What is Wrongful Conviction Day?
Wrongful Conviction Day is an international day to raise awareness of the causes and remedies of wrongful conviction and to recognize the tremendous personal, social, and emotional costs of wrongful conviction for innocent people and their families.
Wrongful Conviction Day began as an effort of the Innocence Network, an affiliation of organizations dedicated to providing pro bono legal and investigative services to individuals seeking to prove innocence of crimes for which they have been convicted, working to redress the causes of wrongful convictions, and supporting the exonerated after they are freed. This is the fifth annual day.
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63% of the 513 people exonerated by members of the Innocence Network are people of color. This Wrongful Conviction Day, the Innocence Network is standing up to help fix the criminal justice system by raising awareness about the role that racial bias plays in wrongful convictions.
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More 2018 events coming soon!California Innocence Project
What: the California Innocence Project will host a rally at the CA State Capitol building to encourage Governor Brown to grant clemency for the California 12.
When: October 7, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.
Where: California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA
More info at: InnocenceMarch.com
Midwest Innocence Project
What: Fundraiser/Celebration
When: October 2, 2018
Where: recordBar
More info at: https://www.mightycause.com/team/Coj2018
NC Center on Actual Innocence
What: Wrongful Conviction Movie Night
When: October 6, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Southern Village Green, 620 Market Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
More info at: https://innocencefilm.eventbrite.com
Wrongful Conviction Clinic - Indiana Univ.
What: Indiana exonerees Krissy Bunch, David Camm, Roosevelt Glenn, and Darryl Pinkins will attend and share their experiences in a panel discussion. David Camm’s Indiana lawyer, Stacy Uliana, will discuss the faulty forensic science, including blood spatter evidence, which was presented in the Camm case. Further, Dr. Mark Perlin, founder of Pittsburgh based Cybergenetics, will present on his groundbreaking probabilistic genotyping technology, which analyzed the relevant DNA mixtures and established the innocence of co-defendants Glenn and Pinkins.
When: October 2, 2018, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Where: Wynne Courtroom (Room 100), Inlow Hall, 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
For more info, email: oea@iupui.edu
Innocence Project New Zealand
What: Expert talk: Reimagining Solutions to Miscarriages of Justice.
When: 5:30 on October 2
Where: Otago Museum
Center on Wrongful Convictions
What: Nashville Justice Jam hosted by Jason Strong and Mikah Wyman including speakers Jason Strong, Randall Mills, and Christina Braseel and music by Kyshona Armstrong, Joanna Barbera, and Griffin Winton. $5 suggested donation.
When: October 2 at 7:00
Where: Twin Kegs II
Innocence Project of Minnesota
What: Panel discussion on Shaken Baby Syndrome featuring Audrey Edmund
When: October 2, 6:00
Where: Giddens Learning Center at Hamline University
Innocence Delaware
What: Meet Innocence Delaware, Introductory Fundraising Event Featuring Guest Speakers, Live Music, and Refreshments. Purchase tickets here.
When: October 4, 5:30-8:00
Where: Barrister’s Club Widener University Delaware Law School
Arizona Justice Project
What: Exoneree and Supporter Reception – An officer of the Arizona Justice Project’s board of directors will host a private reception in celebration of exonerees and to thank major contributors.
Northern California Innocence Project
What: Private Event – NCIP donors, corporate partners, and other allies are gathering to honor all exonerees on Wrongful Conviction Day and learn more about how they can join the movement to end wrongful convictions.
Innocence Project at UVA School of Law
What: Speaking Event (Jason Flom, Dean Strang, Exonerees)
When: October 2, 2018, 6-9 p.m.
Where: Caplin Pavilion, UVA School of Law, 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA
Duke Center for Crim Justice & Prof Responsibility
What: Speaking Event featuring Brandon Garrett
When: October 2, 2018, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Where: Duke University School of Law, Room 3037, 210 Science Drive, Durham, NC
Innocence Project New Orleans
What: Film Screening of Twelve Angry Men followed by Panel Discussion
When: October 2, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Where: The Broad Theater, 636 N. Broad Street, New Orleans, LA
Ohio Innocence Project
What: Speaking Event featuring Exonerees
When: October 3, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: 25700 Science Park Drive, Beachwood, OH
Advanced registration encouraged and more info here.
Bearcats Dash & Bash 5k Run/Walk
What: Bearcat Dash & Bash 5k Run/Walk
When: October 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
Where: Bearcat Way, Cincinnati, OH
More info and tickets here.
Hawai'i Innocence Project
What: Panel Discussion – Native Hawaiians & Wrongful Convictions
When: October 2, 2018, 11:45 – 1:00 p.m.
Where: Moot Court Room, University of Hawaii Law School
Ohio Public Defender - Wrongful Conviction Project
What: Wrongful Conviction Awareness Event
When: October 2, 2018
Where: Ohio State University School of Law
Ohio Public Defender - Wrongful Conviction Project
What: Wrongful Conviction Presentation
When: October 17, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.
Where: Capital Law School (open to faculty and students only)
Innocence Project Northwest
What: True Conviction – Film Screening/Panel Discussion
When: October 2, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Northwest Film Forum
More info and tickets here.
Innocence Project Brazil
What: Speaking Event featuring Exoneree
When: October 2, 2018, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Where: Casa 38 Eventos e Hospedagens Rua Rio Preto, 38, 01426010 São Paulo, Brazil
More info and registration here.
BOMA Chicago Building Illumination
Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago Building to be lit yellow and white from October 1-6 in association with the Illinois Innocence Project
Illinois Innocence Project
What: Installation of flags representing each person exonerated since 1989
When: October 2
Where: University of Illinois Springfield quad
Cuyahoga Community College - Ohio Innocence Project
What: Two representatives from the Ohio Innocence Project, Raymond Towler and Alec Berezin, will present
different perspectives on wrongful conviction.
Where: Cayuhoga Community College, MLA 102
When: October 1 from 12:00-1:30
The Innocence Project at Osgoode Hall Law School
What: Legal education panel featuring William Mullins-Johnson who served 12 years for a crime that never occurred; Professor Alan Young, co-founder of the Innocence Project at Osgoode Hall; Jerome Kennedy, former Minister of Justice for Newfoundland and Labrador; and Ron Dalton, Co-President of Innocence Canada who served 8 years for a crime that never occurred.
When: October 3 from 12:30-2:30
Where: Osgoode Hall Law School Moot Court, 4700 Keele St, North York, ON