Innocence Project

BREAKING: #CarmenMejia just walked free after 22 years of wrongful conviction in Texas. While she was exonerated on Monday, she was not immediately released due to an immigration hold.

ICE announced that in light of the exoneration they would lift the detainer so that she could be released from local custody.

"I never lost faith and hope — I never lost it in 22 years," she said.

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We have some good news to share!

We’ve been honored with two Gold #AnthemAwards for our short film, “What I Didn’t Know” and our special #America250 feature, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

View our award-winning work here:

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Thank you to everyone who makes our work to free the innocent possible. We’re grateful for your support!

Michigan has an opportunity to advance critical innocence reforms.

SB 909 would make it easier for exonerees to receive the compensation they’re owed. SB 1035/HB 6092 would update the state’s 2001 DNA testing law so more people, including those who pleaded guilty, can use modern science to prove their innocence.

Along with the Michigan Innocence Clinic, the Cooley School of Law Innocence Project, and the Organization of Exonerees, help us strengthen support for the wrongfully convicted.

Read more on why these reforms are urgent: bit.ly/3Uho32P

“The death penalty carries a risk no system can remedy: executing an innocent person. Neither post-mortem evidence nor formal apology can repair such a catastrophic error.” - Christina Swarns, Innocence Project Executive Director

Today, Governor Gavin Newsom commuted the death sentences of all 548 people on California’s death row. No one in California will be executed for a crime they didn’t commit.

Since 1989, six people condemned to death in California have been exonerated. Nationwide, more than 200 people have been exonerated from death row.

The governor’s decision saves lives and brings us closer to a legal system that is fair, compassionate, and equitable for everyone.

Read the full statement from Innocence Project Executive Director Christina Swarns: bit.ly/3Um7PFD