Karmelo Anthony appeal moves forward with a new pro bono legal team after his 35-year sentence. Get the latest update and ...

The Los Angeles Innocence Project is getting behind convicted murderer Scott Peterson, arguing in legal papers that new evidence will show he didn’t kill his pregnant wife more than two decades ago.

New lawyers for Scott Peterson, who was convicted of killing his wife and their unborn son 20 years ago, said they are "eager" to get their investigation in his wrongful conviction case underway ...

Christina Swarns, executive director of the Innocence Project, has dedicated her career to criminal justice reform. From her start as a public defender in Manhattan to her current position, Swarns has ...

Christina Swarns is a leading capital defense attorney, a nationally recognized criminal legal reform expert and the first Black woman executive director of the Innocence Project — a nonprofit legal ...

Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich chose Cincinnati lawyer Donald Caster to lead her new Conviction Integrity Unit.

Larry Fuller, center, is freed in October 2006, exonerated by DNA evidence after he served more than 25 years in prison for aggravated rape. He is flanked by Innocence Project lawyers Barry Scheck and ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — For years, the California Innocence Project was the trusted place for people convicted of crimes looking for help to prove they didn’t do it. The San Diego team was a powerhouse ...

I have always been passionate about social justice and criminal justice reform. It’s a very dangerous set of circumstances when the state takes away your freedom for a crime you did not commit.

Brooks is a law professor at California Western School of Law and director of the California Innocence Project. In 1995, I read a newspaper article about a young woman in her early 20s named Marilyn ...

A Kansas City bar is turning World Cup excitement into support for a local cause. The Bar KC is selling commemorative World ...