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May 17, 2012 Tags: DNA Access and Preservation, DNA Access Bill, DNA Access Laws, DNA Preservation Laws, Massachusetts No Comments 
Upcoming NEIP Forensic Science/Innocence Litigation Training
NEIP is excited to announce our upcoming Forensic Science/Innocence Litigation Training on June 29th, 2012! This annual one-day event is aimed at educating lawyers and other interested parties about the latest information on causes of wrongful convictions and litigation options. …
Read MoreMay 4, 2012 Tags: Innocence Litigation Training No Comments
Check out this powerful story about the Michael Morton case that ran over the weekend on
Read MoreMay 2, 2012 Tags: Michael Morton, Texas No Comments
Exoneree James Bain’s life took on a new role last month when his first child was born. Bain spent 35 years in prison for the kidnapping and rape of a 9-year-old boy. After being denied four times on technicalities for DNA testing that he insisted would prove his innocence, with help from the Florida Innocence …
Read MoreApril 25, 2012 Tags: Innocence Project of Florida, James Bain No Comments
Be sure to check out 6,149 Days, the documentary airing online tonight at 8pm that covers the amazing story of Greg Taylor. Taylor was convicted in 1993 for the murder of Jacquetta Thomas, who was beaten to death in 1992. Contributing factors to Taylor’s wrongful conviction included a rushed police investigation, evidence that was withheld …
Read MoreApril 12, 2012 Tags: Greg Taylor, North Carolina, North Carolina Innocence Commission No Comments
Check out photos from March 19th’s symposium sponsored by the New England Innocence Project, New England Law | Boston and Boston Bar Association!
Professor Brandon L. Garrett discussed his new book Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong, which analyzes what went wrong in the first 250 criminal convictions overturned on the basis of …
Read MoreApril 6, 2012 Tags: Brandon Garrett, Convicting the Innocent, DNA Access Bill, Gretchen Bennett, Nancy Gertner, Robert Cordy No Comments
The Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University Law School has called on Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to vacate the conviction of Daniel Taylor. When Taylor was 17, he and seven others were charged with the 1992 shooting deaths of Sharon Haugabook and Jeffrey Lassiter. Taylor received a life sentence.
Police questioned Taylor …
Read MoreApril 4, 2012 Tags: Chicago, False Confession, Illinois No Comments
On Friday, March 23, 2012 Kevin Benefield was sentenced to 60 years in prison, the maximum sentence that he could have received, for the 1986 rape and murder of Barbara Pelkey. Kenneth Ireland spent nearly 20 years in prison before the Connecticut Innocence Project helped to secure DNA testing on blood found at the crime …
Read MoreMarch 24, 2012 Tags: DNA Testing, Kenneth Ireland, Kevin Benefield No Comments
According to Professor Brandon Garrett’s book “Convicting the Innocent”, more than half of the first 250 DNA exonerations were cases that included “invalid, unreliable, concealed, or erroneous forensic evidence.” In these cases forensic tests had been conducted on the evidence and had lead police to an innocent person. NEIP exoneree Stephan Cowans is mentioned …
Read MoreMarch 15, 2012 Tags: Unvalidated Forensic Science No Comments
