This afternoon, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge vacated the conviction of Paul Madison, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Later today, Madison will leave prison as a free man, thanks to the work of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP),

“Going beyond this analysis as proscribed in Md. Crim. Pro. Sec. 8-301, the State asserts that, given the information and evidence known now, the State’s confidence in Morris’s conviction has evaporated.” State’s Supplemental Response to Petitioner’s Writ of Actual Innocence Petition1 This afternoon, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge vacated

Almost 23 years after losing his infant son and being wrongfully convicted of his death, MAIP client Clarence Jones’s name has finally been cleared. Tuesday, a Baltimore County Circuit Judge, who had been ordered by an appellate court to grant Clarence’s Writ of Actual Innocence, set aside the guilty verdict

Law will fix Maryland’s compensation system for individuals that were erroneously convicted, sentenced and confined Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today signed into law legislation to fix the state’s compensation system for wrongfully convicted Marylanders. The legislation, known as “The Walter Lomax Act,” passed the House and the Senate unanimously last

In January 1987, Adeline Wilford was murdered in her Talbot County, Maryland, home when she interrupted a burglary in progress. Police believed that the killer or killers had entered the house through a laundry room window—they found palm prints on the window and the washing machine right inside the window,

This morning, the Baltimore City Circuit Court vacated the conviction of Melvin Thomas, who has spent nearly 19 years in prison for an attempted murder he did not commit. Later today, Melvin will leave prison as a free man, thanks to the work of our longtime friend and colleague, Booth

Last week, MAIP client Matt Horner walked out of prison for the first time in 15 years, released on electronic monitoring. A federal judge reversed Matt’s conviction in February. While the state is appealing, it agreed to the release given the risks to prisoners during the COVID-19 outbreak. Matt was

THREE BALTIMORE MEN TO BE FREED AFTER SPENDING A COMBINED 108 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A MURDER THEY DID NOT COMMIT Today, the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) at the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office announced that it would agree to vacate the convictions and dismiss all charges against Mid-Atlantic Innocence