NEW ORLEANS – On March 12-13, 2018, New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Commanders received training from national experts on a variety of topics, including interrogation practices and eyewitness identification. This training emerged from a partnership between NOPD, Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) and…
A man who served 11 years in prison for a horrible crime he didn’t commit and the rape survivor and police officer who helped put him there will share with New Orleans Police Department leaders this week what they have…
Three men. Each innocent. They spent more than 58 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. Malcolm Alexander, 37 years, 10 months. Michael Shannon, 10 years, 8 months. Kia Stewart, 10 years. On February 11, 2018, the murder…
In November, Wilbert Jones was released from prison after more than 45 years behind bars, when a Baton Rouge judge overruled his 1974 rape conviction, determining that crucial evidence had been withheld from his defense attorneys. Two months later, Malcolm Alexander was…
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