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From case updates to anniversaries — here’s what’s been happening at the Innocence Project.
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Marcellus Williams. (Image: Courtesy of Marcellus Williams’ legal team)
Less Than 50 Days to Stop the Sept. 24 Execution of Marcellus Williams
Despite DNA evidence proving his innocence and the prosecuting attorney seeking to vacate his wrongful conviction, Marcellus Williams is still facing execution in Missouri on Sept. 24.
Marcellus has spent over two decades on Missouri's death row. Even though the prosecuting attorney has reviewed new DNA results, concluded that these results prove Marcellus did not murder Felicia Gayle, and filed a motion to vacate Marcellus' conviction — Missouri's Supreme Court still set an execution date. We urgently need the state of Missouri to take action. Add your name to stop the execution.
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Robert Roberson. (Image: Courtesy of Robert Roberson’s legal team)
Robert Roberson’s Attorneys Ask Courts to Reopen Innocence Case Before Oct. 17 Execution
Here’s the latest in Robert Roberson’s case, an innocent father who has spent more than 20 years on Texas’s death row for a crime that never occurred:
Robert's legal team asked Texas’ highest court to reopen his innocence case based on new medical and scientific evidence showing that Robert’s 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, died of severe viral and bacterial pneumonia that progressed to sepsis and septic shock. Three experts from a range of medical specialities can now explain how Nikki died — and why Robert is innocent. Learn more about Robert’s case and add your name to our petition to stop the execution of an innocent man.
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Joseph Amrine, center, speaks at the Missouri Innocence Project press conference with fellow exonerated men Ray Krone, left, of Arizona, Herman Lindsey, center, of Florida and Eric Anderson of Michigan, Thursday Aug. 1, 2024 at the Missouri Capitol. (Credit: Don Shrubshell)
Death Row Exonerees Condemn Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey
On Aug. 1, death row exonerees led by Witness to Innocence and representatives gathered in Jefferson City to call out Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and his office. They discussed AG Bailey's work leading to the possible execution of an innocent person and his effort to block an Aug. 21 hearing, which the Missouri Supreme Court ultimately denied, where a circuit court judge will consider DNA evidence proving Marcellus's innocence. Please take some time today to read their stories.
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Left:Carlton Lewis was released from prison after more than three decades of wrongful conviction in New York. (Image: Malik Rainey/Innocence Project). Right: Rosa Jimenez exonerated on Aug. 7 after the Travis County District Attorney moved to dismiss a 2003 murder charge against her. (Images: Elijah Craig II/Innocence Project)
Sign the Exoneration Anniversary Card for Rosa Jimenez and Carlton Lewis
In 2005, after a child she was babysitting accidentally died, Rosa Jimenez was wrongly convicted of murder based on false medical evidence. A In 1992, Carlton Lewis was wrongly convicted and incarcerated for second-degree murder that post-conviction DNA testing ultimately proved he did not commit.
Both spent decades behind bars, but today, thanks to our Innocence Project team and supporters like you, they are free and exonerated. Join us in celebrating the one year anniversaries of Rosa Jimenez and Carlton Lewis, who were both exonerated in August 2023.
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Celebrating 32 Years of the Innocence Project
This month, we are celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the Innocence Project! Since 1992, we have helped to free or exonerate hundreds of wrongfully convicted people, pass transformative state laws and federal reforms, and advance the innocence movement. Our work would not be possible without the support of people like you, John.
In honor of our special day, will you chip in with a monthly gift, so we can continue our work to free the innocent and prevent wrongful convictions? If you donate $15 or more, you can receive an Innocence Project hoodie as a thank you for your support.
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DNA's double-helix structure. (Image: Warren Umoh/Unsplash)
DNA and Wrongful Conviction
Did you know that DNA has helped exonerate hundreds of people? DNA technology has the ability to provide irrefutable proof of wrongful convictions. That’s what inspired Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld to co-found the Innocence Project in 1992 — and since then, we’ve used both DNA technology and litigation to help free and exonerate hundreds of innocent people.
Learn five crucial facts about DNA and wrongful conviction.
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Exonerations Around the U.S.
Connecticut Innocence Project client Charles Coleman was exonerated on July 18, 2024, after serving 38 years wrongfully incarcerated.
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