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Inocents Project
Aug 15, 2009

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After Two Decades, On the Verge of Freedom 

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News from the innocence movement around the United States 



Texas

Dog Scent Evidence Challenged Bloodhound

Two lawsuits in Texas allege that dog scent evidence implicated innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit. Both men have been cleared, but their suits allege that a dog handler provided questionable evidence to implicate them. 

Dog scent evidence has been involved in at least three wrongful convictions overturned by DNA testing. A report on dog scent evidence and wrongful convictions is scheduled to appear on Anderson Cooper 360 tonight on CNN. 

Read more.



Illinois

Two Freed After 20 Years

Ronald Kitchen and Martin Reeves were freed in Chicago on July 7 after spending 21 years in prison for murders they’ve always said they didn’t commit. Kitchen says he falsely confessed after officers allegedly beat him during an interrogation.

Read more and watch a video of their release. 



Australia

DNA Evidence Found After 20 Years

Shane Sebastian Davis has spent nearly two decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn’t commit. DNA evidence from the crime scene — previously believed to be lost or destroyed — has been located. 

Davis’ attorneys, working with the Griffith University Innocence Project - a member of the Innocence Network, are seeking testing on the evidence. 

Read more.



Pennsylvania

Art and Innocence
Drew Whitley

An exhibition of paintings by artist Dan Bolick is currently on display at the Westmoreland Museum in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Bolick painted large portraits of 10 people who were exonerated after spending years in prison. Above is his painting of Pennsylana exoneree Drew Whitley.

Bolick wrote about his experiences meeting and painting the exonerated on the Innocence Blog this month. 

Read his posts. 

Video

Aidan Quinn and Brooke Shields

Quinn & Shields

In two new Innocence Project videos, Aidan Quinn and Brooke Shields perform scenes from the award-winning play “The Exonerated.”

Watch the videos on our YouTube page.

Learn more about how the arts and entertainment community is helping address and prevent wrongful convictions through the Innocence Project Artists’ Committee. .



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