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Rosa Jimenez in Austin, Texas, on March 4, 2021. (Image: Mary Kang for the Innocence Project)
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She Wanted to Be a Mom. Wrongful Conviction Shattered Her Dream.
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Rosa Jimenez spent more than 17 years behind bars for a tragic accident. She was finally released earlier this year when a judge agreed that “there was no crime committed.” At the time of her arrest, she was the loving mother of a 1-year-old girl named Brenda and seven months pregnant with her son, who she gave birth to in jail. Rosa always dreamed of being a mom, but wrongful conviction robbed her of getting to raise or even hug her children. Now that she’s free, she’s focused on spending time with her two grown children and getting medical care for advanced Stage 4 kidney disease. Read more about Rosa’s story here — and if you’d like to help her rebuild her life, please make a donation to her GoFundMe page.
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Gov. Brad Little, with Christopher Tapp and Senator Doug Ricks, after signing SB 1027 into law. (Image: Office of Idaho Gov. Brad Little)
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Idaho Just Passed a Law to Compensate the Innocent
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Earlier this month, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed the “Wrongful Conviction Act,” which will finally provide compensation from the state to people who have been wrongfully convicted, into law. It was a big win for exonerees, and made Idaho the 36th state to adopt a wrongful conviction compensation law. Read more about this win and what it means to exonerees in Idaho.
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Termaine Hicks was released from SCI Phoenix Prison on Dec. 16, 2020, in Collegeville, Penn. His brothers Tone Hicks and Tyron McClendon greeted him upon release. (Image: Jason E. Miczek/AP Images for the Innocence Project)
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4 Wrongly Convicted Poets on What Poetry Means to Them
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Reading and writing have been powerful outlets for so many wrongly incarcerated people, and in honor of World Poetry Day this month, we wanted to highlight some poems by our clients and wrongly convicted poets. Take a minute to read through some of their work.
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Exonerations Around the U.S.
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Georgia Innocence Project client Terry Talley was exonerated on Feb. 22, 2021 after having spent 40 years wrongfully incarcerated.
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![Kristine Bunch was wrongfully convicted in 1996 and spent 17 years in prison before being exonerated with the help of the Center on Wrongful Convictions in 2012. [Photo: Narayan Mahon]](https://mcusercontent.com/0dda05c811974dccb9ccf5c04/images/a5527ec6-c5bb-4aca-8e9a-6937248234cf.jpeg)
