Murder Conviction Is Vacated
BC 无罪项目 wins its 8th victory, this time in the case of a man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a crime he steadfastly denied he committed.
无罪项目
无罪项目
In the 电子游戏软件 无罪项目, students study the problem of erroneous convictions and work to remedy and prevent these injustices. Clinic students and faculty represent individuals wrongly convicted in Massachusetts for crimes they did not commit and collaborate with public, 私人, nonprofit partners in litigation and public policy reforms.
Our Clinic focuses on cases involving complex factual investigation as well as work with scientific and forensic experts. We co-counsel with the Committee for Public Counsel Services Innocence program and with other attorneys and we also accept cases even where no other counsel is appointed and even if no DNA evidence is available to prove factual innocence.
As part of the 无罪项目, students:
- Evaluate cases of individuals who maintain they did not commit the crimes for which they were convicted and punished
- Represent individuals seeking relief from wrongful conviction or access to scientific testing of physical evidence to prove their innocence
- Plan and conduct factual investigations, including witness interviews
- Work with scientific experts, forensic witnesses, crime labs
- 草案运动, 支持宣誓书, memoranda in support of motions for forensic testing and post-conviction relief
- Prepare for and participate in judicial proceedings
- Write amicus briefs on issues relating to wrongful convictions
- Engage with faculty and graduate students from Psychology and Social Work on breaking edge on multidisciplinary research to inform public policy
The BC 无罪项目's experiential placements are enriched by two classroom components:
A weekly experiential seminar devoted to skills training and ethical and professional discernment
The Wrongful Convictions Seminar, in which students study the problem of erroneous convictions from academic and multidisciplinary perspectives and write and present their own research papers
The BCIP also provides undergraduate internships and public education and attorney training programs highlighting the latest in the field.
特色的故事
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Court Vacates Conviction of 无罪项目 Client
Finding that “justice may not have been done,” a Suffolk County Superior Court has vacated the 1976 murder and armed robbery convictions of 电子游戏软件 无罪项目 (BCIP) client Milton Jones. The clinic's victory is its fourth in the past three years.
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How the 无罪项目 Became an Exoneration Powerhouse
This BC Law clinic has engaged students and similar organizations in vast advocacy efforts, before the pandemic, secured the release of four individuals from wrongful imprisonment in the span of just two years.
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Choy Exonerated in Parents’ Death
The BC 无罪项目 played a pivotal role in a judge's decision on evidence of innocence and prosecutorial racism to vacate the convictions of the first Asian-American exonerated in Massachusetts.
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Innocence Client Exonerated in Double Murder
Ronnie Qualls was exonerated after the Suffolk County District Attorney formally dismissed all charges pending against him in connection with a 1992 double homicide in 波士顿’s Roxbury neighborhood. Qualls served 27 years in prison before his release.
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The Innocence Whisperers
The BCIP and co-counsel Chauncey Wood successfully moved to vacate Christopher “Omar” Martinez's murder conviction and secure his release from wrongful incarceration after 20 years.
“The BC Innocence Clinic was by far the most gratifying educational and professional opportunity I have ever had.”