This year marks the 10th anniversary of the California Innocence Project, located at California Western School of Law. In that time, thousands of inmates claiming innocence and their families have contacted the project seeking assistance. Innocence Project staff and students spend many more thousands of hours investigating those claims, taking on cases where innocence is clear and provable.
Five wrongfully convicted men have been exonerated by the project over the last 10 years, serving more than 75 years behind bars between them. An additional three men were exonerated by the project just in the last three months, and await release.
Host Pam Hardy speaks with project director Justin Brooks about the history, the success, and the future of the California Innocence Project.
