Mississippi compensates 4 exonerees

$500,000 each from the state to Kennedy Brewer, Cedric Willis, and others

New Orleans man works to help other exonerees

Emily Maw, director of the New Orleans Innocence Project and good friend of MIP, comments on the efforts of John Thompson and Resurrection After Exoneration.

Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?

The New Yorker has an extensive piece on Cameron Todd Willingham, whose persuasive case for innocence comes following his execution in 2004.

Mississippi Coroners Bring Back Dr. Hayne

The Jackson Free Press and the Agitator discuss Mississippi officials' latest actions with Dr. Steven Hayne.

Eyewitness misidentification involved with 75% of overturned convictions

The national Innocence Project reports that over a quarter of the states have examined reforms in the last two years.

DNA storage still problematic in Miss.

The Clarion Ledger reports today on a chronic issue.

Former Justice Fights Death Penalty

Oliver Diaz, an Innocence Project advocate and former Supreme Court Justice, explains his views on the death penalty and why it involves "so much error."

Mississippi passes exoneree-compensation law

Tips the balance of states with and without, as the 26th to pass such a law.

Local coverage from the Clarion-Ledger

MILESTONE: Miss. signs DNA testing access laws

Maddy deLeone, Executive Director of the Innocence Project, calls it a "tremendous step" in the reform of the justice system.

The Jackson Free Press calls for support of the bill before its passage and marks its success afterwards.

National Academy of Sciences report on overhauling forensic sciences

Called "badly fragmented" in United States justice system.