/tags/innocence-project Innocence Project en-US Copyright Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:29:29 GMT /news/2024-11-13/roy-cooper-commutes-sentences-grants-pardons Late Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper announced he had commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons of innocence to two others. According to the governor's office, the clemency actions followed a review by the Office of Executive Clemency, the Office of General Counsel, and the governor. Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:29:29 GMT /news/2024-11-13/roy-cooper-commutes-sentences-grants-pardons Jason deBruyn /news/2022-01-18/pardoned-30-years-after-a-wrongful-conviction-howard-dudley-reflects-on-what-he-lost In a recent conversation with ��������վ's Tested Podcast, Dudley reflects on what he’s been through over the years, and how it feels to finally have his innocence publicly acknowledged. Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:30:00 GMT /news/2022-01-18/pardoned-30-years-after-a-wrongful-conviction-howard-dudley-reflects-on-what-he-lost Anisa Khalifa, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /race-demographics/2019-09-02/exonerated-members-of-central-park-five-to-speak-at-duke Two exonerated members of what was known as the "Central Park Five," will speak at Duke University Monday night. The detailed story of the "Central Park… Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:53:23 GMT /race-demographics/2019-09-02/exonerated-members-of-central-park-five-to-speak-at-duke Leoneda Inge /law/2019-08-19/nc-man-dies-7-years-after-hes-found-innocent-released A North Carolina man who was released from prison after serving 17 years for a murder he didn't commit has died.The co-director of Duke University's… Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:32:31 GMT /law/2019-08-19/nc-man-dies-7-years-after-hes-found-innocent-released Associated Press /law/2014-07-11/innocence-project-judge-express-outrage-over-botched-prosecution-of-durham-nc-man Family, friends and lawyers filled a Durham County courtroom today in support of Darryl Howard.Howard was convicted of murdering a woman and her daughter… Fri, 11 Jul 2014 18:52:47 GMT /law/2014-07-11/innocence-project-judge-express-outrage-over-botched-prosecution-of-durham-nc-man Leoneda Inge /law/2014-05-29/nc-appeals-judges-order-for-a-new-trial-two-decades-into-darryl-howards-prison-sentence The state of North Carolina is appealing a judge's order for a new trial for Darryl Howard. Howard has been in prison for 19 years for the 1995 murder of… Thu, 29 May 2014 12:04:19 GMT /law/2014-05-29/nc-appeals-judges-order-for-a-new-trial-two-decades-into-darryl-howards-prison-sentence Rebecca Martinez /law/2013-06-13/after-innocence-wrongfully-convicted-inmate-escaped-prison-finally-exonerated In 1982, a woman notified the police that two men had broken into her home, and one of them had sexually assaulted her. She described the sexual offender… Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:00:00 GMT /law/2013-06-13/after-innocence-wrongfully-convicted-inmate-escaped-prison-finally-exonerated Laura Candler /law/2013-06-13/after-innocence-james-waller-speaks-about-what-exoneration-feels-like “The worst thing you can be is a sex offender because it’s dirt that you can’t wash off.”Those words were spoken by James Waller in an interview with ��������վ… Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT /law/2013-06-13/after-innocence-james-waller-speaks-about-what-exoneration-feels-like Laura Candler /show/the-state-of-things/2013-06-12/exonerees-share-stories-of-wrongful-conviction-at-innocence-network-conference Across the country, 306 wrongfully convicted inmates have been exonerated because of DNA evidence. The number of people exonerated through other means is… Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:15:42 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2013-06-12/exonerees-share-stories-of-wrongful-conviction-at-innocence-network-conference Frank Stasio, Alex Granados /law/2013-06-12/exonerees-share-stories-of-wrongful-conviction-at-innocence-network-conference Across the country, 306 wrongfully convicted inmates have been exonerated because of DNA evidence. The number of people exonerated through other means is… Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:15:42 GMT /law/2013-06-12/exonerees-share-stories-of-wrongful-conviction-at-innocence-network-conference Frank Stasio, Alex Granados