The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
An investigative reporting organization that probes allegations of wrongful convictions.
These three Zip files contains briefs, court transcripts, police files, letters and news stories. Download the following files to view.
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By Brooke Keane
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
See the Innocence Institute's initial Simmons investigation here.
Just over a month after a federal appeals court upheld a ruling for a new trial in the grisly murder of an 80-year-old Johnstown woman in 1992, prosecutors obtained a court order to see if hair and other evidence found at the scene matches Ernest …
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