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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

MEDIA ALERT OCTOBER 2, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Friday, October 2, 2026 Contact: Theodore Friedman, tfriedm2@swarthmore.edu Innocence Conference 2026 DATE/TIME: Saturday, October 3, 11:00 AM–3:30 PM

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In the face of legislative inaction, four people serving mandatory life for second-degree murder want the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to step in and open a pathway for sentences like theirs to be reconsidered.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Last week, The New York Times featured the celebration of my 20th anniversary of exoneration, with my photo on the cover.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As many of you know, the 20th anniversary of my release was on September 20. After 16 years of wrongful imprisonment, walking free was something I had spent years hoping for.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wrongful Conviction Trauma Center expands its services with a residential program supporting women affected by wrongful conviction and incarceration. The Wrongful Conviction Trauma Center (WCTC), founded by exoneree Marilyn Mulero, held a...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A forensic DNA analyst whose trial testimony helped secure the 2002 conviction and death sentence of Ronald “Jeffery” Prible has now disavowed that testimony, adding new weight to Mr. Prible’s long-standing innocence claim in a case marked by...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join us to celebrate our shared commitment to justice at the It Could Happen To You 13th Annual SERVANTS OF JUSTICE 2026 Awards Banquet and be part of honoring those who are shaping a brighter future for our state, October 22, 2026, at Westchester Manor in Hastings-On-Hudson, NY.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When someone is arrested, it can come down to their word against an officer’s in court. But what happens when the officer’s own conduct is in question, or when they’re under investigation themself? Experts indicate that Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who took...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Louisiana lawmakers unanimously agreed to increase the number of years a wrongfully incarcerated person could receive compensation in the most recent legislative session. But it was among the handful of bills Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In the United States, the numbers paint a stark and undeniable picture of injustice. Black Americans make up approximately 13.6% of the U.S. population, yet they account for a staggering 53% of all documented exonerations since 1989.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

When the restoration project for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool failed following a no-bid contract awarded to Atlantic Industrial Coatings — a company tied to President Donald Trump — the Trump administration faced a dilemma.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission changes what appellate work is actually for — and it offers appeals lawyers on both sides of the border a working model of what error correction looks like when it’s designed on purpose.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois Springfield has freed 34 innocent people who were convicted and imprisoned in Illinois for crimes they did not commit. Collectively, they lost 797 years of freedom. There are innocence organizations in 10 other countries and more than...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

To understand the modern use of the death penalty in Georgia, it is necessary to begin with its historical foundations. Capital punishment in the United States has long been applied unevenly across racial groups, and Georgia’s history reflects this broader pattern:...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Elvis Brooks thought he had an airtight case when he applied for compensation from the state of Louisiana after he was wrongfully convicted in a fatal bar shooting that kept him in prison for more than four decades. The 69-year-old New Orleans native has never wavered in his claims of...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

WASHINGTON — Felony murder laws allow people who neither killed nor intended to kill to be convicted of murder and, in dozens of states, sentenced to life without parole, according to a new report that calls for abolishing the doctrine nationwide and reconsidering sentences imposed under it.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It was Christmas Eve 2024 when a 14-year-old Black teen named Juwan Walker was shot to death inside a car in Delaware. His mother, Victoria Sewell, who was in the car with him, told police that two Black boys approached them, and one of them, wearing a surgical mask, opened fire.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Santa Clara County judge ordered a defendant released from custody on August 4th rather than imposing the additional jail time sought by prosecutors, emphasizing accountability, personal responsibility and rehabilitation as the defendant returned to the community.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 150 formerly incarcerated Californians and their allies gathered at the state Capitol this week to argue that completing a criminal sentence should mean the end of punishment — not the beginning of decades of barriers to housing, employment and economic stability.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Greg Bright spent 27.5 years in prison before being exonerated in 2003. After proving his factual innocence, he began receiving wrongful conviction compensation from the state of Louisiana. Bright received a $190,000 lump-sum compensation payment in 2011, followed by...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

After the Minnesota Attorney General's Office shut down its Conviction Review Unit last month, a group of advocates for those believed to be wrongly imprisoned for crimes is calling on state leaders to restore funding for the initiative.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a district court ruling that affirmed the presumptive First Amendment right of access to certain attorney disciplinary proceedings and records. Professor Godsoe was among the law professors and advocates who filed 21 grievance complaints in...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

In an American courtroom, few words carry more weight than “the science shows.” Jurors may question an eyewitness or a defendant’s explanation, but forensic evidence is different. When someone dubbed “an expert” testifies about forensic evidence, such testimony carries substantial weight.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Five of the most powerful judges in New York are meeting this summer to decide who among their aging colleagues can keep their jobs past the state’s constitutionally mandated retirement age of 70.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Chicago taxpayers spent nearly $259 million in 2025 to resolve lawsuits involving alleged Chicago Police Department misconduct, according to a Department of Law analysis released on June 30, 2026. The total was more than three times the 2024 amount.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A man who pleaded guilty to assassinating a top Democratic lawmaker in the state of Minnesota has been sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years in prison, in a case that underscored growing concerns over political violence in the United States.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I have never felt racism the way I have felt it inside this camp. When I first got here the guards told me, “When you get to El Paso, Texas, there’s no going back. You’re only getting out deported or dead.” — Javier C., interviewed in Ft. Bliss, Texas, December 2025.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Putnam's top elected official spoke out against a statement made by the county's district attorney’s statement over the $12 million settlement for Anthony DiPippo, who was twice convicted of raping and murdering a 12-year-old before being acquitted at a third trial.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

California officials dial back the minor reforms they've made to isolation in prison, four years after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to rein in solitary confinement. Those reforms, which had reduced the number of rule violations that could make someone eligible for isolation and...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

More than a dozen families who've lost loved ones in Riverside County jails gathered Tuesday on the steps of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, calling for changes to the system following the release of a Grand Jury report examining a high number of deaths in county jails.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When prosecutors were found to have wrongfully excluded Black and Jewish people from juries, several men were freed from prison. Now the county faces a costly legal reckoning. In recently filed lawsuits, two men freed from state prison have accused the Alameda County District Attorney's office...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Another surprising move from Chicago's top prosecutor. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros dropped another case based on what he called "serious irregularities" with grand jury proceedings. Boutros is now pledging to review all cases, going back decades, connected to that prosecutor.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A Yolo County District Attorney investigator is facing allegations that key evidence was destroyed after defense counsel disclosed in court that text messages between the investigator and two central witnesses appear to have been deleted, prompting a judge to...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In some recent federal cases, prosecutors have come under fire for alleged misconduct involving the grand jury. In this week’s Ask Isaacs, 6 News Anchor Lori Tucker talks with Attorney Greg Isaacs about these cases and where federal prosecutors went wrong.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Two formerly death-sentenced Californians have sued the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, alleging prosecutors systematically excluded Black and Jewish jurors from their capital trials in the 1990s, after a federal judge found a pattern of...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it. Although the section of the Lee Resolution dealing with independence was not adopted until July 2, Congress appointed...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The Office of the State Public Defender in Mississippi filed a lawsuit Wednesday arguing that state officials are jeopardizing the rights of parents and children who find themselves in youth court. The filing came just days before a seismic change in state law is scheduled to take effect July 1.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

By Ed Fiandach, Attorney and Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of Rochester Next week we celebrate the 250th Fourth of July. But before you fire up the grill, wow the awesome fireworks or cheer the marching bands, let's give some real thought to what, if anything, we should be celebrating.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

For more than half a century, Gary Mohr worked inside America’s correctional system. He started as a prison literacy teacher earning $2.64 an hour in Ohio in 1974 and eventually rose to become director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction under Republican Gov. John Kasich and...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys and death penalty advocates this week called on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to halt all executions in the state after what they described as a “botched” execution attempt that left death row prisoner Tony Carruthers physically and emotionally traumatized...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Supreme Court on Thursday handed down a ruling on criminal plea deals that exposed a sharp divide within the court’s conservative wing, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett writing separately to push back on arguments from Justice Clarence Thomas in dissent.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

By Juan Moreno Haines | June 19, 2025 After nearly 30 years in prison, 2025 brings me a different kind of Juneteenth than the average American. While San Quentin celebrates what formerly enslaved Texans learned in 1865—that they are free from slavery—last November, California voters told me that...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s surprise announcement this week that he now believes the death penalty should be abolished drew praise from death penalty opponents across the ideological spectrum, who described the Republican governor’s reversal as a watershed moment in a state long viewed as...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

California is one of just two states that provides no money for the basic defense of poor people accused of crimes. A new commission made up of legislators, public defenders, academics and advocates seeks to push California — one of just two states that don’t pay for basic public defense...

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Maryland’s newly passed Fair Chance Housing Act expands access to safe, stable housing for people with conviction histories and advances public safety. The cloud lifted significantly on Tuesday, May 26, when Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the Fair Chance Housing Act into law.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The California Supreme Court this week reversed the death sentence of a Los Angeles Bloods gang member convicted of killing a rival Crip in the early 1990s because a prosecutor compared him to a dangerous animal, the first time a death sentence has been overturned under the 2020 Racial Justice Act.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

After months of organizing and applying unyielding pressure on Governor Hochul and the Senate, this afternoon the New York Senate confirmed Alexander Dockery as a part-time Commissioner to the State Commission of Correction (SCOC), New York’s jail and prison oversight agency.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

PHILADELPHIA — Three men who spent nearly three decades in prison for the 1997 stabbing death of a Northwest Philadelphia woman had their murder convictions overturned Tuesday after prosecutors, defense attorneys, and a judge agreed that key evidence in the case against them was unreliable.

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It Could Happen To You Coalition for Prosecutorial Integrity @itchy-cpi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Experts say “investigative hypnosis” creates an unacceptably high risk of false testimony, but Texas courts have refused to hear Flores’s case. Now his life is in the Supreme Court’s hands. Psychological experts have roundly condemned hypnosis as junk science.

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