The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
An investigative reporting organization that probes allegations of wrongful convictions.
After serving almost 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Gregory Bright now shares his experience and raises awareness of wrongful convictions by performing a one-man play. The Daily Utah Chronicle
Douglas Warney is asking the top court of New York to reinstate his damages case against the state. He served nine years and is claiming that his confession to police was coerced. Wall …
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A man once convicted of a rape has since been cleared of the crime is now filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the village and police investigators. Woodridge Patch
Ron Keine escaped death by a New Mexico gas chamber 10 days before his scheduled execution and will now share his story to crowds in Louisville. Public News Service
After serving 27 years in prison, a man wrongfully …
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After serving 18 years on death row, Anthony Graves is now able to roam free. He was convicted murdering a grandmother, her daughter, and four grandchildren when he was 26 but has since proven his innocence. KXAN
A Texas man found guilty of aggravated robbery charges had his sentence overturned with the help of DNA evidence, after serving 30 years in jail. CNN
A proposed change within the …
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The Innocence Project of Wisconsin helped Cody Vandenberg overturn his 1996 conviction for robbery and attempted murder. He remains on house arrest while prosecutors decide if they're going to re-try his case. --Green Bay Press Gazette
Jerry Wayne Johnson sued the Innocence Project of Texas this week after being found guilty of a crime that the organization brought to a court of inquiry. He …
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By Kelly Cline
Reporter, Innocence Institute of Point Park University
innocence [at] pointpark [dot] edu
DeAnndra Day has admitted on numerous occasions that it was she, not her ex-husband, who murdered her 3-year-old daughter. But a federal appeals court has denied appeals from Michael Day, the man serving a life sentence for the killing, because a lower court ruled new forensic evidence was …
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