DNA evidence helped put Chris Ochoa behind bars for a murder he did not commit.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this fall in an Innocence Project appeal, State v. Brian K. Avery, to consider whether new photogrammetry and video enhancement evidence can be presented to a Wisconsin court more than 16 years after trial.
The Justice Department and the FBI will review thousands of criminal convictions from over a decade ago for possibly flawed analysis of hair sample evidence.
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A man convicted of robbing two Milwaukee grocery stores nearly 20 years ago deserves a new trial because new digital enhancements have raised doubts that he’s really the robber shown on surveillance video, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Brian K. Avery was 19 years old [...]
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) – Innocence Project attorneys cited DNA and other evidence Monday in asking a judge to free a man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for breaking into a St. Louis woman’s home and raping and killing her. George Allen Jr. was sentenced to 95 years [...]
For the second time in three weeks, the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a grant to the Wisconsin Innocence Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center.
