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You spent years in prison for a crime you did not commit. What does the State owe you? | WWNO/WKRF

BY PHOEBE JONES “Peacocks are sacred birds, you know,” John Floyd tells me on a cool day in mid-February outside of his home in Ridgeland, Mississippi. We are seated next to a pond behind an unassuming apartment complex off a…

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Wrongful Conviction Clinic will be established at LSU Law Center through 2-year DOJ grant | The Advocate (Baton Rouge)

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By Jacqueline DeRobertis The LSU Law Center has received a grant to establish a Wrongful Conviction Clinic at the school, allowing law students to review cases of people with claims of innocence. LSU Law, partnering with the Innocence Project New…

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Archie’s audition shines a light on wrongful convictions, mass incarceration in Louisiana | BRProud

By Gerron Jordan Baton Rouge’s Archie Williams was wrongfully convicted of rape and attempted murder in 1983 and sentenced to life in prison at Angola State Penitentiary; once known as the bloodiest prison in America. 36 years later, DNA evidence…

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Innocence Project in New Orleans helps donate more than 3,500 masks | WDSU

By WDSU Digital Team NEW ORLEANS — The Innocence Project in New Orleans has helped get more than 3,500 masks to those in Louisiana’s prisons. According to organizers, the masks will be distributed to inmates and staff. Group members said…

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Letters: After 23 tries, jailhouse lawyer finds historic justice | The Advocate

By Frank Neuner I serve as the chair of the board of directors of the Innocence Project New Orleans. On Jan. 11, 2011, IPNO freed Calvin Duncan, and he came home after more than 28 years in prison. For most…

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Home is Where the Office Is | Biz Magazine

(Staff Pick) New Orleans native Malayne Schmidt shared her Virginia Beach, Virginia sunroom office where she works as a designer for an architectural firm. (Second Place) Accompanied by her goats — Marco and Greta — at her Bywater home, Angelique Thomas…

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Alumni in the Field: Supporting Released and Exonerated Individuals | Tulane University

Social workers help ensure every person has resources and opportunities, and that work hasn’t stopped during the global COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, it’s adapted and increased because creative, passionate people have dedicated themselves to it. Angelique Thomas, LMSW (SW ‘2016)…

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Take Action Now | IPNO’s Monday Memo

IPNO’s Monday Memo: TAKE ACTION NOW Six days before the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DOC) shut down its prisons from visitors, I visited with one of our innocent, life-sentenced prisoners. He was recovering from an illness and explained how he…

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Guest column: We were proved innocent, but get little from a stingy Louisiana | The Advocate

How would your life and the lives of your family be impacted if you were wrongly imprisoned for one week? One month? One year? How would that wrongful incarceration affect your career, financial stability, physical and mental health? How much…

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A 42-year inmate’s choice: Exoneration fight or ‘deal with the devil’ for freedom | The Washington Post

By Richard A. Webster  ALEXANDRIA, La. — An emergency broadcast alert blares from Elvis Brooks’s cellphone, warning him that a tornado has been spotted in the area. “Seek shelter now,” the electronic voice urges. Brooks shrugs off the threat, though his…

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Recent Posts

  • New Orleans man who served 36 years for rape he didn’t commit released from prison | Nola.com
  • He spent 36 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit | WWLTV
  • 25 Years after wrongful conviction, a man is freed from Angola | WWLTV
  • Justice Jam fundraiser to feature live music, experiences from people wrongfully convicted | Lafayette Daily Advertiser
  • ‘God gave me the biggest Christmas present,’ mother says after man freed from life sentence | The Advocate (New Orleans)

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  • What We Do
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    • Support Freed Clients
    • Advocate for Change
      • Mass Incarceration and Racial Oppression
      • Overburdened Institutions
        • Police
        • Prosecutors
        • Defense
        • Courts
      • Shoddy Evidence
        • Eyewitness Misidentification
        • Perjury
        • False Confessions / Admissions
        • Over-Stated Forensics
  • Who We Are
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    • News
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
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