innocence

New Study Suggests Over 4% of People Sentenced to Death are Likely Innocent

April 28, 2014 Kristin death penalty, innocence

According to new peer-reviewed research published in one of the most authoritative scientific journals in the world – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – over four percent of all those sentenced to death in the United States from 1973 through 2004 were innocent. The percentage of innocent people sentenced to death (4.1%) is […]

Glenn Ford to be released after 30 years on Louisiana’s death row

March 11, 2014June 11, 2018 Kristin exoneration, innocence

By: Sam Johnson, St. Mary’s University, School of Law Intern After maintaining his innocence for 30 years, Glenn Ford is on the cusp of being released from death row in Louisiana. In 1984, Ford, a young African American man in Shreveport, was convicted and sentenced to death by an all-white jury for the murder of […]

Texas Monthly: Trials and Errors

May 23, 2012May 25, 2012 Kristin Anthony Graves, Craig Watkins, criminal justice flaws, Dallas, death penalty, district attorney, DNA testing, eyewitness identification, innocence, Senator Rodney Ellis, Texas Monthly, Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals, wrongful execution, Wrongfully Convicted

The June issue of Texas Monthly magazine features a fascinating discussion that took place recently among some of the most pivotal players in our state’s criminal justice system. Jake Silverstein, the editor of Texas Monthly, sat down with six individuals to talk about Texas’ abysmal record of wrongful convictions and to ask these questions: Why does […]

Dallas Morning News Editorial: Carlos DeLuna death case is unnerving

May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 Kristin Carlos Deluna, Dallas Morning News, execution, innocence, Texas, wrongful execution

A new editorial published yesterday by the Dallas Morning News (“Carlos DeLuna death case is unnerving, “May 16, 2012) comments on the new investigation into his wrongful execution, noting that “the findings should nauseate those who trust that only the greatest care, the most professional police work, the most rigorous jury and appellate review take […]

TCADP Press Release: Death Row Survivor Juan Melendez Tours San Antonio

April 10, 2012April 10, 2012 Kristin Anthony Bartee, Bexar County, Bexar County Campaign, death penalty, death sentences, exoneration, innocence, Juan Melendez, San Antonio, Wrongfully Convicted

Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon, who survived nearly 18 years on death row for a crime he did not commit, will share his story of wrongful conviction and ultimate exoneration with people of faith, students, and community members throughout San Antonio from April 12-15, 2012.

Anthony Graves Exonerated and Released!!!

October 28, 2010October 29, 2010 Kristin 4 Comments Anthony Graves, death penalty, innocence, Texas, Wrongfully Convicted

This just in… Anthony Graves, whose case was featured in Texas Monthly and in the TCADP 2010 Fall Newsletter, has been exonerated and released from the Burleson County Jail, where he was awating retrial. Prosecutors dropped all charges against Graves and declared him innocent, after conducting their own investigation of the case. Graves had been […]

Court of Inquiry Ruling Postponed

October 18, 2010October 18, 2010 Kristin Cameron Todd Willingham, criminal justice flaws, death penalty, death sentences, district attorney, executed, exoneration, forensic science, innocence, Innocence Project, innocent, judiciary, Mark White, New Yorker Magazine, Posthumous Pardon, Texas Forensic Science Commission, trials, Wrongfully Convicted

On October 14, 2010, State District Judge Charlie Baird convened a court of inquiry into whether Cameron Todd Willingham was wrongfully executed and whether or not state officials committed a crime in how they handled his case prior to the execution.

Letters to Ohio Governor for Kevin Keith

August 20, 2010 tcadp 2 Comments clemency campaign, innocence, Wrongfully Convicted

Repost from National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty:

This is it. We have only days to save an innocent man’s life.

Please send a letter to Governor Strickland today asking him to grant clemency to Mr. Keith, who is scheduled to be executed on September 15, despite new evidence of his innocence.