PA Innocence Project
@innocencepa.bsky.social
We work to exonerate those convicted of crimes they did not commit, to prevent innocent people from being prosecuted and convicted, and to help those wrongfully convicted transition to freedom. Find us at https://www.painnocence.org/.
After nearly 39 years wrongly incarcerated, Dawud Turner walked free today. He was immediately met by his niece, longtime friends, and Project staff members. Dawud looks forward to beginning his new journey, just in time for the new year.
Welcome home, Dawud!
Welcome home, Dawud!
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
After nearly 39 years wrongly incarcerated, Dawud Turner walked free today. He was immediately met by his niece, longtime friends, and Project staff members. Dawud looks forward to beginning his new journey, just in time for the new year.
Welcome home, Dawud!
Welcome home, Dawud!
Today is GiveBIG Pittsburgh! Join in the generosity with our local community on this special day. View our profile and consider making a give today! https://www.givebigpittsburgh.com/organizations/pennsylvania-innocence-project
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today is GiveBIG Pittsburgh! Join in the generosity with our local community on this special day. View our profile and consider making a give today! https://www.givebigpittsburgh.com/organizations/pennsylvania-innocence-project
It’s giving day!!!
In spite of challenges faced, this is the community that keeps us going – and we hope that you will join us today for #GivingTuesday!
Interested in making a gift for Giving Tuesday? Support our work by making a donation here. https://www.painnocence.org/donate
In spite of challenges faced, this is the community that keeps us going – and we hope that you will join us today for #GivingTuesday!
Interested in making a gift for Giving Tuesday? Support our work by making a donation here. https://www.painnocence.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s giving day!!!
In spite of challenges faced, this is the community that keeps us going – and we hope that you will join us today for #GivingTuesday!
Interested in making a gift for Giving Tuesday? Support our work by making a donation here. https://www.painnocence.org/donate
In spite of challenges faced, this is the community that keeps us going – and we hope that you will join us today for #GivingTuesday!
Interested in making a gift for Giving Tuesday? Support our work by making a donation here. https://www.painnocence.org/donate
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November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Pittsburgh, we hope you'll join us again for #GiveBigPittsburgh this #GivingTuesday December 2nd! Join the movement, share your support with your network, and help us bring the next wrongly convicted client home ❤️ https://www.givebigpittsburgh.com/organizations/pennsylvania-innocence-project
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Pittsburgh, we hope you'll join us again for #GiveBigPittsburgh this #GivingTuesday December 2nd! Join the movement, share your support with your network, and help us bring the next wrongly convicted client home ❤️ https://www.givebigpittsburgh.com/organizations/pennsylvania-innocence-project
Coming up on December 2nd, share your support for the Project with your network for #GivingTuesday. We are fighting for freedom alongside hundreds of innocent clients who are wrongly incarcerated. Please help us drum up the support we need to continue the fight.
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Coming up on December 2nd, share your support for the Project with your network for #GivingTuesday. We are fighting for freedom alongside hundreds of innocent clients who are wrongly incarcerated. Please help us drum up the support we need to continue the fight.
This holiday season, we are grateful to our support community for the hope and joy you bring!
Thank you to Temple University Beasley School of Law and the National Lawyers Guild for partnering with us on our 3rd annual Fall Social, with groceries and gift bags for our clients and their families.
Thank you to Temple University Beasley School of Law and the National Lawyers Guild for partnering with us on our 3rd annual Fall Social, with groceries and gift bags for our clients and their families.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This holiday season, we are grateful to our support community for the hope and joy you bring!
Thank you to Temple University Beasley School of Law and the National Lawyers Guild for partnering with us on our 3rd annual Fall Social, with groceries and gift bags for our clients and their families.
Thank you to Temple University Beasley School of Law and the National Lawyers Guild for partnering with us on our 3rd annual Fall Social, with groceries and gift bags for our clients and their families.
Roberson's attorney writes, "Robert adored Nikki, whose death was a tragedy, a horror compounded by Robert’s wrongful conviction that devastated his whole family. We are confident that an objective review of the science and medical evidence will show there was no crime.”
BREAKING NEWS: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a STAY in hashtag#RobertRoberson’s case, just seven days before his scheduled execution. innocenceproject.org/news/texas-c...
Robert Roberson's Execution is Stayed by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Roberson Was Scheduled to Be Executed on October 16 Despite Overwhelming Evidence of Innocence
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October 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Roberson's attorney writes, "Robert adored Nikki, whose death was a tragedy, a horror compounded by Robert’s wrongful conviction that devastated his whole family. We are confident that an objective review of the science and medical evidence will show there was no crime.”
Today is DAF Day, a national day of giving with Donor Advised Funds! A DAF is a charitable savings account - like a 401k for donating to important causes like ours. Today, DAF donors make a big impact, together.
Search for us on the #DAFDay Giving Page & share what your fund will do!
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Search for us on the #DAFDay Giving Page & share what your fund will do!
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DAF Day
A new kind of giving day that reframes how donor advised funds (DAFs) are used -- and who uses them.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today is DAF Day, a national day of giving with Donor Advised Funds! A DAF is a charitable savings account - like a 401k for donating to important causes like ours. Today, DAF donors make a big impact, together.
Search for us on the #DAFDay Giving Page & share what your fund will do!
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Search for us on the #DAFDay Giving Page & share what your fund will do!
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Today is #WrongfulConvictionDay
Since 1989, over 3,730 people have been exonerated in the US. Collectively, these individuals spent 34,694 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit.
Visit PAinnocence.org/wrongfulconvictionday2025 to learn more and get involved.
Since 1989, over 3,730 people have been exonerated in the US. Collectively, these individuals spent 34,694 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit.
Visit PAinnocence.org/wrongfulconvictionday2025 to learn more and get involved.
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today is #WrongfulConvictionDay
Since 1989, over 3,730 people have been exonerated in the US. Collectively, these individuals spent 34,694 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit.
Visit PAinnocence.org/wrongfulconvictionday2025 to learn more and get involved.
Since 1989, over 3,730 people have been exonerated in the US. Collectively, these individuals spent 34,694 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit.
Visit PAinnocence.org/wrongfulconvictionday2025 to learn more and get involved.
We heard today is #InternationalPodcastDay ! Check out "Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction," a very special limited podcast and radio series of interviews with Project clients, produced in September in partnership with WURD Radio. m.soundcloud.com/onwurd/sets/...
Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction
Listen to Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction, a playlist curated by WURD Radio on desktop and mobile.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We heard today is #InternationalPodcastDay ! Check out "Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction," a very special limited podcast and radio series of interviews with Project clients, produced in September in partnership with WURD Radio. m.soundcloud.com/onwurd/sets/...
In just a few short minutes, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing before a vote is taken on House Bill 413, the Uniform Electronic Recordation of Custodial Interrogations Act.
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In just a few short minutes, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing before a vote is taken on House Bill 413, the Uniform Electronic Recordation of Custodial Interrogations Act.
Just one month away, and, for us, the countdown begins tomorrow! Watch for updates here as we share special stories leading up to Wrongful Conviction Day on October 2nd.
September 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just one month away, and, for us, the countdown begins tomorrow! Watch for updates here as we share special stories leading up to Wrongful Conviction Day on October 2nd.
"The Manhattan district attorney’s office is teaching its staff a technique that draws on scientific research... The goal, according to the DA’s office, is to gather more reliable information — as well as to avoid false confessions and prevent wrongful convictions." gothamist.com/news/manhatt...
Manhattan prosecutors are learning to do more accurate witness and suspect interviews
Prosecutors say the goal is to gather more reliable information and prevent false confessions and wrongful convictions.
gothamist.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"The Manhattan district attorney’s office is teaching its staff a technique that draws on scientific research... The goal, according to the DA’s office, is to gather more reliable information — as well as to avoid false confessions and prevent wrongful convictions." gothamist.com/news/manhatt...
"Investigators... knew all along that evidence in its file contradicted testimony at Mr. Cole’s trial and supported his alibi, yet this evidence was concealed for more than two decades while Mr. Cole was left to die in prison as a result of his life sentence." law.duke.edu/news/wrongfu...
Wrongful Convictions Clinic client released after serving 27 years in prison
Benjamin Cole is the most recent clinic client to be released
law.duke.edu
August 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Investigators... knew all along that evidence in its file contradicted testimony at Mr. Cole’s trial and supported his alibi, yet this evidence was concealed for more than two decades while Mr. Cole was left to die in prison as a result of his life sentence." law.duke.edu/news/wrongfu...
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BREAKING NEWS: Edward Wright, wrongfully convicted in 1985, was released today after spending more than 41 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. With his wife, friends, & legal team, Mr. Wright spent his first evening in freedom enjoying a cheeseburger and dancing. FREEDOM is everything.
‘First steps of freedom’: Edward Wright released from prison on own recognizance
‘First steps of freedom’: Edward Wright released from prison on own recognizance
Wright, 63, spent more than four decades behind bars for the murder of his friend, Penny Anderson. He maintains he was wrongfully incarcerated. A judge in April tossed his conviction.
www.masslive.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Edward Wright, wrongfully convicted in 1985, was released today after spending more than 41 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. With his wife, friends, & legal team, Mr. Wright spent his first evening in freedom enjoying a cheeseburger and dancing. FREEDOM is everything.
"Life before I was released was full of pain, stress, and confusion. Life now that I'm out gave me a sense of relief, a breath of fresh air." Welcome home, Lester! www.pennlive.com/crime/2025/0...
‘The right thing to do’: 2 Harrisburg men go free after 25 years of fighting murder convictions
Attorneys described the case's lifespan as "tortured" as the men fought to get a second look at their convictions based on an IV-drip of new evidence rolling in over 25 years.
www.pennlive.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Life before I was released was full of pain, stress, and confusion. Life now that I'm out gave me a sense of relief, a breath of fresh air." Welcome home, Lester! www.pennlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Our own Zane Memeger, new Executive Director for the Project, in The Legal Intelligencer: "Memeger said he was proud to now be able to head up an organization that has worked to exonerate 35 individuals in its 16-year existence.”
www.law.com/thelegalinte...
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Zane Memeger, Former US Attorney, Leaves Morgan Lewis to Lead Pennsylvania Innocence Project | Law.com
Memeger rejoined Morgan Lewis in 2017 after stepping down from his role as the top federal prosecutor in the Philadelphia region at the end of the Obama presidency. He's one of a number of attorneys r...
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July 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Our own Zane Memeger, new Executive Director for the Project, in The Legal Intelligencer: "Memeger said he was proud to now be able to head up an organization that has worked to exonerate 35 individuals in its 16-year existence.”
www.law.com/thelegalinte...
www.law.com/thelegalinte...
This weekend marked one year since Jeff Dawkins came home to Philadelphia, embraced by his loving family. After spending more than 19 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, Jeff is now living life on his own terms.
Join us in celebrating Jeff!
Join us in celebrating Jeff!
July 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This weekend marked one year since Jeff Dawkins came home to Philadelphia, embraced by his loving family. After spending more than 19 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, Jeff is now living life on his own terms.
Join us in celebrating Jeff!
Join us in celebrating Jeff!
Exactly one year ago, we welcomed James Kelly home after 28+ years of wrongful incarceration. When asked recently “What’s new?” — he smiled and said, “Everything.”
Join us in celebrating this powerful milestone with him.
Join us in celebrating this powerful milestone with him.
July 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Exactly one year ago, we welcomed James Kelly home after 28+ years of wrongful incarceration. When asked recently “What’s new?” — he smiled and said, “Everything.”
Join us in celebrating this powerful milestone with him.
Join us in celebrating this powerful milestone with him.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Want to be the first to know when have a client coming home, an upcoming event, or other news to share? Subscribe to our e-newsletter and never miss an update. We send group emails about twice per month, so we won’t flood your inbox! lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/SMA0zIO/i...
Like, comment, and share! Help us welcome home Lester Eiland! 🎉
Last week, after 25 years wrongly incarcerated, Lester walked free. He wrote to the Project in 2010, just a year after we opened our doors. After multiple setbacks, DNA testing excluded Lester. We are thrilled to welcome him home!
Last week, after 25 years wrongly incarcerated, Lester walked free. He wrote to the Project in 2010, just a year after we opened our doors. After multiple setbacks, DNA testing excluded Lester. We are thrilled to welcome him home!
July 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Like, comment, and share! Help us welcome home Lester Eiland! 🎉
Last week, after 25 years wrongly incarcerated, Lester walked free. He wrote to the Project in 2010, just a year after we opened our doors. After multiple setbacks, DNA testing excluded Lester. We are thrilled to welcome him home!
Last week, after 25 years wrongly incarcerated, Lester walked free. He wrote to the Project in 2010, just a year after we opened our doors. After multiple setbacks, DNA testing excluded Lester. We are thrilled to welcome him home!
We're proud to be a part of the Innocence Network - a coalition of organizations dedicated to freeing the innocent and preventing wrongful convictions worldwide. Learn more from @innocencenetwork.bsky.social or find your local project at innocencenetwork.org
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#innocence #wrongfulconviction
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July 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We're proud to be a part of the Innocence Network - a coalition of organizations dedicated to freeing the innocent and preventing wrongful convictions worldwide. Learn more from @innocencenetwork.bsky.social or find your local project at innocencenetwork.org
#innocence #wrongfulconviction
#innocence #wrongfulconviction
Hi, #bluesky! We're new here, looking forward to connecting with this community. We work to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted and we provide reentry supports. Who's in PA and ready to join us? www.painnocence.org/join-us
#innocence #wrongfulconviction #philadelphia #pittsburgh #pa
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July 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hi, #bluesky! We're new here, looking forward to connecting with this community. We work to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted and we provide reentry supports. Who's in PA and ready to join us? www.painnocence.org/join-us
#innocence #wrongfulconviction #philadelphia #pittsburgh #pa
#innocence #wrongfulconviction #philadelphia #pittsburgh #pa