#innocence project

[cyarskj1899]

[the-cursed-wife]

Just a reminder that this is still out there...

✨ Michiel ✨ IPNL event, Nov. 2013

[magic-can]

Anthony Sanchez is set to executed for a crime he likely didn’t commit on September 21st - around four weeks from the time of making this post. If there is doubt about someone’s guilt, all of the evidence should be thoroughly examined and DNA testing should be done to definitively rule someone out or find the one responsible for the crime. Anthony isn’t being given that chance which is objectively unfair given the information that has since come to light.

[follow-up-news]

A man who was wrongly incarcerated for 16 years in Florida before being exonerated and released was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop Monday, officials said. Leonard Cure, 53, was convicted of armed robbery in Florida in 2003, according to the Broward County State Attorney's Office. In 2020, he was the first person to be exonerated as part of the state attorney's office Conviction Review Unit after a reinvestigation of the case found he was innocent.  Since his release, Cure had been working a job in security. He had hoped to go to college and work in broadcast radio production, and he was buying his first home, the state attorney's office said. But just three years after his release, Cure was fatally shot Monday morning by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 95, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release.  Cure got out of the car at the deputy’s request and complied with commands “until learning that he was under arrest,” the GBI said.  He refused to comply with the deputy’s requests after that, and the deputy used a Taser. Cure “assaulted the deputy,” prompting the deputy to use the Taser for a second time and a baton, but “Cure still did not comply,” authorities said.  The deputy then pulled out a gun and shot Cure. He was treated by EMS and died later, the GBI said. It’s not clear what led to the traffic stop or why Cure was being placed under arrest.  The GBI said it will conduct an independent investigation. From there, the case will be handed to the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.  The Innocence Project of Florida, which helped reinvestigate his case, said Cure was killed as he was on his way to his suburban residence in Georgia from visiting his mother in Florida. 

[nonesuchrecords]

Rhiannon Giddens is collaborating with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project on a fundraising initiative and this powerful music video for her song "Another Wasted Life,” out today, the 10th annual Wrongful Conviction Day. The video, directed by Daniel Madoff, features 22 wrongfully convicted people, clients of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, who collectively spent more than 500 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. It aims to raise awareness for the stories and voices of those who have experienced the injustices of the criminal legal system. Giddens' song was inspired by the tragic story of Kalief Browder, a young man wrongfully incarcerated at NYC's Rikers Island for three years, where he was subjected to nearly two years of solitary confinement.

[garadinervi]

Albert 'Shaka Cinque' Woodfox (1947-2022)

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(image: Albert Woodfox, Photograph by © Mark Hartman for «The New Yorker». Plus Albert Woodfox: A ‘Country Boy’ Turned Black Panther Reflects on Life After 45 Years of Solitary Confinement, by Alicia Maule, Innocence Project, February 19, 2021)

[maniacalshen]

[jazy3]

So this is a chance to do something good! The Innocence Project is fighting for further DNA testing to formally clear the West Memphis Three, including Damien Echols who was the inspiration for beloved rocker Eddie Munson! While Eddie may be fictional Damien, Jason, and Jessie are very real people who deserve justice. Signing a petition takes 5 seconds and could make a real difference!

Sign the petition: http://surl.li/jgvqr

[femaleganondorfdragmire]

There is too much doubt as to whether or not Kosoul Chanthakoummane is actually guilty to go through with his execution next month!

He has maintained his innocence since 2006 and there are too many unanswered questions to say that he is definitely guilty. His execution cannot proceed.

You can read his story (and sign a petition to the Texas parole board to halt his execution!) At the above link.

[cyarskj1899]

[midnightfunk]

And if they had been executed Georgia would’ve said, “Whoops!”

[randomberlinchick]

Man released from California prison after 38 years following DNA test | US prisons | The Guardian

See, this is why the Innocence Project gets a big chunk of change from me every month. The fact that the Innocence Project is needed at all is another matter, but as long as the justice system in the United States is so utterly fucked up I will continue to support the their work.