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NEIP is excited to announce that we will hold our annual Innocence Litigation Training on Friday, July 12, 2013. This one-day event will be aimed at educating lawyers and other interested parties about the latest information on causes of wrongful convictions and litigation …
May 17, 2013 4 Comments 
Seven current and former NEIP staff members attended the Innocence Network Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina April 19-21. The Innocence Network is comprised of 63 independent organizations around the world who work to free the wrongfully convicted. Member Projects cover different …
Read MoreMay 3, 2013 Tags: Audrey Edmonds, Bennie Starks, Bill Brooks, Innocence Network, Innocence Network Conference No Comments
Monday, April 1 marked the first annual fundraiser at Aidan’s Pub in Bristol, Rhode Island to benefit the New England Innocence Project. We want to thank everyone who helped us to make the fundraiser such a big success! Betty Anne Waters spoke about her efforts to …
Read MoreApril 11, 2013 Tags: Betty Anne Waters, Dennis Maher, Roger Williams No Comments
March 20, 2013 Tags: Betty Anne Waters, Dennis Maher, Kenny Waters, Roger Williams No Comments
Please join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Dennis Maher’s exoneration! In 1983, Dennis, a former sergeant in the U.S. Army, was wrongfully sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison. Dennis walked out of prison a free man …
Read MoreMarch 12, 2013 Tags: Dennis Maher No Comments
Exoneree Fernando Bermudez will be speaking at Princeton University on Wednesday, March 6 at 4:30. Fernando was exonerated in 2009 after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Despite the lack of any physical evidence tying him to the scene …
Read MoreMarch 1, 2013 Tags: Connecticut, Fernando Bermudez, Princeton University 1 Comment
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE NEW ENGLAND INNOCENCE PROJECT
The Position
The Executive Director of the New England Innocence Project (NEIP) serves as its chief executive officer/top-level executive and reports directly to its Board of Trustees. NEIP provides pro bono assistance to inmates in the six New England states who have claims of actual innocence and works on …
After nearly four years with NEIP, Executive Director Gretchen Bennett has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Gretchen began with NEIP in March 2009 as a part-time Project Coordinator, and became its first full-time Project Coordinator in February 2010. In November 2010, recognizing the scope of responsibilities …
Read MoreThe Boston Globe’s Sunday Magazine profiled NEIP Board of Trustee member David Meier for his work on the Massachusetts drug lab scandal. Meier was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick to oversee the review of thousands of cases that may be called into question by the scandal. As of late November, Meier’s team had identified 10,000 …
Read MoreMarvin Schechter was a guest on NPR’s “The Take Away” Monday morning to discuss the situation with Annie Dookhan at the Hinton Crime Lab. Marvin was a co-author of 2009′s groundbreaking National Academies of Science report critiquing the current state of forensic science in the United States. He has also presented at NEIP trainings about …
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