Three NEIP team members and NEIP's Executive Director recently returned from the 2011 Innocence Network Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Also in attendance were two New England exonerees, Lawyer Johnson and Dennis Maher. The conference was hosted by the Ohio Innocence Project. This year's conference covered a variety of post-conviction topics and examined wrongful convictions on an international scale. The annual conference is a great resource for both Innocence Projects and exonerees. Some of the topics at this year's conference included judicial perspectives on DNA testing requests and actual innocence claims, false confessions, post-conviction DNA testing, recantation evidence, the Freedom of Information Act, and federal habeas corpus. International exonerees from England, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Nicaragua spoke about their cases and each shared his exoneration experience in the country where he was wrongfully convicted. The conference concluded with a moving concert performed by the exonerees.
To learn more about past Innocence Network Coferences, click here.
NEIP provides pro bono legal assistance to inmates who have claims of actual innocence. NEIP's mission is to represent persons wrongly convicted in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont and to advocate for the reform of our criminal justice system.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
NEIP Hosts Conviction Screening
This week, NEIP and Fox Searchlight hosted an advanced, pre-screening of Conviction, a major motion picture about the life of Betty Anne Waters and her brother, Kenny. Conviction chronicles Betty Anne's journey to proving Kenny's innocence after he is incarcerated for a murder he did not commit.
Tony Goldwyn, the director of the film, was joined by Sam Rockwell (who plays Kenny) and Betty Anne Waters. After the screening, they answered questions from the audience. The event was mediated by Scott Feinberg, a prominent film and Oscar blogger. Click here to see Scott's summary of the event, including videos of the Q&A following the film.
Two exonerees attended the event and spoke during the Q&A. Dennis Maher, a NEIP exoneree was in attendance, along with Fernando Bermudez, who was exonerated by the Innocence Project in New York.
The movie opens in theaters nationwide on October 15th. Click here to view the trailer!
Tony Goldwyn, the director of the film, was joined by Sam Rockwell (who plays Kenny) and Betty Anne Waters. After the screening, they answered questions from the audience. The event was mediated by Scott Feinberg, a prominent film and Oscar blogger. Click here to see Scott's summary of the event, including videos of the Q&A following the film.
Two exonerees attended the event and spoke during the Q&A. Dennis Maher, a NEIP exoneree was in attendance, along with Fernando Bermudez, who was exonerated by the Innocence Project in New York.
The movie opens in theaters nationwide on October 15th. Click here to view the trailer!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
New England Exoneree Featured at Maine's Red Mass
NEIP exoneree Dennis Maher will be speaking at this year's Red Mass, an annual event for the legal community in Maine. The Red Mass is held for all those involved in the administration of justice.
Maher was convicted in 1984 of two counts of sexual assault and one count attempted sexual assault in Ayer, MA. He spent 19 years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him. Maher was an army sergeant before his arrest. He had a clean criminal record and was convicted without any physical evidence linking him to the crime. Maher was finally exonerated in 2003. He now lives in Tewksbery with his wife and two children.
Maher's speech will be a departure from the normal Red Mass speakers, who are usually judges or prominent attorneys.
Harrison, Judy. "Wrongfully convicted man to speak after Red Mass." http://dailyme.com/story/2010091300000137/wrongfully-convicted-man-speak-red-mass.html
Maher was convicted in 1984 of two counts of sexual assault and one count attempted sexual assault in Ayer, MA. He spent 19 years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him. Maher was an army sergeant before his arrest. He had a clean criminal record and was convicted without any physical evidence linking him to the crime. Maher was finally exonerated in 2003. He now lives in Tewksbery with his wife and two children.
Maher's speech will be a departure from the normal Red Mass speakers, who are usually judges or prominent attorneys.
Harrison, Judy. "Wrongfully convicted man to speak after Red Mass." http://dailyme.com/story/2010091300000137/wrongfully-convicted-man-speak-red-mass.html
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