Press Releases
11/25/2008 - Nearly 20 Years After Rape and Murder Conviction, Steven Barnes Is Released from Prison Based on DNA Testing
9/16/2008 - Innocence Project and Affiliated Organizations Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Maintain Safeguards Against Systemic Prosecutorial Misconduct
8/6/2008 - Victim’s Family Joins Federal Lawsuit for DNA Testing That Could Overturn a Wrongful Conviction and Solve a Cold Case
8/5/2008 - Mississippi Takes ‘Huge First Steps’ Against Unprecedented Autopsy Misconduct but Must Take Further Action, Innocence Project Says
8/4/2008 - 25 Years After Wrongful Conviction, Steven Phillips Set To Be Exonerated in Dallas Based on DNA and Other Evidence
7/29/2008 - Newark Man’s Conviction for 1995 Murder Should Be Tossed Based on DNA Testing and Other New Evidence
7/1/2008 - NY State Senate Task Force to Hold Public Hearing July 2 on Preventing Wrongful Convictions
6/24/2008 - Innocence Project and Affiliated Organizations Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Critical Right to Challenge Forensic Evidence in Criminal Cases
5/28/2008 - Dean Cage, Wrongfully Convicted Based on Eyewitness ID Practices that Are Still in Place Today, Is Exonerated in Chicago with DNA
5/27/2008 - DNA Testing Proves Chicago Man’s Innocence in 1994 Rape
5/21/2008 - 26 Years After Wrongful Conviction in Detroit Rape Case - Walter Swift is Released from Prison and Exonerated
4/29/2008 - As 18th Person is Freed Based on DNA in Dallas, Summit on Wrongful Convictions in Texas Is Set for May 8
4/15/2008 - 23 Years After Improper Photo Lineup Led to Wrongful Conviction, DNA Proves Thomas McGowan’s Innocence in Dallas County Rape
4/8/2008 - Innocence Project Asks State Board to Revoke Steven Hayne’s Medical License Based on Repeated Autopsy Misconduct
3/5/2008 - Innocence Project Issues Formal Records Requests To Determine How Much Hayne Uses State Labs for Autopsy Misconduct
2/15/2008 - Two Innocent Men Cleared Today in Separate Murder Cases in Mississippi, 15 Years after Wrongful Convictions
2/8/2008 - Evidence Proves that Innocent Men Were Wrongfully Convicted in Two Mississippi Murder Cases; Hearing Set for Friday
1/18/2008 - Inspector General Issues ‘Strong Indictment’ of Federal Forensic Oversight
1/14/2008 - After 26 Years, DNA Testing Exonerates Rickey Johnson in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Rape; Johnson Will be Released Today and Speak at a Press Conference in Baton Rouge Tuesday
1/14/2008 - Rickey Johnson, Exonerated Today after 26 Years, Presses for DNA Testing for Other People Trying To Prove Their Innocence
12/20/2007 - Six Men Sentenced To Die - but Later Exonerated by DNA - Urge Gov. Riley to Order DNA Testing for Thomas Arthur
12/6/2007 - Innocence Project Calls on Governor to Order DNA Testing in Alabama Execution Case Halted by U.S. Supreme Court
12/4/2007 - Prosecutor Dismisses Case Against Chad Heins Based on DNA Evidence, Exonerating Him in 1994 Florida Murder
10/19/2007 - UPDATE: Dallas judge approves vacating Clay Chabot’s sentence, sets bail hearing for Oct. 26
10/18/2007 - New York Leads Most States in Number of Wrongful Convictions, But Lags Behind in Reforms to Prevent Them, New Innocence Project Report Finds
10/18/2007 - Clay Chabot’s 1986 Dallas Murder Conviction Is Expected to Be Vacated at Hearing Friday Morning Based on DNA Results
10/3/2007 - DNA Testing Proves that Houston Man Was Wrongfully Convicted of Rape in 1995; Case Highlights Serious HPD Crime Lab Problems
9/27/2007 - Alabama Governor’s 45-Day Stay of Execution for Thomas Arthur Should Immediately Lead to DNA Testing, Innocence Project Says
9/19/2007 - Alabama Governor Refuses to Hear How DNA Testing Could Impact Case Set for Execution Next Week
9/10/2007 - Texas Judge Blocks State from Destroying Evidence that May Show Whether Man Was Wrongfully Executed
9/7/2007 - DNA Tests May Show Whether Texas Man Was Wrongfully Executed; Legal Motions Filed to Hold Evidence for Testing
9/5/2007 - Nebraska Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Thursday from Two Men Seeking DNA Testing to Prove Their Innocence in 1985 Murder
8/22/2007 - State Appeals Court Grants Archie Williams DNA Testing To Prove His Innocence – 11 Years after He First Asked a Court for Testing
7/9/2007 - Pennsylvania Appeals Court to Hear Arguments Tuesday on Whether Man Convicted of Rape/Murder Can Have DNA Testing
7/9/2007 - Byron Halsey Is Fully Exonerated in New Jersey after DNA Proves His Innocence in 1985 Child Rapes and Murders
7/2/2007 - Westchester DA’s Report on Jeffrey Deskovic’s Wrongful Conviction
