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CURRENT News

Sabrina Butler to speak at Bennett College for Women's prestigious Academic Cultural Enrichment Series

March 22, 2012

Sabrina Butler, the nation's only woman exonerated from death row, will speak about her experience on Mississippi's death row part of Bennett College's prestigious Academic Cultural Enrichment Series on April 5. Read More...

Shujaa Graham to be featured at the NAACP's MidAtlantic Region VII Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute

March 19, 2012

Shujaa Graham will be a featured at a workshop panel at the NAACP's MidAtlantic Region VII Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute on Saturday, April 12, in Annapolis, Maryland. Read More...

From Death Row to Freedom - One Man's Journey

March 20, 2012

Ithaca cable access producers Jurden Alexander and Wies van Leuken received on March 15 two PEGASYS awards, one for Best Public Access, for their one-hour public interest program, "From Death Row to Freedom - One Man's Journey," chronicling Nate Field's visit to Ithaca back in September. Read More...

Exonerated Death Row Prisoners Call on Oklahoma Governor Fallin to Stay the Execution of Shaun Stemple

March 15, 2012

In a letter to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, 26 exonerated ex-death row survivors—all members of the group Witness to Innocence— urged the governor to stay the execution of Shaun Stemple, slated for March 15, to give time to reexamine the evidence that may support Stemple’s claim of innocence. Read More...

Exonerees Advise on New Sundance Channel Drama

March 14, 2012

Witness to Innocence members have been serving as expert consultants with Gran Via Productions and writer/producer Evan Dunsky (Nurse Jackie, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and co-executive producer Melissa Bernstein (Breaking Bad) on a the groundbreaking new TV drama, RECTIFY, which will appear on the Sundance Channel in the fall. Read More...

Sojourners Magazine: The Innocence List

March 13, 2012

There are many reasons to abolish the death penalty. Innocents on death row may be the most compelling. Read More...