Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project Seeks Federal Clemency for Six D.C. Men Wrongfully Convicted in 8th and H Street Murder
December 3, 2024Post-conviction evidence clears the way for Presidential Pardon …
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8th and H Case Presidential Pardon Highlighted in DC Media Appearances
November 22, 2024Washington, DC (November 21, 2024) – The 8th and H case presidential pardon public awareness campaign gained momentum this week as Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) Executive Director Shawn Armbrust, MAIP client Chris Turner, and his co-defendant and brother, Charles Turner, appeared on Fox 5 news and WTOP news. Forty years ago, 8 men, including Chris…
Maryland Governor Wes Moore Signs Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) Supported Bill H.B. 1086 Into Law
April 25, 2024Governor Wes Moore today signed Bill H.B. 1086, Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted – Alterations into law, building on the Walter Lomax Act by expanding compensation benefits for exonerees. Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) Executive Director Shawn Armbrust witnessed the signing along with Tyrone Jones, who was represented in his exoneration proceedings by the University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic and is represented in his compensation efforts by Brown, Goldstein & Levy.
T. Greg Hall Finally Fully Exonerated – Justice Served After 31 Years
April 18, 2023Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) client T. Greg Hall was fully exonerated today when the Baltimore City State’s Attorney dropped murder charges against him after a March decision by the Baltimore City Circuit Court to grant T.’s Petition for a Writ of Actual Innocence and vacate his 1992 murder conviction. T. had been convicted of a 1991 murder based solely on the testimony of two purported eyewitnesses, whom police said were the only two people to witness the crime.
Kenneth Bond-El Released From Prison After Three Decades For A Murder He Did Not Commit
February 9, 2023Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) client Kenneth Bond-El was released today from Jessup Correctional Institution under a 2021 Maryland law that allows people convicted of crimes committed when they were children to seek resentencing. Brian Saccenti of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Mark Howard of the Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative, and MAIP co-counsel at Cooley (Dee Bansal, Erich Veitenheimer, Beth Shrieves, and Natalie Pike) represented him in the proceeding. Mr. Bond can now continue the fight to prove his innocence from home, where he belongs.
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