#Wisconsin is near the bottom among states that provide compensation to those #wrongfullyconvicted. Current law allows for a base payment of $25,000, no matter how many years are involved. But new legislation is under consideration. https://ow.ly/BjVq50XSgAb

Has a #Missouri man been imprisoned for the last 34 years because of a #wrongfulconviction? His family is hoping that a new documentary being put together about Cliff Middleton's case will help a son prove that for his father. https://ow.ly/B8y750XRLQU

A basic Constitutional guarantee is a right to a speedy trial. That's hard news to wrap your head around if you are Justine Paul, an #Alaska man who spent seven years and 43 days waiting in #jail before his charges were dismissed. https://ow.ly/A9Qv50XRkk4

A good #legal education piece to start the New Year -- A&E Networks put together this story that discusses what habeas corpus protections are, and what they are used for in criminal appeals. https://www.aetv.com/articles/what-is-habeas-corpus

A good news story from the final week of 2025, with a #Utah man apparently on his way to #exoneration after losing more than 20 years to imprisonment. https://ow.ly/RTOj50XQQ2x

Through the years, NBC's "Dateline" has been an exemplary standout in the #truecrime genre, telling numerous stories of #wrongfulconvictions. This story revisits five of the most memorable and important cases. https://ow.ly/2src50XQtRG

Justice systems internationally have a wide variation in how they handle #wrongfulconviction cases. In #Israel, a rare case is unfolding where the prosecution supports not just a new trial, but an actual exoneration. https://ow.ly/FW1v50XQauo#wrongfulconviction

News came down this week from the Ohio #SupremeCourt that #DNA testing would be allowed in the case of OIP client John Spirko, a 79-year-old Elgin, Ohio, man who has been imprisoned since 1982. OIP attorney Kate Flexter is leading the effort on Spirko's case. https://ow.ly/OVvx50XPT4A

This story documents results from a remarkable #justice reform effort involving federal and local authorities to combat problems with #jailhousesnitches, a leading cause of #wrongfulconvictions. In review, convictions or sentences in at least 57 cases were impacted. https://ow.ly/4iSt50XOrUV

#Shakenbabysyndrome is an issue at the forefront of the #innocence movement as a leading cause of wrongful convictions. But many jurisdictions are resistant to revisiting their past decisions -- even as the experts who once defined the diagnosis have now raised concerns. https://ow.ly/YEEe50XO5v9

Will they get him home for #Christmas? Keith Ezidore is a #Louisiana man locked up for the last 34 years. This month, the state's Supreme Court ruled his overturned conviction is permanent, and he is eligible for bond. Keith is 73 and can no longer walk without assistance. https://ow.ly/3pQe50XMZNh

An evidentiary hearing that could lead to a new trial wrapped up on Friday in #Kentucky. Quincy Cross has been imprisoned more than 20 years in the murder of a girl whose own father now believes in Cross' #innocence. https://ow.ly/Oj5r50XMUOB

After 33 years, a #Montreal man tasted freedom for the first time Friday. Daniel Jolivet was convicted in a quadruple murder, but the state now believes the evidence is there that could #exonerate him. https://ow.ly/XmiS50XMQ4G

What an intriguing project! Country music star Margo Price, in partnership with the Tennessee Innocence Project, recorded a concert recently at a women's prison, and it now will become the foundation of a new live album she plans to release. https://ow.ly/TR0a50XLP0H

Great and deserved news for our OIP client Michael Sutton and his friend and co-defendant Kenny Phillips, as the Ohio Controlling Board has approved full compensation for their 14 years of #wrongfulimprisonment. https://ow.ly/OETs50XLg7b

This is potentially a big development. OIP and our OIP-u affiliates have been among a coalition of groups working to get the #deathpenalty repealed in Ohio. The governor's view on the issue could carry considerable sway. https://ow.ly/o8Xn50XKBtT

It's been 42 years since Richard Luna was convicted of rape in #California. This week, he learned in court that #DNA analysis had finally exonerated him. Luna served six years in prison, but has been required to register annually as a sex offender for decades. https://ow.ly/Wj7650XIPO3

Hear from OIP attorneys Lauren Staley and Kate Flexter as guests on WVXU's "Cincinnati Edition" program, discussing their research into how the pathways to #exoneration for wrongfully-convicted women are often more difficult than for men. https://ow.ly/Sg0Y50XIJGh

A new documentary is premiering at festivals this month detailing the case of James Reyos, a gay Apache man who had the misfortune of being the last person seen alive with a closeted priest who turned up murdered in #Texas. https://ow.ly/MRM650XGCaZ

Imagine at age 18 being the local high school football star, but then #wrongfullyconvicted in a case that accused you of being a pedophile. This "People Magazine" profile digs into Greg Kelley's five-year fight in #Texas. https://ow.ly/GLxN50XFot5

After fighting for his #freedom for 17 years, LaShawn Fitch was released on Thursday after being pardoned by the governor of #NewJersey. Fitch, who became a paralegal in prison, plans to continue to fight for others and for a full #exoneration. https://ow.ly/9apy50XEnC1

OIP has been active, organizing numerous events, in the push with others to abolish the #deathpenalty in Ohio. On Wednesday, a new joint effort among more than 50 groups nationally was launched to advocate for change on this issue. https://ow.ly/mHqt50XCeUp

Two years ago, the actual perpetrator fully confessed to a murder and who was involved. He absolved Michael Pearson, who he didn't even know, but it still took two more years from Pearson's life before the system freed him. https://ow.ly/EEP350XBBux

We're entering the evening hours of #GivingTuesday 2025. Please consider supporting our work at OIP. Those donating $20 or more are eligible to receive this holiday ornament from our host institution, the University of Cincinnati.

A sister in #Pennsylvania is having to do her own legal work, trying to get a police report that she believes will free her brother after he's spent the last 40 years in prison. https://ow.ly/CT2B50XAorn

A #wrongfulconviction in a #deathpenalty case is the most serious kind of error the justice system can make. What are the commonalities that allow these outcomes to come about? A new study took a look. https://ow.ly/gAt950XzNJM

This #GivingTuesday, consider supporting OIP's efforts to fight #injustice in Ohio. You can donate directly by going to uc.edu/givingtuesday#GivingTuesday#injusticeselecting the UC College of Law and choosing OIP from the Fund Designation pulldown menu.

Adding to a flurry of good news this #Thanksgiving week, Jimmie Duncan was freed in #Louisiana on Wednesday after 27 years on death row and was able to spend the holiday with his family. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/nov/28/louisiana-death-row-inmate-convicted-in-1998-out/

Happy Freedom Day anniversary on this #Thanksgiving Day to our OIP client Charles Jackson! Charles endured 27 years of joyless holidays wrongfully imprisoned until emerging into this holiday scene in #Cleveland on this day in 2018. Have a great celebration today, Charles!

A #Toledo man whose case is the first to be looked at by the county's new Conviction Integrity Unit will be home for Thanksgiving, after a judge set him free on an own recognizance bond Monday. https://ow.ly/bLPu50XxSKo

Ricky McGee of #Massachusetts heard the news this week that he had been praying for over the last 27 years in prison -- that his freedom is permanent, after the prosecution agreed to not pursue a retrial in his case. https://ow.ly/rZ0t50XwznM

You read in this story the details of the conviction that has kept Jimmie Duncan on #deathrow in #Louisiana for the last 25 years and just shake your head. Finally, a hearing on Friday has given him a good chance of getting out. https://ow.ly/YTrf50XwpKu

Even 24 years of #wrongfulimprisonment wasn't enough to break the bond of love between OIP client Karl Willis and the woman who would become his wife when he was freed, Charmaine Willis. Their relationship is featured in this MSN story. https://ow.ly/KLcU50Xvcsw

The subject of "dark pleas" was at the heart of a series of programs OIP presented with former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael Donnelly, who helped define the term. This case from #Michigan sounds like a prime example. https://ow.ly/p6Ie50Xv9TU

One of the most inspiring stories this week is the election of former jailhouse lawyer Calvin Duncan to the office of Clerk of Courts for Orleans Parish, which includes #NewOrleans. Duncan served 28 years in prison after his #wrongfulconviction. https://lailluminator.com/2025/11/15/duncan-clerk/

Robert Roberson faced execution in #Texas last month before an appeals court granted relief. He still faces peril in what could be the first person put to death in a #shakenbabysyndrome case. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/robert-roberson-shaken-baby-syndrome-execution/

If you are in or around the Tiffin University community, join the school's chapter of OIP-u Wednesday evening for this program featuring OIP Policy Fellows Megan Hasson and Madisen Zent discussing their experiences with the project. https://ow.ly/OIYn50Xtg0W

Great work by the Cooley Innocence Project and many partners in government in #Michigan for the report released Monday detailing all the systemic problems that led to the nine years of #wrongfulimprisonment of Eric Anderson. https://ow.ly/AVo650Xtc3B

If you are part of the Xavier University community, come out Thursday night for this effort by the school's chapter of OIP-u to reach out to legislators on abolishing the #deathpenalty in Ohio. Dinner will be provided. Join us!

How much impact do UC College of Law students serving as OIP Fellows have on our work? "Law students are the core of the Ohio Innocence Project." That's from OIP staff attorney Brian Howe, himself once an OIP Fellow. https://ow.ly/Mt4t50Xs6uM

How can you not love stories where the #wrongfullyconvicted do amazing things in putting their lives back on track? In this case, a man who was 16 when he was sent to prison for 27 years has just been elected to his local school board. https://ow.ly/8F7v50XrYAc

Just minutes before his execution was set to proceed Thursday morning, Tremane Wood received word that #Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt had agreed to accept his parole board's recommendation and commuted Wood's death sentence. https://www.newson6.com/crime/oklahoma-execution-tremane-wood#Oklahoma

The state's parole board voted last week to grant clemency to Tremane Wood, but unless #Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt acts on that recommendation, Wood will be executed tomorrow -- for a murder he almost certainly didn't commit. https://ow.ly/8Juo50XqPLu

Pencil this in for your 2026 reading list. A new book, "Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions," will be coming out and OIP co-founder and director Mark Godsey is one of those featured. https://ow.ly/o2CW50XqgVU

Two #Chicago men who spent 23 years in prison for a crime they did not commit have had a settlement of $10 million approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/cook-county-to-pay-10m-to-2-men-wrongly-convicted-in-1994-slaying/

Powerful statement from one of the two men #wrongfullyconvicted in perhaps the most infamous crime in #Austin, Texas history. https://ow.ly/PwEX50Xp5g0

Congratulations to our friends at the Innocence Project of Florida on continuing to advance their work with new facilities for continued growth. They are a similar sized organization to ours and also face a state where the system presents challenges. https://ow.ly/zxfh50XoVZO

Chicago's history makes it the #wrongfulconviction capital of the world, with certain names popping up repeatedly. One of them is former Det. Reynaldo Guevara, with yet another victim of his tactics now on the verge of sizable payout. https://ow.ly/f27f50XoL4G

One of the great pillars of #socialjustice in the Xavier University community, Dr. Tom Hayes, is set to become the next chair of the OIP Board of Advocates in January. https://xaviernewswire.com/2025/11/04/xavier-professor-dr-tom-hayes-becomes-chair-of-the-ohio-innocence-project/

Attention Youngstown State University community -- come by tomorrow for one of two speaking events presented by the campus chapter of OIP-u, featuring OIP client Dean Gillispie. https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/youngstown-news/ysu-to-host-exoneree-dean-gillispie-at-justice-reform-event/amp/