In 1987, Michael Morton, now 57, was wrongfully convicted for the brutal beating death of his wife, Christine Morton. Morton was convicted of his wife’s murder, and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison - even though there were no eyewitnesses or direct evidence that connected him to this horrendous crime...more

In 2005, Angelo DiPietro was wrongfully convicted by a federal jury for his participation in an alleged kidnapping of a Ponzi scheme operator, known as John Perazzo. At DiPietro’s trial, the prosecution relied extensively on the testimony of a jailhouse snitch...more

DNA test proved that nine Chicago teenagers were convicted in the 1990s of murders they didn’t commit. Five of them remained behind bars for decades — including Innocence Project clients Michael Saunders (left) and Jonathan Barr (right) — while prosecutors refused to acknowledge their innocence...more

Troy Davis was executed by the State of Georgia for a murder he had always said he didn’t commit. There were serious doubts about the evidence used to convict Davis, and the Innocence Project demanded that the Georgia Board of Pardons vacate his execution so that evidence related to his innocence could be thoroughly reviewed. The Board denied the Project’s request, despite the fact that Davis was convicted almost exclusively on the basis of unreliable eyewitness identification testimony. Seven of the nine eyewitnesses who testified at his trial had recanted their testimony and new evidence pointed to another possible perpetrator...more