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John,
Five hours after Robert Roberson was scheduled to be executed in October, the Texas Supreme Court issued a rare reprieve. It granted a stay of execution in response to a request submitted by a courageous group of bipartisan lawmakers, led by Republican Rep. Jeff Leach and Democrat Rep. Joe Moody, who are united in the belief that Robert was wrongfully convicted based on the now widely debunked theory of shaken baby syndrome.
The actions of these lawmakers — and the broad cross section of people and organizations across the world who also rallied in support of Robert — demonstrate the continued urgency and vitality of our mission to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone.
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For the last 33 years, this organization has consistently advanced the fight for justice, even through wide swings of the political pendulum — from decades characterized by mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, and “tough-on-crime” policies to years that saw the emergence of progressive prosecutors, conviction integrity units, and the enactment of federal wrongful conviction legislation. No matter the politics of the moment, we doubled down on fairness, accuracy, reliability, and accountability in the administration of the criminal legal system.
Today is no different.
At the Innocence Project, we fight for innocent people convicted of crimes even, for example, as law enforcement agencies embrace unreliable and inaccurate forensic investigative tools such as facial recognition software and other artificial-intelligence-based tools and as calls to expand the death penalty intensify. We’re keeping our eyes on the prize.
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