Illinois Innocence Project
Under the direction of Professor William A. Schroeder and Associate Professor Christopher W. Behan, students at the SIU School of Law work with the Illinois Innocence Project to help exonerate
wrongfully convicted prisoners.
Law students participating in Spring semester 2011, from left: Christine Hummert, Heather Dragoo,
Jennifer Donnelly, Amanda Reed, Angela Rollins, and Nicole LaForte. With the students are, from left,
Professor William A. Schroeder and Assistant Professor Christopher W. Behan. Photo by Chelsea Sturgeon.
The innocence project reviews evidence and uses post-conviction advanced forensic DNA testing. Evidence is reviewed for eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, ineffective counsel, unreliable forensic evidence and misconduct by prosecutors and police. If a case is taken the services are provided for free.
In the News
Mother wrongfully convicted of son's murder shares her story with students
Exonerated Woman Tells Story To Law Students
Mother wrongly convicted of son’s death
UIS Illinois Innocence Project helps innocent man gain freedom in Marion County case
Illinois man pleads no contest in fatal stabbing, will leave prison after 14 years
Project plans to go statewide
Group pursues posthumous exoneration in 1981 stabbing
Advocates: Clear wrongly convicted man
Advocates ask Quinn to clear wrongly convicted man in Mount Vernon
Prisoner Review Board asked to exonerate dead man
Fighting for exoneration of a convict long dead
Fighting for Justice
Downstate Innocence Project asks for posthumous exoneration
Petitioners Argue at Grover Thompson Clemency Hearing in Springfield
SIU law students work to exonerate man
Posthumous Exoneration Sought For Grover Thompson
llinois group pushes to exonerate man convicted of Krajcir crime
Group tries to get posthumous exoneration for innocent man who died in prison
Group seeks to clear man's name following serial killer's confession
Group seeks late man's clemency in 1981 stabbing
Law students assist downstate Innocence Project
|
