As the innocence community mourns the loss of Curtis Flowers, his legacy reminds us that the fight for criminal and racial ...

(September 24, 2026) Today, a sharply divided Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) did not accept the recommendation of the 138th Judicial District Court of Cameron Country that Melissa Lucio is ...

While today’s decision is a great victory and an important step towards securing final and complete justice for Mr. Duncan, the fight for his full exoneration is not over. Ouachita Parish District ...

Police departments across the country are paying up to $3,500 — funds that often come out of taxpayer money — to learn how to tell a guilty 911 caller from an innocent one. These programs promise that ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is found in almost every human cell and holds a distinct genetic code that acts as the body’s blueprint. It carries the instructions for the development, functioning, and ...

(April 13, 2026 — Grand Junction, CO) Today, the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office dismissed the double murder charges against James “Jimmy” Genrich’s related to a series of pipe bombings that ...

In May 2025, Judge Alvin Sharp of the 4th Judicial District in Ouachita Parish ruled that clear and convincing evidence proves Mr. Duncan is factually innocent in the alleged murder of Haley Oliveaux, ...

That case, like Roberson’s, involved a conviction predicated on the now-debunked “Shaken Baby Syndrome” hypothesis, and the CCA granted relief to Roark based on its conclusion that the SBS ...

When a person dies under unexpected or suspicious circumstances, medicolegal death investigators, including coroners and medical examiners, are tasked with determining how and why. But flawed ...

On Nov. 13, 1980, the body of Patricia Jeschke was found in the bedroom of her apartment on the east side of St. Joseph, Missouri. Ms. Jeschke was a secretary at the St. Joseph Public Library, and her ...

(Brownsville, Texas, November 14, 2024) The judge who presided over the trial of Melissa Lucio—the Honorable Arturo Nelson—has found that Ms. Lucio “is actually innocent; she did not kill her daughter ...

The Sept. 24 execution of Midwest Innocence Project and Innocence Project client Marcellus Williams, an innocent Black man in Missouri, should leave a deep scar on the conscience of the nation. The ...