We're excited to share just some of the Exoneree Network’s accomplishments in 2025. Thank you to everyone who helped us continue to build a thriving and safe community for our members!

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At the New England Innocence Project, we know that freedom is everything. And in moments like these, our commitment to showing up for one another only deepens. We recently spoke with Shar’Day Taylor, Exoneree Network Social Service Advocate, whose brother was wrongfully incarcerated for decades, about what the year ahead holds for our community.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our annual toy drive! We were able to make the holidays a little brighter for 93 Boston-area families, including 222 children impacted by long-term incarceration and wrongful convictions.

When Mimi Olivier messaged me online and told me her husband, Edward G. Wright, was serving life in prison for a crime he did not commit, I thought I was the victim of a phishing attack. I did not know then that this simple e-mail exchange would ignite a close friendship with Mr. Wright, or “Eddie”: a man with wildly different life circumstances from mine. And I certainly did not know that I would witness the day he would finally walk free.

There has been so much to celebrate lately — three exonerations and another wrongful murder conviction overturned in just the last few months. Each case is a powerful reminder of why we fight every day for people who have been wrongfully convicted, and we are proud to have supported several of these cases through amicus work — an essential part of our mission.

We are excited to share that the Exoneree Network has launched a new partnership with Second Chance Cars, Inc., a Massachusetts-based nonprofit. Thanks to this collaboration, our community members will have the opportunity to obtain an affordable used car, thereby easing their access to employment and increasing their earnings.

Among other things, the legislation would give people over 55 years of age the chance to seek parole after serving 15 years in prison and would improve the current medical parole process, which has failed sick and dying people. So many people in our community have been sentenced to die in prison, aging over decades with increased medical issues. With this legislation, they can have the chance to come home and receive the care they need and deserve.

We were hard at work this Wrongful Conviction Day, a day to shine a light on the causes and devastating impacts of wrongful convictions. It is a day to celebrate the sweetness and joy of long-overdue freedom, but also a day to remember and stand with the many people, both inside and outside the prison walls, who continue to fight for freedom, truth, and justice.

Every June, we take a moment to reflect on the progress we’ve made and recommit to the work ahead. Thanks to your support, we’re bringing hope, healing, and freedom to people who have been wrongfully convicted—and building a stronger community for all those impacted. Read our interactive report to learn more.