NCIP, will be featured on next week’s episode of “Death Row Stories,” a CNN Original series that attempts to discover the truth behind different capital murder cases and questions the numerous beliefs about…
Alison Tucher, former Morrison & Foerster LLP partner and NCIP’s 2010 Pro Bono Award recipient, was recently appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County. Governor Jerry Brown selected Tucher to fill the vacancy left by retired Judge…
According to a report by the National Registry of Exonerations, a record high number of 87 men and women who were wrongfully convicted of crime in the United States were exonerated in 2013. The National Registry of Exonerations is a…
Daniel Villegas, 37, of El Paso, Texas was exonerated Tuesday after spending nearly 20 years in prison for a double homicide that he did not commit. In 1995, Villegas, then only 16 years old, was wrongfully convicted of the murders…
Anthony Graves spent 18 years in prison wrongly convicted of murder before finally being exonerated in 2010. Since his release Graves has been working as an investigator for the Texas State Defender Service, an organization that represents death penalty defendants.…
The LA Times wrote a poignant story about NCIP exoneree George Souliotes, who spent 17 years in prison before his arson and triple murder conviction was overturned. Since his release George has savored his freedom and time spent with family,…
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…
