Louisiana exoneree to receive $150K in compensation
Rickey Johnson, who was freed in January after serving 25 years in Louisiana’s Angola prison for a rape he didn’t commit, will receive $150,000 in compensation from the state for his wrongful...
View ArticleLouisiana Exoneree Will Be Missed
Clyde Charles, a Louisiana man who served nearly two decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit before DNA testing proved him innocent in 1999, died last week at the age of 55. He left behind...
View ArticleVideo: Rickie Johnson Opens His Shop
We posted yesterday about Louisiana exoneree Rickie Johnson opening a leather goods shop in his hometown on the one-year anniversary of his exoneration. He told reporters yesterday at his grand...
View ArticleReflecting on a Life Stolen by Injustice
Friends and family of Clyde Charles gathered in Houma, Louisiana on Saturday to mourn the death of a man who spent two of his five decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Charles passed away...
View ArticleFriday Roundup: The Struggle for DNA Access
The big news in the innocence movement this week came from Washington, D.C., yesterday, where the U.S. Supreme Court denied Innocence Project client William Osborne access to the DNA testing that...
View ArticleThree Years Later, a Somber Anniversary
Three years ago this week, post-conviction DNA testing proved Allen Coco innocent of the crimes for which he was serving a life sentence. By the time he was exonerated, Coco had spent more than 11...
View ArticleTomorrow on Tom Joyner: My Dad Was Exonerated
La’Keisha Butts, the daughter of Louisiana exoneree Rickie Johnson, will join the Tom Joyner radio show Tuesday morning to discuss the issues surrounding wrongful conviction and the experience of...
View ArticleBlood Tests Prove Louisiana Man's Innocence
The Innocence Project today filed a motion in Louisiana providing scientific proof that a man serving life in prison for rape is actually innocent. The motion calls on the court to free Booker...
View ArticleLouisiana Man Proves His Innocence But Remains Behind Bars
Recent blood tests have confirmed that a Louisiana man serving life behind bars for a 1988 rape and armed robbery is actually innocent. Innocence Project client Booker Diggins, who was convicted of...
View ArticleLegislation to Increase Louisiana's Compensation Dies
Legislation that would have doubled Louisiana’s compensation for the wrongfully convicted fell flat this session, despite the fact that the state maximum of $250,000 is among the lowest of the states...
View ArticleMurder Conviction Vacated for Louisiana Death Row Inmate
A Louisiana man was exonerated and released from prison Tuesday afternoon after spending the past three decades on death row for a murder he did not commit. In a new column in The Atlantic,...
View ArticleUSA Today Column Says Exonerees Deserve Greater Compensation
A recent guest column in USA Today written by Dallas-based freelance writer Joyce King called for more compensation for the nation’s wrongly convicted. King, who grew up in Louisiana, was raised with...
View ArticleNathan Brown's First Christmas as a Free Man
Recent exoneree Nathan Brown was interviewed on Christmas day by New Orleans news channel WWL. Brown and his family discuss how it feels to be celebrating Christmas together for the first time in 17...
View ArticleLouisiana Man Enters Plea to Secure Freedom; Attorneys Insist on His Innocence
A 47-year-old Louisiana man who served nearly two-thirds of his life in prison for a crime that his lawyers say he did not commit has accepted a plea bargain with the local district attorney’s office...
View ArticleCancer-Stricken Glenn Ford Seeks Compensation for 30 Years on Death Row
A piece in Tuesday’s edition of the New Orleans Advocate highlighted Louisiana exoneree Glenn Ford’s fight for compensation for the 30 years he spent on death row for a murder he did not commit....
View ArticleInnocence Project New Orleans Client to be Released Pending Retrial
Innocence Project New Orleans client Robert Jones was granted bail Tuesday and may be released as early as Thursday after 24 years in prison for a 1992 rape and robbery which he maintains he did not...
View ArticleTune-In: John Thompson Featured on CNN's Death Row Stories
CNN’s Death Row Stories will air an episode on Innocence Project client John Thompson this Sunday, April 6, at 9:00 p.m. EST. Thompson, who spent 18 years in a Louisiana prison — including 14 on death...
View ArticleLouisiana Man Freed in Police Misconduct Case
After spending more than 30 years behind bars, a New Orleans man was released from prison Monday when prosecutors acknowledged police misconduct in his case. The Times-Picayune reported that Reginald...
View ArticleLouisiana Man Exonerated After Serving Nearly 17 Years for an Attempted Rape...
Testing on saliva from victim’s clothing matches to a young man who lived near the scene of the crime and is serving time for a felony in Mississippi Contacts: Paul Cates, pcates@innocenceproject.org...
View ArticleLouisiana Man is Freed from Prison after DNA Results Prove His Innocence in...
Photo: Nathan Brown (white shirt) with exoneree Michael Williams (black hat) and his legal team. Nathan Brown walked out of a Louisiana state prison a free man today after a Jefferson Parish judge...
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