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Special guest Robert DuBoise during the game between the Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. Photo By Tori Richman/Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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WATCH: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team Up With Robert DuBoise on NFL Network
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Last year, Robert DuBoise was exonerated after spending nearly 37 years in prison for the rape and murder of a woman in Florida — a crime he didn’t commit. Now he’s fighting for fair compensation from the state for the decades he lost. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are heading to the Super Bowl this weekend, heard Robert’s story and reached out to help. This powerful video, produced by the NFL Network, highlights Florida’s broken system and how the team is supporting Robert as he starts over — check it out, and spread the word.
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Dion Harrell (Image courtesy of the Harrell family).
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Remembering Dion Harrell, Exoneree, Dear Friend, and Gentle Soul
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We are deeply saddened to share that our client, Dion Harrell, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 15. He was a proud father of two and a loving grandfather to three grandchildren. Dion, who was 53, was wrongly convicted of rape and spent four years in prison and nearly two decades on the sex offender registry for a crime he did not commit. Despite it all, he never stopped fighting for justice and was fully exonerated in 2016. Dion will be sorely missed. In his honor, please read these special memories of Dion.
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Eddie Lee Howard in Mississippi following his exoneration in January 2021 (Image: Tucker Carrington/Mississippi Innocence Project).
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Eddie Lee Howard Is Exonerated After 26 Years on Mississippi Death Row
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In 1994, a Black man named Eddie Lee Howard was wrongfully convicted for the murder of an elderly white woman in Columbus, Mississippi, and sentenced to death, based almost entirely on the pseudoscience of bite mark comparison. Earlier this month, after spending 26 years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit, Eddie Lee was finally exonerated with the help of the Innocence Project and Mississippi Innocence Project. Read more about Eddie Lee’s story.
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Exonerations Around the U.S.
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Pennsylvania Innocence Project client Robert "Donald" Outlaw was exonerated after spending 15 years wrongfully incarcerated, and the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Innocence Program client Robert Foxworth was exonerated after 26 years of wrongful imprisonment.
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