Innocence Issues News


2008
  • "Wrongly Convicted Man Tells Law Students `We Need You'," The Associates Press State & Local Wire, January 12, 2008
  • "The Case for Innocence," Jackson Free Press, January 9, 2008
  • "More Than A Steak Dinner," New York Times, January 10, 2008
  • "15th Dallas County Inmate Since '01 Is Freed by DNA," HeraldTribune.com (FL), January 4, 2008
  • "Texas Man Freed After 26 Years In Prison," Kansas City Star (MO), January 3, 2008
  • "Worth A Second Look: Doubts Linger About Convicted Man's Guilt," Detroit Free Press (MI), January 2, 2008
  • "Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Seeks Restitution," Central Florida News 13, January 1, 2008

    2007
  • "Exonerated Man Rejects County's Settlement Offer," Helena Independent Record (MT), December 29, 2007
  • "Hope for the Innocent?" The Star Tribune (WY), December 17, 2007
  • "Debt To Society," The Houston Chronicle, December 13, 2007
  • "Seven Faces of Freedom and Justice," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 13, 2007
  • "State House Committee Releases Draft of Eyewitness ID Bill," The Atlanta Progressive News, December 9, 2007
  • "It Could Happen To You," The Times Union, December 8, 2007
  • "DNA Evidence Group Seeks 'Credible Claim of Innocence'," The Stevens Point Journal, December 7, 2007
  • "Bullet Test Flaws Taint Convictions," The Lexington Herald Leader, December 2, 2007
  • "Putting a Price on a Wrongful Conviction," The New York Times, December 2, 2007
  • "DNA Evidence Frees a Woman Convicted of Killing Her Daughter," The New York Times, November 29, 2007
  • "Legally Speaking: Compensating the Exonerated," The Southeast Texas Record, November 28, 2007
  • "Innocence Project Wants More DNA Tests for Dallas Convicts," The Dallas Morning News, November 26, 2007
  • "Vindicated by DNA, but a Lost Man on the Outside," The New York Times, November 25, 2007
  • "Measures Aimed at Stopping Chance of Wrongful Convictions," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, November 24, 2007
  • "As I See It: Inattention to Injustice Puts Politics Over People," The Kansas City Star, November 14, 2007
  • "Wrongful Convictions Are Chance for Change," The Oklahoman, November 9, 2007
  • "New Policies Are Needed to Halt Unjust Convictions," The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 2007
  • "More Than 150 Inmates Want Evidence Reviewed," The Houston Chronicle, November 2, 2007
  • "Bite the Bullet: When Their Forensic Tests Proved to Be Flawed, The FBI and the Justice Department Fell Short," Washington Post, November 20, 2007
  • "Wrongfully Convicted Man Seeks Fees," Wisconsin State Journal, November 19, 2007
  • "Event Benefits Innocence Project," The Clarion Ledger (MS), October 23, 2007
  • "NY Leads In Wrongful Convictions Overturned By DNA," North Country Gazette, October 22, 2007
  • "Virginia Forensic Files are Still Under Review," Richmond Times Dispatch, October 22, 2007
  • "New York Pressed on Wrongful Convictions," The Journal News (NY), October 20, 2007
  • "The Innocence Project: Dozens Exonerated Through DNA," Newsday, October 18, 2007
  • "Legal Advocates Blast Schwarzenegger for Vetoing Three Justice Bills," San Jose Mercury News, October 18, 2007
  • "New York State Not Doing Enough to Prevent Wrongful Convictions, Report Says," The New York Times, October 18, 2007
  • "Righting The Wrongfuls; DNA Lessons Guide Proposed Laws," Detroit Metro Times, October 17, 2007
  • "The Cornerstones of Our Justice System," The Macon Telegraph, October 14, 2007
  • "Well, It’s Something," News & Observer, October 12, 2007
  • "Our View: An Innocent Man?" Florida Today, October 14, 2007
  • "Exonerated Convict Visits Houston City Hall to Urge Changes in Justice System," Austin American-Statesman, October 10, 2007
  • "Wrongly Convicted of Rape, Taylor May be Freed Today," Houston Chronicle, October 8, 2007
  • "Dreams Coming True," Houston Chronicle, October 6, 2007
  • "Mix-up on DNA Deals HPD Lab Another Blow," Houston Chronicle, October 4, 2007
  • "DA's Office Says DNA Testing Shows Man Innocent of Rape," The Dallas Morning News, October 3, 2007
  • "DNA Tests," The Times Daily (AL), October 3, 2007
  • "Officials Study Eyewitness Error," The Augusta Chronicle, October 2, 2007
  • "Police Officials Say no State Eyewitness Law Needed," Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, October 1, 2007
  • "Exoneration Using DNA Brings Change in Legal System," The New York Times, October 1, 2007
  • "Colo. Panel Weighs DNA Evidence Oversight," The Denver Post, October 1, 2007
  • "Push for Innocence Panel is Renewed," Fort Worth Star Telegram, September 30, 2007
  • "DNA Test Clears Man, but not Completely, in Dallas Case," Houston Chronicle, September 30, 2007
  • "Falsely Imprisoned E. Palo Alto Man to Get $2.75 Million Settlement," San Jose Mercury News, September 29, 2007
  • "Our Efficient Criminal Justice," Houston Chronicle, October 1, 2007
  • "Hammond Appeals $9 Million Award," The Munster Times (IN), September 28, 2007
  • "Panel Weighs DNA Evidence Oversight," The Denver Post, September 28, 2007
  • "State Spends More Than $1 Million Defending Lawsuit," Great Falls Tribune, September 27, 2007
  • "Bromgard Lawsuit Costs Exceed $1M; Former Billings Man Cleared of Rape Conviction After 15 Years in Prison," Billings Gazette, September 27, 2007
  • "Governor Schwarzenegger's Chance to Lead," California Majority Report, September 25, 2007
  • "Is it Capozzi Again? Public Has Good Reason to Wonder if an Innocent Woman is in Prison," The Buffalo News, September 24, 2007
  • "In 209th Case, Justice Came 19 Years Too Late," The Miami Herald, September 23, 2007
  • "DNA Test 20 Years Later Exonerates Man Convicted of Rape," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, September 21, 2007
  • "Wrongfully Convicted Man Released After Nearly 20 Years," NBC6.net, September 21, 2007
  • "Fort Lauderdale Man's Rape Conviction Might be Tossed Thanks to DNA Evidence," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, September 21, 2007
  • "A Year to Make Up for 16 Lost Ones: Jeffrey Deskovic Reflects on Freedom, Fears," White Plains Journal News (NY), September 20, 2007
  • "Bills on Governor Schwarzenegger's Desk Can Safeguard Against Wrongful Convictions in California," California Progress Report, September 19, 2007
  • "DNA Test Clears Billings Man of Rape, as he Claimed," Billings Gazette, September 19, 2007
  • "Bills Aim to Keep the Innocent Out of Jail," Daily Breeze (CA), September 19, 2007
  • "Getting Life Back Comes with Costs; Inmate Advocates Push for Cash," Detroit Free Press, September 18, 2007
  • "Exonerated Man Again Presses State For Justice," The Tampa Tribune, September 18, 2007
  • "Prosecutors Say DNA Clears Man of 1982 Rape Conviction," Houston Chronicle, September 18, 2007
  • "Ga. Man Convicted Through Mistaken ID Calls for State Guidelines," Macon Telegraph (GA), September 17, 2007
  • "Report: Most Georgia Police Have No Eyewitness Guidelines," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 17, 2007
  • "Eyewitnesses Get Closer Look in Death-Penalty Cases," Savannah Morning News, September 17, 2007
  • "District Attorney: DNA Clears Rape Convict," The Dallas Morning News, September 17, 2007
  • "Three Bills Will Help California Avoid Wrongful Convictions," Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA), September 17, 2007
  • "In Service of Justice," San Gabriel Valley Tribune (CA), September 12, 2007
  • "Rediscovering Freedom," Daily Press (VA), September 12, 2007
  • "Ritter: DNA Over Discipline; Governor Stresses Evidence Access for Prisoners, Not Sanctions for Prosecutors," The Denver Post, September 12, 2007
  • "Ritter Task Force Eyes DNA Evidence Gathering," Rocky Mountain News, September 11, 2007
  • "Innocent Man Freed," Daily Press (VA), September 11, 2007
  • "Convictions to Get New Scrutiny; Laws Establish Stricter Standards, and Commission Will Review Cases," Winston-Salem Journal, September 10, 2007
  • "Urgency Required on DNA Tests" The Virginian-Pilot, September 9, 2007
  • "DNA Pass Means He's Free At Last," News & Observer (NC), September 2, 2007
  • "How Many More Are Innocent?" Wilmington Morning Star (NC), September 1, 2007
  • "Panel Searches for Innocence After Conviction," Burlington Times News, September 2, 2007
  • "Settlement Reached in Wrongful Conviction," The Patriot-News (PA), September 1, 2007
  • "Legislators Want to Add Serious-Crime Suspects to Database," NorthJersey.com, August 30, 2007
  • "The Wrong Man," News & Observer (NC), August 30, 2007
  • "Rocky Road to New Life," Chicago Tribune, August 30, 2007
  • "DNA Evidence Frees Man After 18 Years in Prison," USA Today, August 29, 2007
  • "State's DNA Project is Slow Going," Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 26, 2007
  • "'Exonerated' Man Must Wait For Trial," The Baltimore Examiner, August 22, 2007
  • "Craig's List," Texas Monthly, September, 2007
  • "Judge Allows Lawsuit In Wrongful Conviction; Freed Man Alleges Conspiracy in Slaying Case," Patriot News (PA), August 21, 2007
  • "Lawsuit Filed Over Wrongful Conviction," Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 17, 2007
  • "Man Freed From Prison On DNA Evidence Sues Dallas Police," The Dallas Morning News, August 16, 2007
  • "When The Innocent Go To Prison In California, The Guilty Go Free," California Progress Report, August 16, 2007
  • "DNA Evidence Overturns Yakima Man's Rape Conviction," The Seattle Times, August 15, 2007
  • "Freedom In Sight, 23 Years After Unjust Conviction," Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 10, 2007
  • "Exonerated Man Adjusts to Life on the Outside," Day to Day (NPR), August 10, 2007
  • "Facetime; Garrett's DNA: Man Of (Wrongful) Convictions," The Hook (VA), August 9, 2007
  • "Innocents In Prison; Many Thousands Of Wrongly Convicted People Are Rotting In Prisons And Jails Around The Country," National Journal, August 6, 2007
  • "DNA Testing; Safeguards For Expanding Maryland's DNA Database," The Washington Post, August 7, 2007
  • "William Murphy Was Part Of A Panel Which Helped Free A Man Wrongfully Accused Of Murder," Staten Island Advance, August 5, 2007
  • "DNA Exoneration Starts With Innocence Project Gatekeeper," The Christian Science Monitor, August 6, 2007
  • "The Presence of Malice," The New York Times, August 2, 2007
  • "Blind Justice Often Error Prone," The Virginian-Pilot, July 30, 2007
  • "In Defense Of Colo. DNA Handling," The Denver Post, July 30, 2007
  • "Congress May Join Push On Evidence," The Denver Post, July 29, 2007
  • "Wrongful Convictions Studied; U.Va. Expert Identifies Failures In Cases Of 200 People Cleared By DNA," Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 23, 2007
  • "Univ. Of Missouri Journalism And Law School Students Collaborate On Midwestern Innocence Project," Missouri Lawyers Weekly, July 23, 2007
  • "Evidence Proves Innocence After 24 Years," The Denver Post, July 24, 2007
  • "Trail Of 2 Test Tubes. Hidden Odyssey," The Denver Post, July 23, 2007
  • "Study Of Wrongful Convictions Raises Questions Beyond DNA," The New York Times, July 23, 2007
  • "Closer to Freedom; AG Changes Course, Agrees A Federal Judge Should Resolve The Controversial Paul House Case," Nashville Scene, July 19, 2007
  • "Washington's Pardon A Long Time Coming: Our View," Culpeper Star-Exponent, July 12, 2007
  • "Cleared Of Murder, Rape In Elizabeth; Man Savors Freedom After 22 Years In Prison," Philadelphia Inquirer, July 10, 2007
  • "New Jersey Drops Charges for Man Imprisoned 19 Years," Desert Morning News, July 10, 2007
  • "Bickering Albany Lawmakers Delay Reforms," White Plains Journal News, July 7, 2007
  • "Lawmakers Urge Senate Majority To Reconsider DNA Legislation," CatskillsNews.com, July 7, 2007
  • "Jerry Miller Takes The Long Way Home," WBEZ Chicago Publlic Radio, July 9, 2007
  • "Man Freed From Prison By DNA Test Awaits Fate," Newsday, July 9, 2007
  • "Panel To Probe Wrongful Convictions," San Jose Mercury News, July 9, 2007
  • "Former Death-Row Inmate Officially Declared Innocent," The Washington Post, July 7, 2007
  • "Report: Expert Says Eyewitness ID Can Be Flawed," The Advocate, July 3, 2007
  • "Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Rape And Murder," WNBC.com, July 2, 2007
  • "A-OK On DNA, ASAP," The Arizona Republic, June 27, 2007
  • "DNA Evidence Casts Doubt On Conviction," The Examiner, June 26, 2007
  • "The Innocence Project Of Minnesota Comes Of Age," The Minnesota Lawyer, June 25, 2007
  • "Deadly Injustice," The Courier-Journal, June 24, 2007
  • "Appeals Court Clears Wrongfully Convicted Dallas Man," Houston Chronicle, June 21, 2007
  • "Utah Legislature; Judiciary Committee Endorses Payments To Help Prisoners Who Were Exonerated," Desert Morning News, June 20, 2007
  • "Wrongfully Convicted Seek Aid," Desert Morning News, June 18, 2007
  • "N.Y., Let Freedom Ring: Albany Must Push Past Politics & Pass Urgent Bill To Release Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners," The New York Daily News, June 18, 2007
  • "Dallas County Public Defender's Office Seeks DNA-Testing Position," The Dallas Morning News, June 15, 2007
  • "Larry Peterson: Life After Exoneration," NPR, June 13, 2007
  • "The Exoneration of Larry Peterson," NPR, June 12, 2007
  • "DNA Database Expansion Creates Backlog," Associated Press,June 11, 2007
  • "Story of a Man Who Was in Prison and Then Released Because of DNA Evidence," The Charlie Rose Show,June 11, 2007
  • "Random Restitution," USA Today, June 11, 2007
  • "Lawyers Push Reliance on DNA," Greenwich Time, June 8, 2007
  • "Watkins Pushes for Review of DNA Evidence," WFAA-TV, June 7, 2007
  • "Gallery of the Exonerated; Faces of the Innocence Project," TIME, June 5, 2007
  • "A Milestone for the Innocence Project," TIME, June 5, 2007
  • "A Prayer of Thanks for Freedom and Absolution," The Star-Ledger, June 3, 2007
  • "Man Freed by DNA Sues State," The Advocate, June 2, 2007
  • "Brown Testifies About Wrongful Convictions," Auburn Citizen, June 1, 2007
  • "Leaders Close to Deal on DNA Expansion," Gannet News Service, May 31, 2007
  • "DNA Evidence and the Death Penalty," JURIST, May 30, 2007
  • "What Do States Owe the Exonerated?" The Christian Science Monitor, May 30, 2007
  • "Innocence Project Overturns Convictions Without DNA Help," New Orleans CityBusiness, May 28, 2007
  • "Wrongful Convictions Ripple Through Court System," New Orleans CityBusiness, May 28, 2007
  • "Mr. Spitzer’s DNA Proposal," The New York Times, May 28, 2007
  • "Look-Alikes: Was the Wrong Man Convicted?" The Patriot-News, May 27, 2007
  • "Defense Lawyer Picked to Oversee DNA Case Review, Associated Press, May 27, 2007
  • "Wrongly Convicted Man Wins Ruling," Billings Gazette, May 25, 2007
  • "Rally Speaker Was Wrongly Convicted," Wilson Daily Times, May 24, 2007
  • "Convict Cleared by DNA Awarded $1.2 Million," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 24, 2007
  • "State of Innocents," Texas Monthly, June, 2007
  • "Convicted Murderer Is Freed in Wake of Tainted Evidence," The New York Times, May 22, 2007
  • "State Leaders Meet, Disagree on Results," Ithaca Journal, May 22, 2007
  • "Again, Innocence Panel, Justice Not State Priority," San Antonio Express-News, May 22, 2007
  • "Mr. Tillman's Just Award," Harford Courant, May 21, 2007
  • "The DNA 200," The New York Times, May 20, 2007
  • "$1.5 Million for Freed Man," The Columbus Dispatch, May 18, 2007
  • "DNA in Murders Frees Inmate After 19 Years," The New York Times, May 16, 2007
  • "Modern-Day Fingerprinting," Newsday, May 16, 2007
  • "Freed After 22 Years", The Newark Star-Ledger, May 16, 2007
  • "New York Plan for DNA Data in Most Crimes," The New York Times, May 14, 2007
  • "Judge Frees Oklahoma Man Facing Execution," Los Angeles Times, May 12, 2007
  • "Former Death Row Inmate Freed After Murder Charge Dropped," The Associated Press, May 12, 2007
  • "More Resources Needed for DNA Testing," The Shreveport Times, May 12, 2007
  • "Find Standards to Compensate Wrongly Convicted," Tallahassee Democrat, May 10, 2007
  • "Wrongly Convicted Man Wants Answers," WJTV (MS), May 8, 2007
  • "No Restitution For Wrongly Jailed in Miss," Jackson Clarion Ledger, May 6, 2007
  • "Justice For All?," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 6, 2007
  • "Man Freed in Albuquerque Slaying on Basis of DNA Evidence," Las Cruces Sun-News, May 4, 2007
  • "Are Innocent Imprisoned? Fingerprint Errors Found," Orlando Sentinel, May 4, 2007
  • "Focus: Compensating Capozzi," The Buffalo News, May 4, 2007
  • "Exonerations Change How Justice System Builds a Prosecution," The Washington Post, May 3, 2007
  • "City Lawmakers Aim To Ease Convicts' Access To DNA Evidence," The New York Sun, May 3, 2007
  • "Inmate a Perfect Case for Innocence Panel," San Antonio Express-New, May 2, 2007
  • "Free The Innocent," The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 2, 2007
  • "Innocence in Need of Champions," Albany Times Union, April 30, 2007
  • "Guilty or Innocent? We Often Can Know For Sure," Las Vegas Sun, April 30, 2007
  • "Capital Punishment Is On The Decline, Largely Because of DNA Testing And Its Ramifications For the Legal System," The National Journal, April 28, 2007
  • "Innocence, Guilt in the Real World," Huntsville Times, April 27, 2007
  • "Guilt Becomes Innocence 25 Years Later," Vallejo Times-Herald, April 26, 2007
  • "The 200th Reason to Test DNA," The Chicago Tribune, April 25, 2007
  • "DNA Exonerations Underline Mistakes; Examination Of Law System Is Expanding," The Arizona Republic, April 24, 2007
  • "DNA Exonerations Reach 200," Washington Post, April 24, 2007
  • "'I Never Should Have Been in Jail,'" Indianapolis Star, April 24, 2007
  • "Senate Endorses Innocence Panel," The Dallas Morning News, April 24, 2007
  • "Another 'Guilty' Man is Cleared," Philadelphia Daily News, April 24, 2007
  • "Exonerated Death Row Inmates Want Change," Evening Bulletin, April 16, 2007
  • "Accusers Recant, but Hopes Still Fade in Sing Sing," The New York Times, April 13, 2007
  • "Wrongly Jailed, Man Crusades for Others," The Flint Journal, April 18, 2007
  • "DNA Changes Criminal Justice," The Plain Dealer (OH), April 12, 2007
  • "Wrongly Convicted Men to Share $8 Million Settlement," The Washington Post, April 12, 2007
  • "Wrongly Convicted Urge Protections," The Dallas Morning News, April 11, 2007
  • "Tillman Tells Legislators Of His Despair In Prison," The Harford Courant, April 11, 2007
  • "A Dream Come True; Judge Backs Man's Exoneration in '82 Rape Case," The Dallas Morning News, April 10, 2007
  • "In Dallas, 13th Man Exonerated By DNA; James Giles Spent a Decade in Prison for a Crime He Didn't Commit," The Houston Chronicle, April 10, 2007
  • "The Wrong Man," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 6, 2007
  • "Wrongly Jailed Worker Fights for the Convicted," Gloucester Daily Times, April 6, 2007
  • "Righting Wrongs; At Last, The State Examines Erroneous Convictions," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 5, 2007
  • "Exonerated Man, Victim's Family Push for Reform," Norman Transcript, April 5, 2007
  • "Man Cleared on DNA Evidence is Freed," St Louis Post-Dispatch, March 30, 2007
  • "Located in Hospital, DNA Clears Buffalo Man Convicted in ’80s Rapes," The New York Times, March 29, 2007
  • "Man Exonerated After 26 Years in Prison Files Civil Rights Suit," The Washington Post, March 22, 2007
  • "House Votes $1.2 Million for Wrongly Imprisoned Man," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 20, 2007
  • "Wrongly Convicted Being Proven Innocent Decades Later," Epoch Times, March 17, 2007
  • "DNA Test Clears Man Who Spent 4 Months in Prison," St. Petersburg Times, March 11, 2007
  • "Guilty Plea in Wrongful-Conviction Case," The Washington Post, March 7, 2007
  • "Man Wrongly Jailed is Finally Free," The Star-Ledger, March 6, 2007
  • "Man Convicted of Murder Exonerated After 15 Years," The Associated Press, Feb. 23, 2007
  • "Law Students Advocate for Innocent," The Dallas Morning News, March 4, 2007
  • "Exonerated Prisoners Adjust to Life on the Outside," National Public Radio, Feb. 27, 2007
  • "Georgia Looks to Expand DNA Registry, Clear Old Cases," Macon Telegraph, Feb. 26, 2007
  • "Vermont to Allow Prisoners to Request DNA Testing," Rutland Herald, Feb. 22, 2007
  • "Crime Sleuths Hampered by DNA Lab Delays," San Jose Mercury News, Feb. 22, 2007
  • "What is the Price of Lost Freedom? The New Haven Register, Feb. 22, 2007
  • "Dallas County D.A. Looking to Free the Innocent," ABCNews.com, Feb. 18, 2007
  • "Justice Reclaimed," Austin American Statesman, Feb. 18, 2007
  • 'That's 10 Years They Can Never Replace,'" USA Today, Feb. 14, 2007
  • "Ex-Inmate Begins 'The Rest of His Life,'" The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 14, 2007
  • "Taking Deep Breath of Freedom," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 10, 2007
  • "Exonerated and Freed at 32, but Feeling 17," The New York Times, Feb. 4, 2007
  • "Behind Bars, But Not Guilty," Sunday News (PA), Feb. 4, 2007
  • "DNA Refutes Case for Bill on Death Penalty," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 31, 2007
  • "Repairing the System," Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jan. 29, 2007
  • "The True State of C.S.I. Justice," The New York Times, Jan. 29, 2007
  • "Innocent Behind Bars," The Tennessean, Jan. 28, 2007
  • "Eyewitness Guidelines Urged After Man Freed," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 28, 2007
  • "Why Does Dallas County Hold This Dubious Title?" The Dallas Morning News, Jan. 25, 2007
  • "Men in New York and Georgia Cleared by DNA Evidence to be Freed From Prison Tuesday," The Washington Post, Jan. 24, 2007
  • "With DNA From Exhumed Body, Man Finally Wins Freedom," The New York Times, Jan. 23, 2007
  • "DNA Clears Man in Jail 21 Years," WXIA-TV, Jan. 22, 2007
  • "A 12th Dallas Convict Is Exonerated by DNA," The New York Times, Jan. 18, 2007
  • "DNA Evidence Sets Another Man Free From Prison," CBS 11-TV, Jan. 4, 2007
    2006
  • "Lawmakers Prepared to Make Restitution to Former Inmate," Stamford Advocate, Nov. 30, 2006
  • "U.S. Settles Suit Filed by Ore. Lawyer," Washington Post, Nov. 30, 2006
  • "Could You be Innocent and Still Go to Jail?" KVUE (TX), Nov. 29, 2006
  • "In Murder Case, New Evidence but Same Cell," The New York Times, Nov. 16, 2006
  • "Man Cleared By DNA Awarded $450,000," Houston Chronicle, Nov. 10, 2006
  • "Unfairly Jailed? Help is Coming," The Myrtle Beach Sun-News, Dec. 26, 2006
  • "Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Can Proceed," Boston Globe, Nov. 7, 2006
  • "Public Defense Office Planned," Biloxi Sun Herald, Nov. 15, 2006
  • "Justice Demands Fixing System," Fort Worth Star Telegram, Nov 5, 2006
  • "Wrongly Imprisoned, Deskovic is Formally Cleared in Slaying," The Journal News, Nov. 2, 2006
  • "BSO May Pay $1 Million to Innocent Man," Miami Herald, Oct. 26, 2006
  • "DNA Testing Clears 10th Dallas County Man in 5 Years," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, Oct. 31, 2006
  • "Confession Forced, Freed Man Says," Chicago Tribune, Oct. 12, 2006
  • "Ex-Inmate Awarded $13.6M," Telegram & Gazette (MA), Oct. 7, 2006
  • "After 21 Years, DNA Testing Sets Man Free In Rape Case," The New York Times, Oct. 7, 2006
  • "Court Affirms Innocent Inmate's Suit," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 5, 2006
  • "City: Exonerations Won’t Come Easy," Examiner.com (MD), Oct. 5, 2006
  • "Court: Exonerated Death Row Inmate May Pursue Lawsuit," Centre Daily Times, Oct. 6, 2006
  • "Exonerated Man Awaits Legal Reversal of Rape Convictions," The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 28, 2006
  • "Court Affirms Innocent Iinmate's Suit," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 5, 2006
  • "DNA Said to Clear Pair After 19 Years," Baltimore Sun, Oct. 3, 2006
  • "DNA Reversal Leaves Case at Square One," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 2, 2006
  • "Long Wait for a B.A.," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 29, 2006
  • "Exonerated Man Awaits Legal Reversal of Rape Convictions," The Virginian Pilot, Sept. 28, 2006
  • "Exonerated Prisoner Shares His Message," Hartford Courant, Sept. 26, 2006
  • "After Innocence," The Journal News, Sept. 21, 2006
  • "Ex-Inmate Says Pirro Ignored DNA Evidence That Freed Him," The Journal News, Sept. 21, 2006
  • "DNA Evidence Frees a Man Imprisoned for Half His Life," The Journal News, Sept. 21, 2006

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