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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 10d

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has allowed her office’s Conviction Integrity Unit to shrink. It’s now half its former size — with just three attorneys to investigate innocence claims. Copublished with
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Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations again...

www.injusticewatch.org

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Innocence Network @innocencenetwork.bsky.social · 10d

On #WrongfulConvictionDay, ABCNewsLive's Linsey Davis sat down w/ @christinaswarns.bsky.social & Vanessa Potkin of @innocenceproject.bsky.social to discuss the #InnocenceNetwork, their work to free the innocent, & the fight to prevent the execution of #RobertRoberson.

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Video International Wrongful Conviction Day

ABC News’ Linsey Davis sits down with representatives from the Innocence Project to discuss International Wrongful Conviction Day and the decades long work they do to exonerate prisoners.

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Innocence Network @innocencenetwork.bsky.social · 10d

📚 What’s the difference between an exoneration, a vacated conviction, and an Alford plea? Swipe through to learn essential terms relating to the fight against wrongful convictions.

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#WrongfulConvictionDay

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New England Innocence Project @newenglandinnocence.org · 11d

Our first #WrongfulConvictionDay event in New Hampshire! We are so grateful to exonerees Scott Hornoff and Kristine Bunch for sharing so much of themselves in order to create change. We must all learn from those most impacted.
www.concordmonitor.com/2025/10/02/t...

'There shouldn't be a limit at all': Exonerees urge N.H. to open its tight window for new criminal trials - Concord Monitor

Former Rhode Island police officer Scott Hornoff waited in prison for six years, four months and 18 days before he was exonerated. Convicted of murder in 1996, Hornoff worked for years to prove his in...

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Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 11d

Longest-serving PA exoneree finally has charges dropped -- on International Wrongful Conviction Day. www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...

Subu Vedam to be released from prison after Centre County DA drops murder charge

The State College man has served more than 40 years in prison for a 1980 murder he’s always said he did not commit.

www.centredaily.com

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Tennessee Innocence Project (www.tninnocence.org) @tninnocence.bsky.social · 11d

🎉 BREAKING on #WrongfulConvictionDay! TIP client Eric Wright is FREE after nearly 36 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. His release is a moment of celebration—and a reminder of why we fight for justice. 🧵

A picture of Eric Wright, a TIP client who was freed yesterday after spending 36 years behind bars wrongfully incarcerated.

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Witness To Innocence @wtiusa.bsky.social · 11d

Today, on Wrongful Conviction Day, we honor those who have suffered from the deep injustices of wrongful convictions. Each case represents not just a lost life, but shattered families and communities. Let us unite to raise awareness and advocate for truth and justice!

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New England Innocence Project @newenglandinnocence.org · 11d

It's #WrongfulConvictionDay and we are so grateful to @mayorwu.boston.gov for recognizing that "wrongful convictions are an injustice that robs an innocent person of their life, liberty, & dignity and has an immeasurable personal, familial, emotional, & societal cost." #mapoli #bospoli

Whereas: International Wrongful Conviction Day was established on October 2, 2013, by the Innocence Network to raise awareness of the causes and harms of wrongful convictions, & to recognize organizations like the New England Innocence Project, Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Innocence Program, & Boston College Innocence Program, as well as programs like the Exoneree Network, which collectively work to free innocent people from prison & support families impacted by incarceration; AND
Whereas: According to the National Registry of Exonerations, there have been 3,724 known exonerations since 1989 nationwide, including 93 known exonerations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts & in Boston, there are 41 known exonerees, representing innocent individuals who lost a combined total of 674 years of liberty to wrongful incarceration, and there are an unknown number of wrongfully convicted people who have not yet been exonerated, some of whom still remain in prison; AND
Whereas: In Boston, Black, Indigenous, & People of Color making up 78% of exonerees who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit, with systemic racism, coerced pleas, eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, inadequate legal defense, official misconduct, misapplication of forensic science, & unreliable and unrelated informant testimony being some of the major factors that contribute to wrongful convictions; AND
Whereas: Wrongful convictions are an injustice that robs an innocent person of their life, liberty, & dignity and has an immeasurable personal, familial, emotional, & societal cost. An Act Preventing False Confessions (H.1847 / S. 1136) is one initiative, introduced and pending in the state legislature, that aims to prevent wrongful convictions from happening in the first place; NOW
Therefore: I, Michelle Wu, Mayor of the City of Boston, do hereby declare October 2nd, 2025, to be:
Wrongful Conviction Day in the City of Boston

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PA Innocence Project @innocencepa.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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The Innocence Project @innocenceproject.bsky.social · 11d

Today is #WrongfulConvictionDay and we are asking for your help.

#RobertRoberson’s life is on the line. On Oct. 16, Texas plans to execute him — despite overwhelming medical evidence of his innocence.

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Loevy & Loevy @loevy.com · 11d

Struck by the synchronicity of our timeline: 1/2 posts about Wrongful Conviction Day, 1/2 posts about ICE raids and arrests. It's all the same issue at its core: the persecution of innocents; the blatant abuse of power by the state; the clear and willful violation of individual civil rights.

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Innocence Project Delaware @innocencedelaware.bsky.social · 11d

Today, October 2nd, 2025 marks the 12th Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day.

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Jamie Lau @laudurham.bsky.social · 11d

On #WrongfulConvictionDay, protect the innocent in NC by calling Gov. Stein's Office to ask that he veto HB307. The bill creates an arbitrary timeline for post-conviction litigation in capital cases that would make it virtually impossible to exonerate innocent people on death row.

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Healing Justice @healingjustice.bsky.social · 11d

Today marks the 12th annual Wrongful Conviction Day. Wrongful convictions don’t just harm the innocent—they also deeply impact survivors, families, and entire communities. More than 37,000 people have been harmed by these systemic injustices.

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Philadelphia Justice Project for Women and Girls @phillyjustice.bsky.social · 11d

October 2nd is Wrongful Conviction Day. Women are less than 10% of exonerees. Why? Women face additional hurdles to overturn a wrongful conviction. These include: lack of financial & legal resources, women's cases less likely to involve DNA, women's prisons located further from population centers...

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Amnesty Canada Campaign Against the Death Penalty @dpacoordinator-aic.bsky.social · 11d

Today is International Wrongful Conviction Day! We must recognise that even the most careful and thorough legal system will get things wrong. Abolishing the death penalty is an important step in protecting the innocent, but also for protecting human rights for everyone.

11th Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day is Today

2 Oct 2025

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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 11d

"Today marks the twelfth annual Wrongful Conviction Day. Around the world, communities are coming together to raise awareness to free the innocent, support those who have been freed, and advocate for reforms."

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law.umaryland.edu @law.umaryland.edu · 11d

Oct 2 is International Wrongful Conviction Day. This semester, we launched the Innocence Project Clinic, led by Prof. Erica Suter and in partnership with MOPD, giving students the chance to advocate for justice.

Read more here: https://ow.ly/FUsX50X3XwX

#WrongfulConvictionDay #InnocenceProject

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New England Innocence Project @newenglandinnocence.org · 11d

Today is International #WrongfulConvictionDay. We have a chance this legislative session to change the compensation law in Massachusetts to better support wrongfully convicted people after all they’ve suffered. If you live in MA, please ask your legislators to support S1132/H1965. #mapoli

Advocates rally for reform on Wrongful Conviction Day in Massachusetts

Edward Wright spent 41 years in prison for a 1984 murder in Springfield that he did not commit, but the most he could collect from the state is $1 million.

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · 11d

Today on #WrongfulConvictionDay, we remember that innocence is not enough to stop an ex*cution in America.💔

This month, three innocent men — Lance Shockley(MO), Robert Roberson(TX), and Anthony Boyd(AL) — face the ☠️ chamber.

✊Join the fight: DeathPenaltyAction.org
#ExecutionCrisis

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国際人権NGOヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチ @hrw-jp.bsky.social · 12d

どうかこの問題に関心を持ってください。
そして、人質司法見直しへの世論を高めてください。

私たち一人ひとりの声が、えん罪を「成果」から「恥」に変えるのです。

#世界えん罪の日
#WrongfulConvictionDay
#ひとごとじゃないよ人質司法

国際人権NGOヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチ @hrw-jp.bsky.social · 12d

【10月2日は世界えん罪の日】
「ひとごとじゃないよ！人質司法」プロジェクトは、カラー広告「この国では、えん罪も成果になる。」を中日新聞東海本社版朝刊に掲載📣

大川原化工機事件を素材にした人質司法関係者への表彰状を、ボディコピーと合わせてお読みください。
https://innocenceprojectjapan.org/archives/7817

#世界えん罪の日
#WrongfulConvictionDay
#ひとごとじゃないよ人質司法

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Innocence Network @innocencenetwork.bsky.social · 12d

We are currently accepting nominations for the Champion of Justice Award, the Jim Dwyer Award for Journalism, and the Impact Award. The deadline to nominate is November 14, 2025.

Learn more and submit a nomination here: innocencenetwork.org/subcategory/...

Innocence Network @innocencenetwork.bsky.social · 12d

Every year, the Innocence Network gives out several awards to honor individuals who support and champion efforts that help free the wrongfully convicted, reform the criminal legal system, and/or highlight the costs and causes of wrongful conviction.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 13d

Tomorrow is Wrongful Conviction Day.

The New England Innocence Project will be holding a press conference at the #Massachusetts State House at 12:30 PM.

After the the press conference, demonstrators will march to #Boston City Hall for a rally.

#mapoli

www.newenglandinnocence.org/wrongful-con...

New England Innocence Project graphic that says:

Lify your voice, amplify your impact, fight for freedom

Wrongful Conviction Day Commemoration

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 12:30 - 2:30 PM

The graphic contains additional information that can be found in plain text at this link: https://www.newenglandinnocence.org/wrongful-conviction-day

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Innocence Network @innocencenetwork.bsky.social · 13d

Collectively, the clients of #InnocenceNetwork organizations spent over 14,770 years wrongfully incarcerated. This #WrongfulConvictionDay, we shed light on the injustices of the past and resolve to fight for a more just future.