Death row survivor Juan Melendez will share his gut-wrenching story of wrongful conviction and ultimate exoneration with audiences throughout El Paso from September 25-27, 2010. This bilingual tour is sponsored […]
Category: Wrongfully Convicted
The Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions recently concluded its work to study the prevention of wrongful convictions. The panel was established by the state legislature in 2009 and […]
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.
Sadly, this morning, the Ohio Parole Board unanimously recommended against clemency for Kevin Keith. To learn more about Kevin Keith and get involved, please visit kevinkeith.org.
Statement from Attorneys for Kevin Keith in Response to Today’s Parole Board Recommendation Against Clemency:
The Governor’s ultimate responsibility is to ensure that no human being is executed in Ohio absent absolute certainty. In Kevin Keith’s case, too many questions remain unanswered, and his execution should not proceed as planned.
In the last six days, two men from Harris County have been released from prison due to DNA evidence of their wrongful conviction. A state district judge has ordered […]
Today’s Hartford (Connecticut) Courant features an excellent op-ed from Terrence P. Dwyer, a retired investigator with the New York State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation. In “More than Reasonable Doubt About […]
July 2 marked the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Gregg v. Georgia (1976), which upheld the newly crafted death penalty statutes of several states (including that of Texas) […]
Breaking news: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner should have access to evidence for DNA testing that could clear him of […]