HOME!! Shaurn Thomas released after 24 years in prison.
On May 23, 2017, a jubilant Shaurn Thomas walked out of SCI-Frackville, having served 24 years of a life sentence for a murder he did not commit. The Pennsylvania Innocence Project […]
The Partiality for Bias: Why Understanding Bias is Integral to Discussing Innocence – guest post by Jake Kind
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article titled “What I learned from Watching Netflix’s Amanda Knox.” The piece examined the relationship between the debate of Knox’s innocence and our […]
Pennsylvania Innocence Project Elects New President
On December 2, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project elected Howard Scher as its new president. Mr. Scher is a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of […]
HOME For the Holidays! All Charges Withdrawn Against Donte Rollins
Yesterday, 9 years and 17 days after he was convicted of a crime he had nothing to do with, Donte Rollins walked free. In a stunning turn of events, the […]
What I Learned from Watching Netflix’s Amanda Knox – by Jake Kind
By Jake Kind, Univ. of Pennsylvania, class of 2020 When Amanda Knox captured the world’s attention from a small cell in Italy, I had had no idea that wrongful convictions […]
Only in Philadelphia? Why is Donte Rollins Still in Prison?
Donte Rollins was convicted of participating in a shooting in 2006 which left a 6 year-old child paralyzed. The boy was in the backseat of his grandfather’s car when 4 men, wearing […]
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project is Welcomed in Style
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project was honored by the overwhelming turnout for the Pittsburgh launch event on September 27, marking the opening of our office and clinic at Duquesne University […]
Act4Innocents on Wrongful Conviction Day – October 4, 2016
Wrongful Conviction Day is an international day to raise awareness of the causes and remedies of wrongful conviction and to recognize the tremendous personal, social, and emotional costs of wrongful conviction for […]
Tyrone Jones RELEASED After 43 Years in Prison!
For over 40 years Tyrone Jones has been in prison, convicted of setting a murder he did not commit. While Mr. Jones has yet to be exonerated of the crime, he […]
Tyrone Jones Granted Parole
On July 28, our client, Tyrone Jones, was among the first of Pennsylvania’s juvenile lifers to be granted parole. Four years ago, in Miller v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled […]
Crystal Weimer is Finally Fully Free – 11 Years of Wrongful Incarceration
UNIONTOWN, PA: On Monday June 27, 2016, all charges against Crystal Weimer were finally dismissed with prejudice. Crystal has been home since October, 2015, when her conviction was vacated after […]
Action Alert! Help Change Pennsylvania Law
Pennsylvania has one of the most restrictive laws in the nation for those fighting to prove their innocence. Current law requires inmates to file a petition in court within 60 days […]
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The Pennsylvania Innocence Project’s Annual Celebration will be Wednesday, May 11, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, at WHYY Studios, 150 N. 6th Street. The celebration will begin at 6:00 p.m. […]
Exonerees in Pennsylvania Are Not Compensated
Pennsylvania is one of 20 states that provide no form of compensation for those who have spent years in prison as a result of wrongful convictions. In a February 14 […]
Legal Director Marissa Bluestine on why innocent people sometimes confess to crimes they didn’t commit
As discussed in an article by Meaghan Bixby in Temple Now, the popularity of Making a Murderer has highlighted the issue of false confessions. Included in the article is […]
Pa. Innocence Project is hiring an attorney to run our Pittsburgh office!
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to work for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project? We are hiring an attorney to open and run our new office opening this year […]
Bryan Stevenson at the 2015 Law Foundation Lecture
This year’s Law Foundation Lecture, presented by the Temple University Beasley School of Law and co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Innocence Project (PaIP), featured noted civil rights attorney and social justice advocate […]
Crystal Weimer to be Released After 11 Years of Wrongful Incarceration
CRYSTAL WEIMER TO BE RELEASED AFTER 11 YEARS WRONGFUL INCARCERATION: EXPERT FROM 2006 TRIAL NOW CALLS HIS TESTIMONY “JUNK SCIENCE” Fayette County Courthouse – Uniontown, PA UNIONTOWN, PA: On Thursday October 1, […]
Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law Releases Video on Invalid Fire Science and the Case of Letitia Smallwood
In the University of Pennsylvania School of Law’s Program on Documentaries & the Law students create “nonfiction advocacy films on behalf of actual clients and/or groups devoted to the advancement of […]
Han Tak Lee’s Quarter Century Ordeal May Finally Be Over!
On August 19, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals turned away the Monroe County District Attorney’s request to reinstate charges against Han Tak Lee. In 1990, Mr. Lee was convicted of […]
Lewis James Fogle Walks Free – 34 Years After His Wrongful Conviction!
On a beautiful sunny day Pennsylvania Innocence Project client Lewis James Fogle (whose family calls him Jim) walked out of SCI Pine Grove near Indiana, Pennsylvania, after serving more than […]
We’ve added a new staff attorney! Meet T.C. Tanski.
T.C. joined the Pennsylvania Innocence Project in August of 2015, increasing the Project’s legal staff to three full-time attorneys. T.C. graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2009 and received his J.D. […]
We’ve Moved!! Our new home is 1515 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
As of July 6, the Pennsylvania Innocence Project has a new home! Thanks to the tremendous support of Temple University Beasley School of Law, we have a bigger office space […]
Eugene Gilyard, Part 2: Investigations Take Time
We first heard from Eugene before we even started operating, in early 2009. Law student volunteers began reviewing the materials in his case, and learning about his conviction. What struck […]