New Report Details This Year’s Wrongful Convictions Across 13 States
By Samuel Newhouse, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Source: http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=48234
NEW YORK — A year-in-review report released last week by the Innocence Network reveals that 21 people across the country were exonerated by Innocence Network member organizations for crimes …
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Innocence Network Organizations Secured 21 Exonerations in 2011
December 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Accused get all the justice they can afford
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
"The core issue is terrible underfunding, and it has been that way for decades," Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning told the Post-Gazette. "As far as this court is concerned, the public defender's office is a fine one staffed by fine lawyers ... but they have been way overworked and way underpaid -- and that has been the case since the 1970s when I was a young assistant district …
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In wake of Troy Davis case, undergrads investigate wrongful convictions
September 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Viviana Bonilla Lopez, USA Today
Source: http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/ccp/in-wake-of-troy-davis-case-undergrads-investigate-wrongful-convictions
Lara Takenaga said the best day of her investigation was when the star witness admitted to doing heroin before witnessing the crime. Takenaga and a classmate met the woman on a Chicago street and took her to the White Castle …
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Innocence Institute students win national award from the Society of Professional Journalists
May 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Two students from the Point Park School of Communications won the national Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for their story "No Remorse," from the latest edition of Justice magazine. Lucy Leitner and Faith Cotter had already won the "Region 1" Mark of Excellence Award. This is a great accomplishment. Kudos to both of them. Read more about the award winners …
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Innocence Institute report featured in City Paper: ‘Legislators trying to dig out from under the state’s ever-growing prison budget’
April 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From this week's Pittsburgh City Paper:
If Corbett's budget passes in June, however, it appears as though a day of reckoning will not come for the state's Department of Corrections. In addition to funding increases for the Board of Probation and Parole, from $142.1 million to $149.1 million, Corbett's budget also includes a $186.5 million increase in DOC spending, from $1.7 billion to $1.9 …
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Free tuition and stipend to prospective master’s students at the Innocence Institute
February 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Two positions are open for students and/or professional journalists interested in pursuing a master's degree in journalism at the Innocence Institute of Point Park University in Pittsburgh. The positions include full-scholarship and stipend. Please pass the following information to anyone you think might be interested:
Graduate Assistant-Innocence Institute
Position: Graduate Assistant -- 2 …
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A Death in Solitary: Innocence Institute Partners with Philadelphia City Paper for Solitary Confinement Investigation
August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This week's Philadelphia City Paper cover story is a collaboration with the Innocence Institute to investigate Pennsylvania's solitary confinement facilities and the types of inmates who end up serving time there. Read the story here. Read the reprint and spirited discussion here. …
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McKeesport Daily News Publishes First in Series About Whitley’s Exoneration — and the Exoneration’s Aftermath
May 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
Stacy Lee authored a series for the McKeesport Daily News, which covers the area where Whitley was implicated in a murder. The first two parts of the series have run. Please stay tuned for the rest.
Part 1: "Man still struggling 4 years after release"
Part 2: "Innocence Institute played key role in overturning conviction"
Part 3: "Inconsistencies abounded at Whitley trial" …
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Point Park News releases report on ‘Justice for Journalism’ gala
March 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Watch it here. …
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Innocence Institute gala a success — hundreds support ‘Justice Through Journalism’ at Point Park University
March 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to John Grisham, the members of "Resurrection After Exoneration," Drew Whitley, and everyone who participated in and attended last night's "Justice Through Journalism" gala.
Please visit the Web sites at WTAE and the Post-Gazette to view their previews of the event, and also check out Chris Rodell's take on the event.
The man has a way with words:
Here's another indication of just …
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