Today, we remember Michael Brown, whose life was tragically cut short on this day in 2014. His story is a stark reminder of the urgent need to confront police impunity and fight for justice and equity in our criminal legal system. As we honor his memory, we continue the fight

.Attorney General Andrew Bailey opposed a motion by the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney to vacate the conviction of Marcellus Williams, who is currently on death row and is another victim of a glaring miscarriage of justice. slate.com/news-and-polit…

If Texas follows through with its plans to execute #RobertRoberson this October, it will become the first state in the country to execute someone whose conviction was based on the debunked and discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis. bit.ly/3yqrEAJ

We're hiring for a new Special Advisor on Race and Wrongful Conviction. Know any thought leaders on racial injustice and the intersection of race, civil rights, and criminal justice and wrongful conviction? Tag them below and encourage them to apply: bit.ly/4dgGSXY

Marcellus Williams' case is a reminder that our criminal legal system has a crippling false conviction problem, especially when informant testimony is used. In Marcellus's case, informants were paid in exchange for testimony that was obviously fabricated. verdict.justia.com/2024/08/12/mis…

Death row exonerees with Witness to Innocence are calling out Andrew Bailey, Missouri's attorney general, for pushing for the impending execution of Marcellus Williams despite efforts by the local prosecutor to overturn his murder conviction. apnews.com/article/missou…

Toforest Johnson has maintained his innocence while being on Alabama’s death row since 1998. A billboard now standing over downtown Birmingham is working to get more people to support his fight for justice. bit.ly/3yR4009

“I mean, [Attorney General Andrew Bailey] is calling for the execution of somebody that DNA evidence may exonerate in just a few weeks here, and ... [Marcellus Williams] would be dead before we even looked at the DNA evidence in court,” said Elad Gross. bit.ly/46RXR0j

If we do not act before Oct. 17, #RobertRoberson could soon become the first person in U.S. history to be executed based on the debunked and discredited shaken baby syndrome hypothesis. Sign the petition: innocenceproject.org/petitions/just…

Decades of evidence demonstrate that the U.S. disproportionately wields the death penalty against the most marginalized—particularly people who are poor, LGBTQ+, have mental or intellectual disabilities, and aren’t white. bit.ly/4dNFhJb

Police use of face recognition technology (FRT) poses a particularly massive risk to our civil liberties, particularly for Black men and women and other marginalized communities. bit.ly/3WLkBdY

Marcellus Williams will have his death sentence vacated under an agreement reached with St. Louis prosecutors. Williams will enter an Alford plea and be sentenced to life. This allows his legal team to pursue new evidence without a looming execution date. cnn.com/2024/08/21/us/…

Help us wish exoneree, Innocence Project board member, and former Hanover Fire Chief Marvin Anderson a happy 22 years of freedom! He was only 18 years old when he was wrongly convicted and 20 years later he became the 99th person exonerated by DNA in the U.S. Learn more about his story:

#RobertRoberson was convicted in the 2003 death of his 2-year-old daughter under the theory that she died of “shaken baby syndrome,” which has since faced medical and legal scrutiny and has been debunked. He faces execution on Oct. 17 if we don't act now. bit.ly/4dyLkkU

Innocence Project client Marvin Grimm spent 45 years wrongly incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit. Listen to IP co-founder Peter Neufeld on Admissible: Shreds of Evidence discuss Marvin's wrongful conviction and its link to Mary Jane Burton, a senior forensic analyst at Virginia’s state

For exonerees like Robert DuBoise, nothing can undo the trauma from incarceration, but financial compensation is one way states can acknowledge the harm caused by a wrongful conviction and support exonerees as they rebuild their lives post-release. innocenceproject.org/floridas-restr…

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Join my team! We are seeking a Forensic Science Policy Advisor Innocence Project who will contribute to our efforts to ensure accurate, reliable, just and equitable implementation of forensic science and medicine in criminal investigations and adjudications. innocenceprojectnewyork.applytojob.com/apply/TFi4uq0o…

👏 Big shoutout to Frances Tiafoe for the incredible match at the #USOpen and for recognizing our amazing Innocence Project ambassador, @TonyGoldwyn! Your talent and support for justice inspire us all. Keep shining on and off the court, Frances! 🙌

In his riveting piece about #RobertRoberson for D Magazine, John Grisham observes that "There is nothing else like 'shaken baby' in the medical profession. No other diagnosis presumes a crime." In Roberson's case, no crime occurred. dmagazine.com/publications/d…