On August 9, 2013, rising football star Greg Kelley was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child in Cedar Park, Texas. Kelley was 18 and a junior who had just recently received a scholarship to play football at the University of Texas at San...
The feature film follows the true story of Banks’ trials and tribulations in the American criminal justice system San Diego, June 5, 2020 – On Friday, June 5, 2020, “Brian Banks” started streaming free on iTunes, Redbox, and YouTube, and is expected to be free on...
The California Innocence Project stands with George Floyd and all victims of police brutality and police misconduct. Police misconduct is one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions and often directly leads to our innocent clients spending decades in prison for...
Combined, the Clients Have Spent More Than 78 Years In Prison For Crimes They Did Not CommitSacramento, March 27, 2020 – On Friday, March 27, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom granted clemency to four California Innocence Project (CIP) clients: JoAnn Parks, Suzanne Johnson,...
California Innocence Project’s Investigation Led To An Exoneration And Three Arrests Riverside, December 16, 2019 – On Friday, December 13, 2019, Googie Harris Jr. became the third man arrested in connection with the murder of Terry Cheek in April of 1998. Cheek was...