NCIP's 20th Anniversary Celebration
On December 9, 2021, NCIP celebrated its 20th Anniversary with a program featuring four wrongfully convicted clients–Arturo Jimenez, Jeremy Puckett, Clifton Jones, and Juan Bautista–who were freed in the midst of the pandemic. Watch the event below moderated by NCIP Executive Director and Co-Founder Linda Starr and exoneree Obie Anthony.
Legal News
In 2008, Kevin Harper was wrongfully convicted of involuntary manslaughter and child abuse based on the faulty forensic science Shaken Baby Syndrome. On January 21, 2022, Kevin was released from prison after 13 years of wrongful incarceration.
Learn More About Kevin's Case>>
Mark Your Calendar!
NCIP is excited to announce that the Justice For All Gala is returning to an in-person event on October 6, 2022, at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. Mark your calendar and join us for an evening honoring our amazing exonerees and the innocence community. For more information, please contact Todd Fries at tfries@scu.edu.
On March 25, 2022, NCIP will be hosting a panel at the Santa Clara High Tech Law Journal symposium entitled "The Secret Code: Balancing defendants' rights with proprietary interests in forensic analysis." In this panel, we will explore whether criminal defendants should have access the source code of programs used to
analyze forensic evidence.
Policy News
NCIP and California Innocence Coalition (CIC) partners are sponsoring SB 467 (End Wrongful Convictions Act) and SB 981 (Criminal Procedure: Factual Innocence), and supporting AB 2644 (Juvenile Custodial Interrogations Reform). For updates on CIC's efforts, follow CIC on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
#MakingChanges
NCIP celebrated Wrongful Conviction Day on October 2, 2021, by launching an initiative called #MakingChanges. As part of the project, NCIP staff and volunteers surveyed more than 150 people to get their thoughts on four critical areas related to innocence work: Exoneration, Compensation, Re-entry Assistance, and Racial Justice.
See the Survey Results>>
Welcome Sarah Pace
In January, NCIP welcomed Staff Attorney Sarah Pace to the NCIP team. Sarah joins NCIP after a clerkship with the Honorable Laurel Beeler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. She received her J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law with a certificate in Public Interest.
Meet Sarah>>
NCIP Client Updates
Ricky Davis
NCIP exoneree Ricky Davis was featured alongside NCIP Staff Attorney and Policy Liaison Melissa O’Connell on the podcast Inside the Crime Files with Anne Marie Schubert.
Listen Here for Part 1 and Part 2>>
Maurice Caldwell
NCIP exoneree Maurice Caldwell was featured on Sidebar by Courthouse News. The podcast episode ‘Exonerated’ tells the story of Maurice's wrongful conviction and what he experienced after losing 21 years wrongfully incarcerated.
Listen Here>>
NCIP In The Community
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NCIP educates the public about wrongful convictions by speaking to an array of audiences. NCIP connects exonerees and staff members to high schools, colleges, civic and religious groups, corporations, criminal justice associations, and more to arrange a presentation that fits each individual audience.
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