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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 MoreOn Friday, February 17, 2012 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed bill …
Read MoreThe New England Innocence Project (NEIP) is thrilled to announce that on Wednesday February 8, 2012 the Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously passed bill …
Read MoreToday is the day! The MA House of Representatives will be debating the DNA Access bill later today. If passed, potentially INNOCENT inmates in MA will be able to test the DNA evidence which could prove their innocence. …
Read MoreAs the House of Representatives debates pending legislation granting inmates access to post-conviction DNA testing several news outlets have written stories exploring the topic. In July, the Massachusetts State Senate unanimously passed S.1987 granting inmates access to post-conviction DNA testing. The legislation is currently under review by the Ways and Means Committee in the …
Read MoreExecutive Director, Gretchen Bennett, exoneree Dennis Maher, and reporter Michael Blanding will be featured on another local NPR station, WBUR 90.9 FM, tomorrow, discussing the DNA access bill. You can listen to them live on Wednesday, 11/23 at 3:00 pm. During the segment they’ll also take calls from listeners. …
Read MoreMassachusetts is one of two states without a post-conviction DNA access law. Gretchen Bennett (executive director), Dennis Maher, Anthony Powell, Kenneth Waters (exonerees) and Betty Anne Waters were featured in Sunday, November 21, 2011, Boston Globe Magazine story about legislation to change that.
The post-conviction DNA bill has passed unanimously in the state Senate and is …
Read MoreIn 1992, a teenage girl was kidnapped at knifepoint as she waited for a bus. The assailant raped her and then demanded that she come to a nearby skating rink the following night with $100. The next night, a suspect was picked up from the skating rink, positively identified by the young woman, and …
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