Yesterday, the Virginia Supreme Court granted a Writ of Actual Innocence in the case of our client, Winston Scott, fully exonerating him of the 1975 rape for which he was wrongfully convicted. Winston is the 31st innocent person we’ve helped free or exonerate at MAIP. The decision marks only the

[Baltimore, December 18, 2018] Today, the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) at the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office announced that it would agree to vacate the conviction and dismiss all charges against Clarence Shipley, who has spent the last 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Clarence

In 2002, Anthony Faltz was the backseat passenger in a vehicle that hit another car, killing the two occupants. Anthony was not the driver, and at least five police officers on the scene confirmed that another man – not Anthony – exited the car from the driver’s seat. Nonetheless, poorly

Brooke Baldwin had MAIP exoneree Jerome Johnson and MAIP Executive Director on CNN’s Newsroom today. Watch it here: “As long as you keep on fighting, eventually, the truth will come out” – Jerome Johnson, cleared of murder after 30 years behind bars, shares his message for the other innocent people

After 30 years and countless attorneys and attempts to free him, Jerome Johnson was finally released from prison for a crime he did not commit. Here is just a sample of the media coverage. Washington Post Baltimore Sun WBAL (Baltimore) Fox 45 (Baltimore) The Daily Mail (UK) The Grio (blog)

Kirk Bloodsworth walked out of a Jessup prison on June 28, 1993, as the first person in the country to serve time on death row and be exonerated by DNA. The case has lasting impact. Time has healed many things, but the memory of his ordeal remains vivid. “It feels

Today, the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) at the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office announced that it would agree to vacate the conviction and dismiss all charges against Jerome Johnson, a 50-year-old client of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) and defense lawyer Nancy Forster. Jerome has spent the last 30 years

Police tunnel vision, the misuse of jailhouse informants, and the withholding of evidence by the state are a toxic combination. For MAIP and Womble Bond Dickinson client Matt Horner, that toxic combination has caused him to spend the past 12 years in prison for an attempted murder that was really