Hear from Harry Ruiz, a #NewYork man who spent 25 years in prison following a #wrongfulconviction. His conviction was finally overturned three weeks ago. The prosecution's main evidence -- a 13-year-old witness -- couldn't even correctly identify him in court. https://ow.ly/moz250Z3vPr

"Jailhouse snitches" is one phrase that frequently creates issues that can lead to #wrongfulconvictions. Now, Indiana is taking a look at whether reform can be introduced into the rules governing the state's justice system. https://www.wndu.com/2026/05/21/trial-by-snitch-push-reform/?outputType=amp

Suits have been filed at the state and federal level in the #wrongfulconvictions more than 30 years ago of five #Toledo men, including OIP client Lorenzo Vasquez and his brother Ismael. The state filing could set the stage for the men to be compensated by Ohio. https://ow.ly/sooK50Z2XlZ

The road to reversing a #wrongfulconviction is almost always a painfully slow process. So it was for Marvin Haynes, who was approved for compensation by #Minnesota Tuesday, three years after his conviction was thrown out. https://ow.ly/JI7850Z2tOP

In a unanimous decision, a #Missouri appeals court Tuesday rejected the arguments of the state attorney general and agreed that Christopher Dunn, who lost 34 years to #wrongfulimprisonment, should remain a free man. https://ow.ly/bfEP50Z224P

Learn about some of the outstanding students who became law school grads this weekend, with hooding ceremonies for the Class of 2026 from UC's Donald P. Klekamp College of Law, including reflections from two OIP Fellows, Joanna Swaiss and Morgan Prince. https://ow.ly/5REk50Z0UMO

Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Tulsky takes a deep dive into the damage done by a corrupt cop allowed to abuse witnesses and suspects for years unchecked in Kansas City, #Kansas. "Injustice Town" documents a story that flew under the radar for years. https://ow.ly/WY4x50Z0TW9

In one of the most high-profile cases in the country -- one that resulted in the U.S. #SupremeCourt throwing out his conviction last year -- Richard Glossip was finally freed on Thursday after nearly 30 years on #deathrow in #Oklahoma. https://ow.ly/XNTJ50Z0zIB

After sitting in limbo for nearly a year, a 73-year-old #Louisiana man who had his conviction thrown out last summer finally walked free back into the arms of his family on Tuesday after 33 years in prison. https://lailluminator.com/2026/05/13/ezidore-released/

International students at the UC Donald P. Klekamp College of Law incorporated efforts to ensure international justice into their education this year, working with OIP on research that will be ultimately shared with the United Nations. https://ow.ly/fihm50YZe1t

A major arts festival presented by the Cleveland Orchestra will include a session on Thursday where OIP client Raymond Towler will be a panelist, discussing #wrongfulconviction and the arts. The program is free at 6 p.m. at the MLK Branch of the #Cleveland library. https://ow.ly/fxBU50YYv89#wrongfulconviction

A new FBI project on #DNA that certain jurisdictions in the country will be testing out soon could also bear benefits for those #wrongfullyconvicted, says a spokesperson for the Innocence Project of Texas. https://ow.ly/Z4qR50YX1mN

A #wrongfullyconvicted Colorado man freed from prison three weeks ago after 27 years in prison is speaking out in his first interview since his release, in this People Magazine feature. https://ow.ly/noUz50YWNw4

It is often amazing the lengths that the system will go to in avoiding doing the right thing for the #wrongfullyconvicted. But finally, after years of not being paid because there was no budget for it, #exonerees in Georgia are now starting to receive their compensation. https://ow.ly/MgoL50YUNoW

The safest assumption about anyone who has been #wrongfullyconvicted is to never assume anything. Even after being #exonerated, their experiences vary widely, and often aren't anywhere close to what people widely envision happening. https://ow.ly/FMBz50YTGlV

Jimmie Duncan was sent to #deathrow in Louisiana on a case built on analysis by two of the most questionable forensic "experts" imaginable. A judge last year agreed it was an injustice and freed him. Yet today, he again is in jeopardy in front of the state's Supreme Court. https://ow.ly/TRTy50YT1E9

Allegations of horrendous behavior by a former New Haven, #Connecticut, police detective will be in the spotlight in a civil trial that convened today. Vincent Raucci is facing accusations he was central to the #wrongfulconviction of Stefon Morant. https://ow.ly/uIPn50YS3V2

After 25 years of #wrongfulimprisonment, a New York man had his conviction overturned on Monday when a judge agreed that the prosecution had engaged in serious misconduct in their efforts to convict Harry Ruiz. https://ow.ly/mIec50YRvmu

A report published earlier this month detailed Ohio's history of #exonerations from #deathrow. Here's what it looks like when that doesn't happen -- an account of #Arkansas executing a man in 2017, only to have #DNA later show he was innocent. https://ow.ly/8NRY50YQ6UQ

Bad cops working together tend to lead to clusters of #wrongfulconviction cases in one area. Albany, #NewYork, is one such municipality, with Corey Young the latest individual to have his conviction tossed out. https://ow.ly/2R9W50YQ03S

It looks like another #wrongfulconviction can be added to the previous total of seven since 1989 for the small northern #Indiana town of Elkhart. Iris Seabolt had her conviction overturned this week after spending 22 years in prison. https://ow.ly/2oiM50YPwM8

Congratulations to our friends at the Midwest Innocence Project on reaching their 25th anniversary milestone this year. The project has aided dozens of clients across Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Arkansas. #innocence https://ow.ly/fOml50YONX6

See images and hear more details from Tuesday evening's release of Stephen Martinez in #Denver, after a judge and the prosecutor agreed that after 27 years his conviction in a #shakenbabysyndrome case should be thrown out. https://ow.ly/v6tA50YOgvI

After 28 years of #wrongfulimprisonment, a #Denver man had his conviction overturned Tuesday and was expected to be freed in what a judge and prosecutors agreed was a #shakenbabysyndrome case. https://ow.ly/JNsB50YNK4A#wrongfulimprisonment

Join us in #Dayton tomorrow night for our big OIP fundraising event, featuring the Voices of Injustice troupe and Pulitzer Prize-winner Gilbert King and Leo Schofield, Jr., from the top-rated "Bone Valley" podcast. Tickets still available at: https://www.daytonlive.org/events/justice/

New developments in the Robert Roberson case in #Texas could be opening a new pathway for the man facing a #deathsentence in a #shakenbabysyndrome case to have evidence in his case reconsidered. https://ow.ly/rXlN50YLqNF

Check out this story and video on OIP clients in the group "Voices of Injustice," who will be performing in OIP's fundraiser in #Dayton on April 22. The group's leader, OIP client Al Cleveland, is interviewed here. https://ow.ly/4jBn50YKJN3

Concerning doesn't even begin to do justice to the circumstances of this case that left a totally uninvolved woman locked up for months in a state that she had never even visited before. #FacialRecognitionTechnology https://ow.ly/4b8750YK9yE

Those who work in the #innocence field will tell you few things are more valuable than a skilled investigator, and here's a special story about one. Jabbar Collins developed skills over 16 years in undoing his own #wrongfulconviction and is now using them to help others. https://ow.ly/PnXj50YGjkT

An OIP client who has been imprisoned for more than 40 years has won an important court victory in his case. #DNA testing of evidence can now proceed in the case of John Spirko, age 80, has always maintained his innocence in a murder in a small northwest #Ohio village. https://ow.ly/QbYX50YFe3E#DNA

Anyone who knows of it knows Yellow Springs, Ohio -- in Greene County, east of Dayton -- is an eclectic community. OIP will be among the organizations participating in a resource fair in the town on May 2. Yellow Springs is also home to Antioch College, which has an OIP-u chapter.

Leo Schofield Jr. will share his story in #Dayton for the benefit of OIP on April 22. Hear about his 36-year ordeal seeking justice in this feature by master storyteller Tom Archdeacon of the Dayton Daily News. https://ow.ly/ovh850YEbZE

We celebrate every moment like this. The Tampa Bay Lightning of the #NHL honored James Bain, a #Florida man who spent 32 years #wrongfullyimprisoned, as their Community Hero at their game Thursday night. #TBLightning https://ow.ly/gvyq50YE3mv

More coverage from the report issued earlier this week about the high number of Ohioans -- approximately one out of every five -- who once were on #deathrow but were later exonerated. Fallout about the future of the death penalty in the state continues. https://ow.ly/Ilfx50YCIrF#deathrow

On the very same date he was #wrongfullyconvicted 27 years ago, Roy Blackmon of #Detroit was freed after a hearing in Michigan. Five years of work by the Michigan Innocence Clinic set the stage for Tuesday's long-awaited outcome. https://ow.ly/tBXf50YByj1

Five right, one wrong would not be a particularly impressive percentage for any test. When you are talking about the #deathpenalty, though, it's simply unacceptable. But that's what a new report out Monday shows as Ohio's track record. https://ow.ly/IeWo50YAYJe

Our OIP offices got a visit Thursday from students from Shawnee State University interested in a possible future in law school. Many of them were from our OIP-u chapter on campus, and they were accompanied by chapter advisor Professor Sean Dunne. Good luck to all of you in your studies!

The State of #Texas is once again treading in a dangerous direction of potentially executing an #innocent man. In this case, they continue to resist #DNA testing which could prove his innocence, with the latest blow coming Monday from the U.S. #SupremeCourt. https://ow.ly/4hw950Yyp3T

Dell Crawford, a #Michigan man #wrongfullyimprisoned for nearly 20 years, was exonerated Tuesday. No physical evidence tied him to the crime to begin with, but new analysis turned up #DNA under the victim's fingernails from two other men. https://ow.ly/Spr850Yyov9#Michigan

A coerced confession sent an #innocent man, Eric Kelley, to prison for more than 20 years. #DNA helped clear his name and pointed to another man, who Paterson, N.J., police have never charged. A trial this month is trying to set the entire record straight. https://ow.ly/yL2E50Yxcpi

Join us and support OIP in our major fundraiser for the year at Music Hall on April 8! Actor/director and innocence advocate Tony Goldwyn from "Scandal" and "Law & Order" will be special guest. Use the QR code here to get tickets and more details, or visit https://foundation.uc.edu/unitedforjustice

For all our friends in and around #Dayton and the #MiamiValley, OIP will be hosting a fundraiser April 22 at the Victoria Theatre. Guests will include Pulitzer winner Gilbert King and the subject of his recent book, Leo Schofield, whose story was featured in this review. https://ow.ly/qrIk50Yv3jm

For the fifth straight year, the #Kentucky legislature is considering a bill that would compensate those #wrongfullyconvicted in the state. And with an approaching April 15 deadline, it is once again in danger of stalling out. https://ow.ly/Tt2i50YutAJ

A #Brooklyn man who was imprisoned for more than two decades officially had his conviction thrown out by New York's Appellate Division on Wednesday. Anthony Sims, who has always maintained his #innocence, served 23 years and has been on parole since 2022. https://ow.ly/RvEM50YtaMI

A #Texas woman #wrongfullyimprisoned for more than the last 20 years was freed last night and reunited with her three daughters, who were all under age 8 when she was convicted in a tragic death that is now know to be accidental. https://ow.ly/ZnOR50YsEks

In 2021, OIP was a leading force behind getting signed into law new #Ohio legislation requiring the recording of interrogations by law enforcement for serious crimes. #Pennsylvania is now considering a similar bill, as detailed in this op-ed. https://ow.ly/LIsH50YqWiH

One of the biggest challenges for those #wrongfullyconvicted when they are released is adapting to a world which has in many cases been changed radically by technology. A group of #exonerees has a unique solution -- they've created an app that addresses it. https://ow.ly/3PCX50YqKm1

Congrats to Cincinnatian Derrick Jamison, who spent 25 years on Ohio's #deathrow, on being officially declared a wrongfully imprisoned person on Thursday, opening the door to receiving state compensation. Jamison's case predated OIP, but he has spoken at our events. https://ow.ly/jiV450YpXsC#deathrow

RSVP now to join us and our OIP-u chapter at the Ohio State University on Sunday at 6 p.m. for this program featuring OIP clients Marty Levingston and Marcus Sapp and Delaware County Public Defender Carlos Crawford!

A day 25 years in the making finally arrived today, when George Calicut Jr. -- who has always maintained his #innocence -- had his conviction overturned and was freed in #Michigan. No physical evidence or eyewitness accounts ever tied him to the crime. https://ow.ly/OXwL50YoT0X#innocence