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Honoring Dave Keaton on Wrongful Conviction Day
Legacy. Dignity. Resilience. That sums up Dave Keaton (1952-2015). That is also the theme of this year's Wrongful Conviction Day. Dave...


Herman Lindsey to Speak at OK Hearing on Moratorium
After years of working to stop executions in Oklahoma, fighting for Julius Jones, Richard Glossip and others, Witness to Innocence will...


Fox News Share Ray Krone's Exoneration Story
Fox News featured the story Ray Krone, Witness to Innocence co-founder and the 100th person in the US to be exonerated from death row....


Jesse Johnson is the 194th Death Row Exoneree
After 25 years of wrongful imprisonment, 23 of which were spent on Oregon's death row, Jesse Johnson was exonerated on September 5th...


Shareef Cousin Calls For Clemency in Louisiana
Shareef Cousin hand delivering 2,000 signatures to the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Paroles On August 14, 2023, death row exoneree and...


Op-Ed by Sabrina Butler-Smith
The Memphis Commercial Appeal published an opinion article by Witness to Innocence member Sabrina Butler-Smith who was exonerated from...


ACLU: My Journey From Death Row to Becoming an Advocate for Justice
Witness to Innocence Executive Director Herman Lindsey published a commentary article on the ACLU website about what he has dedicated his...


Reuters: "US Supreme Court shows indifference to wrongful convictions"
"The U.S. Supreme Court held last week that a federal prisoner cannot challenge a sentence even if subsequent rulings show that courts...


The Day the Death Penalty Was Struck Down in 1972
Each year we commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case Furman V. Georgia which struck down the death penalty on June 29,...
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