Ohio Innocence Project
@ohioinnocenceproj.bsky.social
Our goal is simple: we want to free every innocent person in Ohio who has been convicted of a crime they didn't commit. Visit us online at www.law.uc.edu/oip
How much impact do UC College of Law students serving as OIP Fellows have on our work? "Law students are the core of the Ohio Innocence Project." That's from OIP staff attorney Brian Howe, himself once an OIP Fellow.
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UC Law students work to free the innocent
University of Cincinnati law students are the core of the Ohio Innocence Project. They serve as litigation and policy fellows who work to advance OIP's initial goal: working to free every person in Ohio who has been convicted of a crime they didn't commit.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
How much impact do UC College of Law students serving as OIP Fellows have on our work? "Law students are the core of the Ohio Innocence Project." That's from OIP staff attorney Brian Howe, himself once an OIP Fellow.
https://ow.ly/Mt4t50Xs6uM
https://ow.ly/Mt4t50Xs6uM
How can you not love stories where the #wrongfullyconvicted do amazing things in putting their lives back on track? In this case, a man who was 16 when he was sent to prison for 27 years has just been elected to his local school board.
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Salas Jr., wrongfully convicted for 27 years, set to win Sunnyside School Board seat
Now, following the November general election, Salas Jr. holds a commanding lead for a seat on the Sunnyside School Board.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
How can you not love stories where the #wrongfullyconvicted do amazing things in putting their lives back on track? In this case, a man who was 16 when he was sent to prison for 27 years has just been elected to his local school board.
https://ow.ly/8F7v50XrYAc
https://ow.ly/8F7v50XrYAc
Just minutes before his execution was set to proceed Thursday morning, Tremane Wood received word that #Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt had agreed to accept his parole board's recommendation and commuted Wood's death sentence.
https://www.newson6.com/crime/oklahoma-execution-tremane-wood
https://www.newson6.com/crime/oklahoma-execution-tremane-wood
Gov. Stitt has granted clemency to death row inmate Tremane Wood
Oklahoma prepares to execute Tremane Wood for 2002 murder unless Governor Kevin Stitt grants clemency following a split recommendation from the state Pardon and Parole Board.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just minutes before his execution was set to proceed Thursday morning, Tremane Wood received word that #Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt had agreed to accept his parole board's recommendation and commuted Wood's death sentence.
https://www.newson6.com/crime/oklahoma-execution-tremane-wood
https://www.newson6.com/crime/oklahoma-execution-tremane-wood
The state's parole board voted last week to grant clemency to Tremane Wood, but unless #Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt acts on that recommendation, Wood will be executed tomorrow -- for a murder he almost certainly didn't commit.
https://ow.ly/8Juo50XqPLu
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Advocates urge clemency for Tremane Wood ahead of execution
Advocates for Tremane Wood are urging Gov. Kevin Stitt to grant clemency before his scheduled execution, citing an unfair trial and a recommendation from the pardon and parole board.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The state's parole board voted last week to grant clemency to Tremane Wood, but unless #Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt acts on that recommendation, Wood will be executed tomorrow -- for a murder he almost certainly didn't commit.
https://ow.ly/8Juo50XqPLu
https://ow.ly/8Juo50XqPLu
Pencil this in for your 2026 reading list. A new book, "Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions," will be coming out and OIP co-founder and director Mark Godsey is one of those featured.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Pencil this in for your 2026 reading list. A new book, "Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions," will be coming out and OIP co-founder and director Mark Godsey is one of those featured.
https://ow.ly/o2CW50XqgVU
https://ow.ly/o2CW50XqgVU
Two #Chicago men who spent 23 years in prison for a crime they did not commit have had a settlement of $10 million approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/cook-county-to-pay-10m-to-2-men-wrongly-convicted-in-1994-slaying/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/cook-county-to-pay-10m-to-2-men-wrongly-convicted-in-1994-slaying/
Cook County to pay $10M to 2 men wrongly convicted in 1994 slaying
The two men are still suing Chicago over allegations police coerced them into false confessions and framed them in a woman’s gruesome death.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Two #Chicago men who spent 23 years in prison for a crime they did not commit have had a settlement of $10 million approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/cook-county-to-pay-10m-to-2-men-wrongly-convicted-in-1994-slaying/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/cook-county-to-pay-10m-to-2-men-wrongly-convicted-in-1994-slaying/
Powerful statement from one of the two men #wrongfullyconvicted in perhaps the most infamous crime in #Austin, Texas history.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Powerful statement from one of the two men #wrongfullyconvicted in perhaps the most infamous crime in #Austin, Texas history.
https://ow.ly/PwEX50Xp5g0
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Congratulations to our friends at the Innocence Project of Florida on continuing to advance their work with new facilities for continued growth. They are a similar sized organization to ours and also face a state where the system presents challenges.
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Innocence Project of Florida holds open house for new headquarters
The Innocence Project of Florida held an open house for their new headquarters to inform the community of their services.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Congratulations to our friends at the Innocence Project of Florida on continuing to advance their work with new facilities for continued growth. They are a similar sized organization to ours and also face a state where the system presents challenges.
https://ow.ly/zxfh50XoVZO
https://ow.ly/zxfh50XoVZO
Chicago's history makes it the #wrongfulconviction capital of the world, with certain names popping up repeatedly. One of them is former Det. Reynaldo Guevara, with yet another victim of his tactics now on the verge of sizable payout.
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City weighing proposed $17M settlement for alleged victim of disgraced Chicago ex-detective Reynaldo Guevara
The latest in a string of Guevara-related settlements is on Monday's agenda for the City Council's Finance Committee. It would go to Jose Maysonet, who spent 27 years in prison after allegedly being beaten by Guevara into confessing to a double murder he did not commit.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Chicago's history makes it the #wrongfulconviction capital of the world, with certain names popping up repeatedly. One of them is former Det. Reynaldo Guevara, with yet another victim of his tactics now on the verge of sizable payout.
https://ow.ly/f27f50XoL4G
https://ow.ly/f27f50XoL4G
One of the great pillars of #socialjustice in the Xavier University community, Dr. Tom Hayes, is set to become the next chair of the OIP Board of Advocates in January.
https://xaviernewswire.com/2025/11/04/xavier-professor-dr-tom-hayes-becomes-chair-of-the-ohio-innocence-project/
https://xaviernewswire.com/2025/11/04/xavier-professor-dr-tom-hayes-becomes-chair-of-the-ohio-innocence-project/
Dr. Tom Hayes Appointed New Chair of Ohio Innocence Project
Dr. Tom Hayes becomes Chair of the Board of Advocates at OIP in 2026, advancing support for wrongful conviction reform and justice.
xaviernewswire.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
One of the great pillars of #socialjustice in the Xavier University community, Dr. Tom Hayes, is set to become the next chair of the OIP Board of Advocates in January.
https://xaviernewswire.com/2025/11/04/xavier-professor-dr-tom-hayes-becomes-chair-of-the-ohio-innocence-project/
https://xaviernewswire.com/2025/11/04/xavier-professor-dr-tom-hayes-becomes-chair-of-the-ohio-innocence-project/
Attention Youngstown State University community -- come by tomorrow for one of two speaking events presented by the campus chapter of OIP-u, featuring OIP client Dean Gillispie.
https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/youngstown-news/ysu-to-host-exoneree-dean-gillispie-at-justice-reform-event/amp/
https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/youngstown-news/ysu-to-host-exoneree-dean-gillispie-at-justice-reform-event/amp/
YSU to host exoneree Dean Gillispie at justice reform event
Youngstown State University will be holding a justice reform talk organized by the student chapter of the Ohio Innocence Project. The university will be hosting criminal justice advocate Dean Gilli…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Attention Youngstown State University community -- come by tomorrow for one of two speaking events presented by the campus chapter of OIP-u, featuring OIP client Dean Gillispie.
https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/youngstown-news/ysu-to-host-exoneree-dean-gillispie-at-justice-reform-event/amp/
https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/youngstown-news/ysu-to-host-exoneree-dean-gillispie-at-justice-reform-event/amp/
Shaken baby syndrome is an issue that justice systems everywhere too frequently get wrong. #Australia is no exception.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/one-miscarriage-of-justice-is-too-many-top-lawyer-builds-case-for-baby-shaking-rethink-20251030-p5n6lz.html
https://www.theage.com.au/national/one-miscarriage-of-justice-is-too-many-top-lawyer-builds-case-for-baby-shaking-rethink-20251030-p5n6lz.html
‘One miscarriage of justice is too many’: Top lawyer builds case for baby shaking rethink
One of the nation’s leading lawyers has joined top scientists to say the controversy over abuse diagnosis shows the need for a rethink on science and the courts.
www.theage.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shaken baby syndrome is an issue that justice systems everywhere too frequently get wrong. #Australia is no exception.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/one-miscarriage-of-justice-is-too-many-top-lawyer-builds-case-for-baby-shaking-rethink-20251030-p5n6lz.html
https://www.theage.com.au/national/one-miscarriage-of-justice-is-too-many-top-lawyer-builds-case-for-baby-shaking-rethink-20251030-p5n6lz.html
Join us Friday, Nov. 7, for this discussion of OIP research into the topic of women and #wrongfulconvictions. In the vast majority of such cases, women are convicted of crimes that never occurred. OIP attorneys Katharine Flexter and Lauren Staley will present their findings.
November 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Join us Friday, Nov. 7, for this discussion of OIP research into the topic of women and #wrongfulconvictions. In the vast majority of such cases, women are convicted of crimes that never occurred. OIP attorneys Katharine Flexter and Lauren Staley will present their findings.
A #Denver man, James "Cass" Garner, sits with a reporter to talk about his progress rebuilding his life six month after having his #wrongfulconviction case thrown out following 15 years in prison.
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Wrongfully convicted Denver man rebuilds life after 15 years in prison
A Denver court exonerated James Garner after 15 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, prompted by flawed eyewitness testimonies.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A #Denver man, James "Cass" Garner, sits with a reporter to talk about his progress rebuilding his life six month after having his #wrongfulconviction case thrown out following 15 years in prison.
https://ow.ly/s0iS50XlfbW
https://ow.ly/s0iS50XlfbW
The corruption in the Kansas City, Kansas, police department produced multiple #wrongfulconvictions. A new suit details what it says are some of the worst of the abuses.
https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-10-30/men-wrongfully-imprisoned-golubski-sue-kansas-city-police
https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-10-30/men-wrongfully-imprisoned-golubski-sue-kansas-city-police
Men allegedly framed by Roger Golubski sue Kansas City, Kansas, and police department
Cedric Warren and Domonique Moore, whose murder convictions were tossed last year due to prosecutorial misconduct, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday. They say they were railroaded by Roger Golubski, then a police detective, because the mother of one of them refused his sexual advances.
www.kcur.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The corruption in the Kansas City, Kansas, police department produced multiple #wrongfulconvictions. A new suit details what it says are some of the worst of the abuses.
https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-10-30/men-wrongfully-imprisoned-golubski-sue-kansas-city-police
https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-10-30/men-wrongfully-imprisoned-golubski-sue-kansas-city-police
Looking for a good movie for the weekend? The docu-drama about OIP client Rickey Jackson, "Lovely Jackson," is now available for streaming from Amazon Prime.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Looking for a good movie for the weekend? The docu-drama about OIP client Rickey Jackson, "Lovely Jackson," is now available for streaming from Amazon Prime.
https://ow.ly/w4xa50XhYnt
https://ow.ly/w4xa50XhYnt
Yes, it's a significant amount of money. But DeMarchoe Carpenter and Malcolm Scott lost 22 years in prison, and now it's been another nine years since their #convictions were overturned. Finally the City of #Tulsa has come to the table.
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City of Tulsa pays $15 million to two men wrongfully convicted of murder
The City of Tulsa will pay $15 million to two men who spent more than 20 years in prison for a murder they didn't commit.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Yes, it's a significant amount of money. But DeMarchoe Carpenter and Malcolm Scott lost 22 years in prison, and now it's been another nine years since their #convictions were overturned. Finally the City of #Tulsa has come to the table.
https://ow.ly/3KsY50Xhfkw
https://ow.ly/3KsY50Xhfkw
“My daddy is old already. He’s done missed so much time already. What are y’all going to do? Delay and delay and put things off until he dies?” To be sure, this is an apparent strategy in some systems that loathe to admit they made prosecutorial mistakes.
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A St. James man’s murder conviction was overturned, but his bail hearing was denied • Louisiana Illuminator
Keith Ezidore had been sentenced to life in prison in 1993 for the stabbing death of businessman Ralph Flowers in St. James Parish.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“My daddy is old already. He’s done missed so much time already. What are y’all going to do? Delay and delay and put things off until he dies?” To be sure, this is an apparent strategy in some systems that loathe to admit they made prosecutorial mistakes.
https://ow.ly/2JkT50XgCrR
https://ow.ly/2JkT50XgCrR
Innocence advocates from across the region will be in Cincinnati the next two days, as OIP hosts the Innocence Network Midwest Regional Summit. Sessions will focus on the latest developments in many topical areas.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Innocence advocates from across the region will be in Cincinnati the next two days, as OIP hosts the Innocence Network Midwest Regional Summit. Sessions will focus on the latest developments in many topical areas.
https://ow.ly/MT0Y50XfkmK
https://ow.ly/MT0Y50XfkmK
OIP client Rickey Jackson and OIP staff attorney Brian Howe were guests on WVXU's program "Cincinnati Edition" on Monday, exploring the story of Rickey's 39 years in #prison and how he's rebuilt his life since.
https://ow.ly/3HJ550XfjtI
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October 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
OIP client Rickey Jackson and OIP staff attorney Brian Howe were guests on WVXU's program "Cincinnati Edition" on Monday, exploring the story of Rickey's 39 years in #prison and how he's rebuilt his life since.
https://ow.ly/3HJ550XfjtI
https://ow.ly/3HJ550XfjtI
A #Boston man who spent 48 years in prison insisting he was innocent all along will not face retrial, prosecutors decided Thursday. Raymond Gaines was freed in 2021, but final resolution of his case took till now.
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DA declines to re-try man in 1974 Roxbury shoe shop murder
Raymond Gaines says he is innocent; victim's son says otherwise
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October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A #Boston man who spent 48 years in prison insisting he was innocent all along will not face retrial, prosecutors decided Thursday. Raymond Gaines was freed in 2021, but final resolution of his case took till now.
https://ow.ly/aquy50XeccO
https://ow.ly/aquy50XeccO
OIP will be participating in a post-concert discussion about legislative issues in Ohio at this Oct. 26 concert presented by Antioch College. Scan the QR code in the graphic for full details.
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
OIP will be participating in a post-concert discussion about legislative issues in Ohio at this Oct. 26 concert presented by Antioch College. Scan the QR code in the graphic for full details.
When the victim survives and recants multiple times the wrong man was convicted, it probably shouldn't take nine years to get the conviction fully reversed. Nonetheless, congrats to John "Brandon" Lamotte of Lexington, Ky.
https://ow.ly/MQkf50XcNJS
https://ow.ly/MQkf50XcNJS
Ky. man exonerated after nearly 9 years wrongly imprisoned
A Frankfort man who spent nearly nine years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit has officially been exonerated.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
When the victim survives and recants multiple times the wrong man was convicted, it probably shouldn't take nine years to get the conviction fully reversed. Nonetheless, congrats to John "Brandon" Lamotte of Lexington, Ky.
https://ow.ly/MQkf50XcNJS
https://ow.ly/MQkf50XcNJS
“(A) substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice.” Those were the words the prosecution offered to a #Massachusetts court Monday after review of the case of Ricky (Fuquan) McGee, and they were enough to free him after 28 years as the judge considers next steps.
https://ow.ly/Vncs50Xc6iE
https://ow.ly/Vncs50Xc6iE
Man released from prison after 28 years while judge considers innocence plea
Ricky (Fuquan) McGee walked out of court after serving 28 years for a murder he said he never committed. A judge will consider a state motion to vacate his conviction alleging a "substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice."
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October 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“(A) substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice.” Those were the words the prosecution offered to a #Massachusetts court Monday after review of the case of Ricky (Fuquan) McGee, and they were enough to free him after 28 years as the judge considers next steps.
https://ow.ly/Vncs50Xc6iE
https://ow.ly/Vncs50Xc6iE
For those part of the #OhioUniversity community, the school's chapter of OIP-u is presenting this program Wednesday on "Wrongful Conviction of Juveniles" with Dr. Amanda Cox from OU's Sociology faculty. It begins at 6 p.m. in 135 Bentley Hall.
October 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For those part of the #OhioUniversity community, the school's chapter of OIP-u is presenting this program Wednesday on "Wrongful Conviction of Juveniles" with Dr. Amanda Cox from OU's Sociology faculty. It begins at 6 p.m. in 135 Bentley Hall.