Nancy Erwin was released from a Pennsylvania prison on December 22, 2006, after serving all of her 27-54 month sentence. While she was a model prisoner, under Pennsylvania’s parole rules, she was not granted release until she served the maximum sentence because she would not accept responsibility for a crime she says she did not do. Erwin currently works in the billing and insurance department …
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Nancy Erwin Adjusts to Life after Incarceration
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Plea of Guilty In School Shooting Case Turns Into Prison Nightmare
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Nancy Erwin Says She Lied To Help Husband, Now Claims of Innocence
By Elizabeth Perry
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
After successfully teaching math in the Marion Center School District for 21 years, Nancy Erwin became embroiled in a series of minor disputes with a new administration and in the fall of 1999 began receiving negative performance reviews.
Then in March …
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“Let’s Make a Deal” Justice System Provokes ‘Guilty Lies’
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By Bill Moushey and Elizabeth Perry
Innocence Institute of Point Park University
Nancy Erwin admitted conspiring with her alcoholic, suicidal husband in the shooting of an Indiana County school secretary in 2002 over her dismissal as a math teacher because a lawyer convinced her it was the only way to avoid a life behind bars.
Now she says it was a lie.
“I was threatened, blackmailed, …
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