Wow! What a year! 🤩 Peep the thread for a highlight of everything we’ve done so far. Go to theinnocencecenter.org for more information about our mission and how you can support! ⚖️
🎉 Celebrating One Year of Impact at The Innocence Center! 🎉 One year ago from August 1, we opened our doors with a vision to transform the criminal legal system by freeing wrongfully convicted individuals, educating the public on causes of wrongful convictions and assisting exonerated people as they reenter society. 🌟 What We've Accomplished in Our First Year: 🔓 Freed 3 wrongfully convicted individuals who served a collective 63 years in prison 📜 Helped pass 2 new California laws on innocence issues 🤝 Hired a team of five innocence experts and established a Board of Directors made up of former California Innocence Project staff and alumni. Collectively, the Board and Staff have decades of innocence experience, freeing more than 40 people who have served 560 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. 🛠 Formed critical partnerships with legal technology companies and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 🌐 Became an official member of the Innocence Network 🎙 Launched a new season of "For the Innocent” in collaboration with Legal Talk Network Looking ahead, The Innocence Center aims to exonerate even more clients in the next year. Currently, the Center is investigating and litigating about 60 wrongful conviction cases and also working to expand access and reach to clients in prison. Through legal technology, the Center can add to the prison’s existing iPads which facilitates communication with clients. Join us in this journey! Learn more about our work and how you can support our mission at TheInnocenceCenter.org. #InnocenceCenter #WrongfulConvictions #JusticeForAll #ForTheInnocent #Exoneration #CriminalJusticeReform