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22 exonerationsand many more to comeThe 22 wrongful convictions detailed in theInnocence Network’s 2012 <strong>report</strong> are tragicreminders of how much work is still needed touncover and prevent these terrible injustices.A number of cases in this year’s <strong>report</strong> point tomany injustices yet to be discovered. In the caseof Willie Grimes, who was wrongly convicted ofrape, prosecutors overcame an extremely pooridentification by the victim, who in court firstmistakenly identified Grime’s attorney as herattacker, by presenting the testimony of a labanalyst who claimed that hairs found on thevictim’s sheets were microscopically consistentto Grimes’s and that it would be rare to findtwo individuals in the general population withthe same microscopic hair characteristics. DNAevidence eventually proved the analyst wrong, asit did in two other DNA exonerations this yearinvolving faulty hair analysis. Thanks in part to aninvestigative series in the Washington Post, the FBIannounced that it would undertake a widespreadreview of cases involving hair analysis, which, giventhe lack of science behind this forensic discipline,is likely to uncover many more wrongfulconvictions.David Lee Gavitt served more than 25 yearsfor the arson murder of his wife and twodaughters before prosecutors agreed to vacatehis conviction because it was based on outdatedarson science. Gavitt’s case and that of CameronTodd Willingham (who was convicted by similarlyflawed evidence and executed in Texas) representjust the tip of the iceberg of the nation’s wrongfularson prosecutions, which Network projectsare beginning to litigate. For decades, fireinvestigators gave testimony about the origin offires that had no scientific basis.Drayton Witt served a decade in prison for themurder of a five-month-old boy, who likely diedbecause of complications from the medication hewas prescribed for the flu, rather than by “shakenbaby syndrome” as the prosecution originallyclaimed. (Even the original medical examinereventually changed his opinion, and the statemoved to dismiss the charges.) Fortunately, themedical community is finally speaking out abouterrors in diagnosing this condition, which hasled to many wrongful convictions. InnocenceNetwork projects are seeking cases from peoplewho have been wrongly convicted in this way,and the Network recently hired its first full-timeattorney to work exclusively on this issue.While Network projects used a wide variety oftactics to prove innocence in these cases, it’snoteworthy that nearly half continue to be DNAexonerations. In fact, 2012 saw the 300th personbecome exonerated through DNA evidence. Inthe two decades since DNA technology has beenused in criminal prosecutions, courts have come torecognize its incredible power to prove innocence.While almost all exonerations require years ofhard work, DNA, when available is often theswiftest path to exoneration. Unfortunately, it isavailable in less than 10% of serious felonies.So as you read about the tragic miscarriages ofjustice contained in this <strong>report</strong>, remember thatin many ways those profiled are the lucky ones.For every person who walked out of prison a freeindividual this year, there are many more stillincarcerated, hoping that 2013 will be the yearthey finally get the break that will prove theirinnocence.— Keith FindleyWisconsin Innocence Project Co-Director,Clinical professor Universityof Wisconsin Law School,Innocence Network Board PresidentLetter from the President 3

the cases1Juan RiveraNorthwestern University Center onWrongful ConvictionsOn January 6, 2012, Juan Rivera walkedout of Stateville Correctional Center after theLake County State’s Attorney announced thatthe state would not appeal a unanimous IllinoisAppellate Court decision throwing out Rivera’sconviction for the 1992 murder of 11-year-oldHolly Staker.Rivera had been convicted of the crimethree times, by three juries, even though nophysical evidence from the scene—includingfingerprints, skin fragments, blood, and hair—linked him to the crime, and even though lawenforcement records indicated that he wason electronic monitoring at his home morethan two miles from the scene when the crimeoccurred. Before his third trial, in 2009, DNAtesting positively eliminated him as the sourceof semen recovered from the victim, whomthe prosecution alleged Rivera had raped.Even so, the prosecution convinced the juryto discredit the DNA evidence, theorizing thatit may have become contaminated or that theyoung victim may have been sexually active.All three convictions rested primarily on twouncorroborated confessions that Rivera madefollowing four days of grueling interrogation.When Rivera was exonerated, he had spent 20years in prison. He was represented by attorneysat the Center on Wrongful Convictions atNorthwestern University School of Law and thelaw firm of Jenner & Block.2MichaelSaundersInnocence Project3Terrill SwiftNorthwestern University Center onWrongful ConvictionsMichael Saunders, Terrill Swift, HaroldRichardson and Vincent Thames were all wrongfullyconvicted after falsely confessing to themurder of a sex worker, Nina Glover, in Chicagoin 1994.No arrests were made in the case for fourmonths, until, according to police, 18-year-oldJerry Fincher walked into a police station andvoluntarily came forward with informationabout the murder, hoping to gain “some consideration”for a friend of his who was in custody.Over the next two days, while in police custody,Fincher gave an evolving series of statementsindicating that he participated with Swift, 17,Richardson, 16, and Saunders, 15, and Thames,18, in the abduction, rape and murder of Gloverin the basement of Thames’ house.Pre-trial DNA testing excluded all fourdefendants, yet the “Englewood Four” wereconvicted based on their false confessions. (Acourt ruled Fincher’s statement inadmissible,and he was never tried for the crime.) Throughthe collaboration of attorneys at the InnocenceProject, which is affiliated with the CardozoSchool of Law, the Center on WrongfulConvictions at Northwestern University, andthe Exoneration Project at the Universityof Chicago, DNA testing identified the trueassailant as Johnny Douglas, a man whowas present at the scene when the body wasrecovered. Douglas, a convicted murderer, isnow deceased. On January 17, 2012, the fourmen, who had been wrongfully imprisoned asteenagers, were finally exonerated.4 Innocence network exonerations 2012

4Jonathan MooreIllinois Innocence ProjectJonathan Moore was wrongfullyconvicted of murder and two counts ofattempted murder in 2002 and sentenced to76 years in prison. Moore’s conviction for themurder of 20-year-old Shawn Miller restedon the supposed eyewitness testimony of twoindividuals who came forward and claimed thatMoore had been the gunman. Moore deniedfiring the fatal shots, but police claimed that heplaced himself at the scene. Although the 2002trial testimony of the two witnesses providedconflicting versions of the event, Moore wasconvicted.In 2011, a key witness provided the AuroraPolice Department with information previouslyundisclosed to the public, which indicatedMoore’s lack of involvement in the crime.Following this disclosure, the Downstate IllinoisInnocence Project at the University of IllinoisSpringfield, (now the Illinois InnocenceProject) the Kane County State’s Attorney, andthe Aurora Police put forth unprecedentedcooperative effort to reinvestigate the case,interviewing both old and new witnesses. Thesurviving shooting victim <strong>report</strong>ed anew thatthe female witness who had testified aboutMoore’s involvement could not have beenpresent because no females were present whenthe shooting occurred. Interviews also indicatedthat the second supposed “eyewitness” may havebased his testimony less on what he actuallywitnessed and more on the word of the femaleand “word on the street.”This new evidence led all interested parties toconclude that Moore was not present at thescene of the crime.On March 6, 2012, the Kane County State’sAttorney presented a motion to vacate theconviction, and Moore was exonerated.5DarrylWashingtonInnocence Project of Texas6Shakara RobertsonInnocence Project of Texas7Marcus SmithInnocence Project of TexasDarryl Washington, Marcus Smith andShakara Robertson were arrested in November1994 in relation to the purse snatching of anelderly woman in Dallas, Texas, and chargedwith aggravated robbery. The victim could notidentify any of them, but bystanders identifiedWashington, Smith and Robertson, by theirclothing, as either participating in the robberyor running away.Smith pleaded no contest in October 1995 inreturn for deferred adjudication and remainedfree. Washington went to trial before a juryand was convicted in April 1996 and sentencedto 99 years in prison. Robertson pled guilty inSeptember 1996 and received probation.Washington’s case was initially assigned toTracy Cobb, a law student volunteering withthe Texas Innocence Network in 2002. Shecontinued working on the case after she becamean attorney and was able to track down fourmen who admitted to committing the crime.Working with the Innocence Project of Texasin 2009, their affidavits were presented tothe Dallas County Conviction Integrity Unit,which conducted its own investigation and alsodetermined the men were actually innocent.The three men were jointly exonerated onApril 6, 2012.8Darrin HillInnocence Project New OrleansOn April 27, 2012, Darrin Hill wasfreed and exonerated after 20 years of wrongfulconfinement at a state mental health hospitalin Jackson, Louisiana. Hill’s exonerationmarks the first for the National Institute ofJustice-funded Orleans Parish Post-ConvictionDNA Testing Project, which partners with theInnocence Project New Orleans and other localorganizations, including the Orleans ParishCAses5

11Bennett BarbourInnocence Project at the University ofVirginia School of LawBennett Barbour was tried andwrongfully convicted of raping a Virginiacollege student at gunpoint in 1978, basedalmost entirely on misidentification. Police puttogether a photographic lineup that included22-year-old Bennett Barbour, who had beenarrested in 1977 on a petty larceny charge.The victim initially picked up three of thephotographs and ultimately selected Barbour.Many years later, DNA tests were conducted inBarbour’s case as part of Virginia’s ongoing OldCase Testing Project — an initiative launched in2004 by former Gov. Mark Warner to examineevidence from convictions between 1973 and1988 for possible signs of innocence. Theresults cleared Barbour of the crime (andgot a cold hit to the real perpetrator, whohad committed a similar crime in the sametime period) and the state lab provided theexonerating results to the CommonwealthAttorney’s Office in June of 2010. Barbour,however, was not informed of the testing for anadditional 18 months.When Barbour, who was suffering from cancer,was finally notified, he immediately soughtthe assistance of the Innocence Project at theUniversity of Virginia School of Law, which fileda petition for a writ of actual innocence with theVirginia Supreme Court. Barbour was officiallyexonerated on May 24, 2012, at the urging ofthe Virginia Attorney General. He had spentfour years in prison and over 30 on parole.12David Lee GavittMichigan Innocence ClinicDavid Lee Gavitt was wrongfullyconvicted of felony murder in Michigan in 1986in connection with a house fire that killed hiswife and two young daughters.At trial, the state presented no motive butargued that science made it clear that the firewas intentionally set, and Gavitt was the onlypossible arsonist. A prosecution expert testifiedthat gasoline was found on samples of the livingroom carpet. Two additional expert witnessesdescribed things such as liquid pour patterns,deep and low burning, crazed glass and morethat they deemed to be the unmistakable“fingerprint of arson.” These old arsonindicators have since been deemed to have noscientific basis.The Michigan Innocence Clinic at theUniversity of Michigan Law School took onGavitt’s case in 2010 and began consulting withrenowned arson expert John Lentini. Lentinidiscovered that every piece of the state’s originand cause testimony against Gavitt was based onoutdated, unreliable methods. Multiple expertsalso concluded that the original lab <strong>report</strong>sindicating evidence of an accelerant had beenmisread and were incorrect. In fact, no evidenceof gasoline existed.The Michigan Innocence Clinic prepareda court filing on Gavitt’s behalf, but theprosecutor’s office agreed to reevaluate the casebefore official court proceedings would begin.Following months of independent investigation,the prosecutor agreed that Gavitt’s convictionshould be vacated and the charges dismissed.He walked out of prison on June 6, 2012 after 27years of wrongful incarceration.13Michael WinstonNorthwestern University Center onWrongful ConvictionsIn 2007, Michael Winston waswrongfully convicted of a 2005 Chicago murderand sentenced to 40 years in prison.Winston and his older brother were present atthe scene of the crime, in which 21-year-old gangmember Victor Parson was shot and killed onChicago’s South Side. After the Chicago Policereceived an anonymous tip implicating Winstonand his brother as the perpetrators, they pickedup one of the victim’s companions and showedhim a photo lineup containing the pictures of thetwo brothers. The companion identified MichaelWinston as the man he saw with a gun.In February 2007, Winston went on trial in CookCAses7

County Circuit Court before a judge, waiving hisright to a jury. He testified on his own behalf,stating that his brother had fired the shots.However, Robert Winston denied this. MichaelWinston was found guilty of the murder andsentenced to 40 years.In April 2007, a motion for a new trial wasfiled that included a statement from Winston’sbrother, in which he confessed to the shooting.At a hearing, the brother testified that he gavethe statement a few days after Winston wasconvicted. The Center on Wrongful Convictionsat Northwestern University School of Law tookon Winston’s case, and he received a re-trialbefore a judge in June 2012. On July 2, 2012,Cook County Circuit Court Judge LawrenceFlood acquitted Winston, who was then releasedafter five years in prison.14Andre DavisNorthwestern University Center onWrongful ConvictionsAndre Davis was exoneratedon July 6, 2012, after spending almost 32years wrongfully imprisoned for the rape andmurder of a three-year-old girl in Illinois in1980.The 19-year-old Davis was new to the area andvisiting at a house nearby at the time of thecrime. When Davis was asked by an investigatorduring questioning if he had killed the girl,Davis allegedly responded, “It’s possible.” Theinvestigator later admitted that this commentmay have been taken out of context, but theinterrogation was not recorded. Blood-typetesting included Davis as well as roughly 20%of the population. Davis was convicted andsentenced to 80 years. Prosecutors had soughtthe death penalty.Years later, a relative of the victim’s, whoalways had doubts about Davis’ involvementin the crime, wrote to him suggesting that heseek assistance from the Center on WrongfulConvictions at Northwestern University Schoolof Law. New DNA testing obtained by theCenter linked the crime to another person,Maurice Tucker, who had been a witness forthe prosecution at both of Davis’ trials. Daviswas exonerated.15Sedrick CourtneyInnocence ProjectSedrick Courtney wasmisidentified by the victim of a 1996 violentburglary and sentenced to 30 years in prison.The Tulsa, Oklahoma, woman suffered atraumatic brain injury as a result of the incident.At trial, she identified Courtney as her assailant,saying she was “positive” in her identification.Courtney was known to the victim as a formerneighbor and acquaintance. Paired with thetestimony of a microscopic hair analyst who hadexamined hair from two ski masks worn by theassailants, Courtney’s wrongful conviction wassecured.The Innocence Project, which is affiliated withCardozo School of Law, accepted Courtney’scase in 2007. Though Courtney’s initial requestfor DNA testing in 2001 had been rejected—the Tulsa Police Department claimed thatthe evidence had been destroyed—repeatedrequests from the Innocence Project resulted inthe discovery that the ski masks and hairs werestill in the possession of the police.Mitochondrial DNA testing showed that noneof the hairs matched Courtney. Tulsa Countyprosecutors agreed that Courtney’s convictionshould be reversed. On July 19, 2012, a TulsaCounty District judge granted the InnocenceProject’s motion to vacate Courtney’s convictionand exonerated him after 15 years.16Noe MorenoDuke Center for Criminal Justice andProfessional ResponsibilityAfter a deadly 2006 car crash, NoeMoreno was arrested and charged with seconddegreemurder, two counts of assault with adeadly weapon and drunk driving.Moreno was driving in Charlotte, NorthCarolina, with his brother and two other men8 Innocence network exonerations 2012

when their car veered into the other lane andwas hit broadside by an oncoming vehicle.Although it was difficult to tell who had beendriving since the vehicle and its occupantswere jostled about, police arrested Moreno, aMexican immigrant who spoke no English atthe time. With almost no pretrial investigation,Moreno’s defense lawyer advised Moreno thathe could not win the case, and Moreno pledguilty in 2007 and was sentenced to 18-22 yearsin prison.Shortly after his sentencing, Moreno attemptedto reassert his innocence with the help of DukeCenter for Criminal Justice and ProfessionalResponsibility. Reconstructions of the accidentand analysis of injuries by a trauma surgeonconcluded that it was not possible that Morenocould have been the driver of the vehicle. OnAugust 31, 2012, the convictions were vacatedand the charges against Moreno were dismissed.17Jason PuracalCalifornia Innocence ProjectJason Puracal, a Tacoma,Washington, native, was wrongfully incarceratedfor two years in Nicaragua and released inSeptember 2012.Puracal initially went to Nicaragua as a PeaceCorps volunteer and later stayed to build asuccessful real estate practice. In 2010, withoutexplanation, armed police raided Puracal’shome and office. After the raid, he was arrestedand charged with money laundering and drugtrafficking, although there was no evidence tosupport these charges. No drugs were found inhis home or office, and the financial exchangesthat were alleged to be money laundering werelegitimate real estate transactions throughan escrow account. Regardless, Puracal wasconvicted and sentenced to 22 years.Puracal’s sister initially contacted theDavid House Agency for assistance. Otherorganizations joined the effort, including theCalifornia Innocence Project at CaliforniaWestern School of Law and Innocence ProjectNorthwest at the University of WashingtonSchool of Law. With additional support frominfluential officials in Congress, lawyers, andactivists, the Nicaraguan appeals court finallygranted Puracal a hearing in August 2012.On September 18, 2012, the appeals courtvacated his conviction and ordered himreleased. A few days later, he flew back to theUnited States where he was reunited with hisfamily.18Damon ThibodeauxInnocence ProjectDamon Thibodeaux becamethe 300th person to be exonerated by DNAevidence on September 28, 2012. Thibodeauxwas wrongfully convicted and sentenced todeath for the aggravated rape and murder ofhis 14-year-old step cousin, Crystal Champagne,in 1997 in Louisiana. Due to exhaustion andfear of the death penalty, Thibodeaux confessedafter a nearly nine-hour interrogation.At Thibodeaux’s 1997 trial, the prosecutionbuilt its case around his confession. Therewas no physical evidence linking Thibodeauxto the crimes, and though Crystal was foundundressed, no semen was found on her bodyand no other physical evidence that she hadbeen raped. She had been strangled witha section of red cord found severed from anearby tree. A week after the crime, detectivesquestioned two women walking on the leveeclose to where the victim’s body had beenfound. Both said they saw a man pacing andacting nervously on the evening of the murder.Both women picked a photo of Thibodeauxfrom a photographic lineup, and both identifiedhim at trial.In 2007, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’sOffice and the Innocence Project opened ajoint reinvestigation of Thibodeaux’s case,which found the confession to be entirely falseand incongruous with all of the important factsof the crime. Multiple rounds of DNA testing onitems in evidence, including a section of the redCAses9

cord, found no connection between the murderand Thibodeaux. The Innocence Project, whichis affiliated with the Cardozo School of Law, theCapital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana,and the law firm of Fredrikson & Byronrepresented Thibodeaux in his exoneration.Thibodeaux had spent 15 years on death row bythe time he was released.19Willie GrimesNorth Carolina Center on ActualInnocenceWillie Grimes was wrongfullyconvicted of the 1987 rape and kidnappingof a 69-year-old North Carolina woman andsentenced to life in prison.When Grimes learned that a warrant for hisarrest had been issued, he turned himself into police. Based on the victim’s photo spreadidentification, Grimes was arrested and chargedalthough he had a strong alibi for the night ofthe rape and fingerprint evidence collectedfrom the crime scene did not implicate him.In 1988, Grimes’ case went to trial. The victimwas shown the photo spread she had initiallyseen and could not identify Grimes’ photo orremember if it was the same lineup she wasshown previously. She identified Grimes incourt, but only after mistakenly identifyinghis attorney as the rapist. The judge excludedthe photo spread identification but allowedthe in-court identification. Grimes’ convictionalso centered on testimony from a crime labanalyst who said that hairs found on the victim’sbedsheet were microscopically consistent toGrimes.At the close of trial, Grimes’ attorney requestedthat the biological evidence be submittedfor DNA testing, a forward thinking requestfor 1988. The judge took the request underadvisement, but the judge and the defenseattorney failed to ever follow up.Grimes again sought DNA testing, and furtheranalysis of the fingerprint evidence, in 1991, buthe was told that the physical evidence had beendestroyed. The North Carolina Center on ActualInnocence accepted the case and helped securea database run of the fingerprint evidence,which had not been destroyed, and implicatedan alternate suspect. In May 2012, Grimes wasreleased on parole, and on October 5, 2012, athree-judge panel declared Grimes innocentand vacated his conviction. He had served morethan 24 years in prison.20David Lee WigginsInnocence ProjectDavid Lee Wiggins was wrongfullyconvicted of raping a child in Fort Worth, Texas,and was sentenced to life in prison in 1989. The14-year-old victim was attacked in her homeafter opening the back door to let the dog gooutside.In her misidentification of Wiggins, the victimwitness became prone to what social scientistscall “mug shot commitment.” She viewedWiggins’ photo in a photo array, and he alsoappeared in a live line-up. He was the onlyperson to appear in both. Wiggins filed a prose, handwritten motion from jail to suppress thevictim’s identification, but his attorney neverfollowed up on the motion, and the court neverheld a hearing on the issue before or during thetrial.No physical evidence connected Wiggins tothe crime. In fact, none of the fingerprintsrecovered from the crime scene implicatedhim. He consistently maintained his innocenceand filed many unsuccessful requests for DNAtesting. In 2007, the Innocence Project, whichis affiliated with the Cardozo School of Law,took on Wiggins’ case and pursued testingof the DNA evidence recovered from thevictim’s clothes. In August 2012, DNA resultsconclusively excluded Wiggins as the source ofthe partial DNA profile, and with the consentof the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office,he was freed after spending 24 years in prison.Wiggins was then officially exonerated onOctober 12, 2012.10 Innocence network exonerations 2012

21Drayton WittArizona Justice ProjectOn October 29, 2012, the ArizonaSuperior Court dismissed the State’s case againstDrayton Witt who was convicted in 2002 of thesecond-degree murder of five-month-old StevenWitt. Though not his biological child, Witt wasraising Steven as his own son.Steven Witt had suffered medical problemsalmost every day of his short life. After beingprescribed Cefzil for flu-like symptoms, hebegan to experience seizures. On June 1,2000, Steven suffered a catastrophic seizure,which resulted in his death. However, medicalprofessionals at the time believed that he hadbeen fatally injured.On February 26, 2002, after a 10-day trial, ajury convicted Witt of second-degree murder,and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. TheState witnesses relied on the triad of symptomsassociated with “Shaken Baby Syndrome”(subdural hematoma, retinal hemorrhages, andcerebral edema) to conclude that the baby musthave been shaken by his father, the only adultwith him at the time of the fatal seizure.disabled by the Social Security Administration.At the same time, her child support paymentswere increased by a factor of seven due to anadministrative error.Likine’s trial counsel was not allowed to explainto the jury why she didn’t make the paymentsin full or even that the assessed charges wereerroneously high. During deliberations, the jurysent out a note asking if Likine was employedduring the period when she did not make herpayments, but the judge told the jury that itwas irrelevant. The jury never learned that shehad been involuntarily hospitalized during thatperiod.The Michigan Innocence Clinic successfullyconvinced the Michigan Supreme Court toreverse Likine’s felony conviction. Four monthslater on November 14, 2012, the MichiganAttorney General dismissed, with prejudice, allcharges against her. She spent four years onfelony probation and served 43 days in jail.The Arizona Justice Project began working onWitt’s case in 2008. Eight different experts in avariety of fields reviewed the case and providedsworn testimony in support of Witt. Finally,the medical examiner who conducted Steven’sautopsy re-examined the case and signed asworn affidavit stating that he no longer stoodby his previous conclusion. Witt was releasedon May 31, 2012 after 12 years in prison andofficially exonerated five months later when theState moved to dismiss the charges against him.22Selesa LikineMichigan Innocence ClinicSelesa Likine was charged in2008 with the felony of failing to pay childsupport. Likine could not have made thepayments because she had become severelymentally ill with schizophrenia, lost her job,was involuntarily hospitalized and was declaredCAses11

Network membersAlaska Innocence ProjectAssociation in Defenceof the Wrongly Convicted (Canada)California Innocence ProjectCalifornia Western School of Law Institutefor Criminal Defense AdvocacyCenter on Wrongful ConvictionsNorthwestern University School of LawCommittee for Public Counsel ServicesInnocence ProgramConnecticut Innocence ProjectMcCarter & EnglishIllinois Innocence ProjectInstitute for Legal and Policy Studiesat the University of Illinois at SpringfieldDuke Center for Criminal Justice andProfessional ResponsibilityDuke University School of LawExoneration InitiativeGeorgia Innocence ProjectGriffith University Innocence ProjectGriffith Law School (Australia)Hawaii Innocence ProjectWilliam S. Richardson School of LawUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaIdaho Innocence ProjectBoise State UniversityInnocence and Justice ProjectUniversity of New Mexico School of LawInnocence Network UKInnocence ProjectBenjamin N. Cardozo School of LawInnocence Project at UVA School of LawInnocence Project New OrleansInnocence Project NorthwestUniversity of Washington School of LawInnocence Project of FloridaInnocence Project of IowaInnocence Project of MinnesotaInnocence Project of TexasIrish Innocence Project at Griffith CollegeGriffith College (Ireland)Justice Brandeis Innocence ProjectSchuster Institute for Investigative Journalismat Brandeis UniversityArizona Justice ProjectSandra Day O’Connor College of LawKentucky Innocence ProjectDepartment of Public AdvocacyKnoops’ Innocence Project (Netherlands)Life After InnocenceLoyola University School of Law, ChicagoUniversity of Baltimore Innocence ProjectMedill Innocence ProjectMedill School of Journalism, NorthwesternUniversity School of LawUniversity of Miami Law Innocence ClinicMichigan Innocence ClinicUniversity of Michigan School of Law12 Innocence network exonerations 2012

Mid-Atlantic Innocence ProjectMidwest Innocence ProjectMississippi Innocence ProjectUniversity of Mississippi School of LawMontana Innocence ProjectNebraska Innocence ProjectNew England Innocence ProjectNorth Carolina Center on Actual InnocenceArizona Innocence ProjectNorthern Arizona University Departmentof Criminology & Criminal JusticeNorthern California Innocence ProjectSanta Clara University Law SchoolOffice of the Public Defender,State of DelawareOhio Innocence ProjectUniversity of Cincinnati College of LawOffice of the Ohio Public Defender, WrongfulConviction ProjectOklahoma Innocence ProjectOklahoma City University School of LawOsgoode Hall Innocence ProjectOsgoode Hall Law School (Canada)Pace Post-Conviction ProjectPace University Law SchoolPennsylvania Innocence ProjectReinvestigation ProjectOffice of the Appellate DefenderResurrection after ExonerationRocky Mountain Innocence CenterSellenger Centre Criminal Justice Review Project​The School of Law and Justice,Edith Cowan University (Australia)Texas Center for Actual InnocenceUniversity of Texas School of LawThomas M. Cooley Law SchoolInnocence ProjectThurgood Marshall School of LawInnocence ProjectEarl Carl InstituteUniversity of British Columbia LawInnocence ProjectUniversity of British ColumbiaLaw School (Canada)University of Leeds Innocence ProjectThe University of Leeds School of Law (UK)Wake Forest University Law School Innocenceand Justice ClinicWake Forest University Law SchoolWesleyan Innocence ProjectTexas Wesleyan University School of LawWest Virginia Innocence ProjectWest Virginia University College of LawWisconsin Innocence ProjectUniversity of Wisconsin Law SchoolWitness to InnocenceWrongful Conviction ClinicIndiana University School of LawNetwork members13

Innocence NetworkThe Innocence Network is an affiliation of 64 member organizationsdedicated to providing pro bono legal and investigative services toindividuals seeking to prove innocence of crimes for which they havebeen convicted and working to redress the causes of wrongful convictions.For more on the Innocence Network and for information on how to contactmember organizations, please visit www.innocencenetwork.org.14 Innocence network exonerations 2012

JUAN RIVERAMichael saundersterrill swiftjonathan mooredarryl washingtonshakara robertsonmarcus smithdarrin hillrobert deweybrian banksbennett barbourdaivd lee gavittmichael winstonandre davissedrick courtneynoe morenojason puracaldamon thibodeauxwillie grimesdavid lee wigginsdrayton wittselesa likinewww.innocencenetwork.org