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THE INNOCENCE PROJECT 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

BenjaminTHE INNOCENCE N. Cardozo PROJECTSchool of Law, 2016 ANNUAL REPORT YeshivaBenjamin University N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry Letter from the Co-Directors, Board Chair and C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo Executive Director...... 3

School of Law at Yeshiva University to assist prisoners who FY17 Victories...... 4 could be proven innocent through DNA testing. To date, more Protecting the Innocent...... 6 than 350 people in the United States have been exonerated Forging Ahead...... 8 by DNA testing, including 20 who served time on death Demanding a New Form of Justice...... 10 row. These people served an average of 14 years in prison Champions of the before exoneration and release. The Innocence Project’s Innocence Project...... 12 full-time staff attorneys and Cardozo clinic students provided Financial Information...... 14 direct representation or critical assistance in most of these Donors...... 15 cases. The Innocence Project’s groundbreaking use of DNA Board of Directors...... 26 technology to free innocent people has provided irrefutable Staff...... 27 proof that wrongful convictions are not isolated or rare events but instead arise from systemic defects. Now an independent nonprofit organization closely affiliated with Cardozo

School of Law at Yeshiva University, the Innocence Project’s mission is nothing less than to free the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated and to bring substantive reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment. A STEADFAST PURSUIT OF

or the Innocence Project, 2017 was a year filled with remarkable milestones. Not only did we celebrate our 25th year as an organization, but we also saw our legislative efforts come to fruition with the passage of F nine laws—a major feat—and also witnessed our client William Barnhouse become the 350th person in the United States to be exonerated through DNA testing. Truly, it was a momentous year. But if we learned anything in 2017, it was that despite our hard-earned record of critical victories in criminal justice reform, the work of the Innocence Project is far from done.

Mr. Barnhouse was just one of the people we helped to prove their innocence and reclaim their freedom. In total, we represented six individuals who regained their lives. And all of the cases, like the scores that came before them, reveal how the deeply problematic structure of the criminal justice system prevents it from realizing its single most important function: to protect all people equally.

Each of our clients exonerated in 2017—including Barnhouse, Mark Denny and Kirstin Lobato—represent factions of people who far too frequently are targeted and failed by the justice system. Because they were either poor or black or female, they were unjustly implicated, convicted and imprisoned for years—71 to be exact. Even more tragically, at the time of wrongful conviction, Denny and Lobato were adolescents. And although Barnhouse was an adult, he lived with life-long and severe mental health issues. They all deserved better.

It is because of cases like these that the Innocence Project remains steadfast in our effort to redefine the criminal justice system into the one that we all desperately need and deserve. Last year, after more than a decade of advocacy in New York, the state passed a law requiring law enforcement across the state to adopt practices that are scientifically proven to reduce the risk of innocent people being misidentified by eyewitnesses—the leading contributor to wrongful convictions in the United States. Through our work—and your support—we also got a similar law passed in Florida. We also worked with legislators in Kansas, California, Texas and New York to pass laws mandating that police interrogations be electronically recorded from start to finish—a safeguard against the phenomena of innocent people falsely confessing to crimes they did not commit.

To bring greater scientific integrity to courtroom practices and procedures, we trained and educated thousands of defense attorneys, judges and legal experts around why it’s important to challenge the admissibility of unreliable evidence—such as that seen in our 2017 exoneration cases—into trials. And to help members of the public gain a deeper understanding of how the criminal justice system fails, and to inspire action to transform it, we launched the Guilty Plea Problem Campaign (www.guiltypleaproblem.org).

All of this work has been made possible because of the support of our donors. Their generosity is invaluable and we cannot say thank you enough. Their commitment to our work is changing lives and transforming the system.

As we look ahead, there’s still so much work to do, and we’re in it for the long haul. We hope that you’ll join us on this important journey.

Jack Taylor Peter J. Neufeld Barry C. Scheck Maddy deLone Board Chair Co-Director Co-Director Executive Director

3 FY17 VICTORIES: A YEAR IN REVIEW

EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND CREATING AWARENESS AROUND THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS

Innocenceproject.org Our work garnered attention was visited more than through nearly 1,268 stories 2.25 2.25 million times 1,268 in popular media outlets

The Innocence Project Speakers Facebook Bureau reached thousands of likes people across the country through 330K 70 more than 70 engagements

RESTORING “I was just like every other adolescent. I loved to play— FREEDOM loved to have fun. I loved adventures. I grew up believing in justice and in heroes. When I got convicted of a crime The Innocence I didn’t commit—it made me somewhat pessimistic. . . . Project received I realized the heroes could actually be the bad guys. The Innocence Project restored my sense of and belief in justice. It showed me a side of the justice system I’d 2,417 never seen—a side that realizes it makes mistakes and new requests for takes the initiative to fix those mistakes. It was a new representation side of justice. The Innocence Project revived my sense of optimism about justice period. They became the hero.

To me, they are my hero.” – MARK DENNY

4 CHANGING THE LAWS AND PRACTICES, PROTECTING MORE PEOPLE n We worked with legislators n We successfully lobbied in UT to improve the state’s for the reauthorization of post-conviction DNA law, the Justice for All Act, which making testing accessible to will support and expand DNA more people. testing across the country and reauthorize funding and n We ushered in legislative oversight for state and local reform in eyewitness I.D. crime labs. practices in NY and FL to prevent eyewitness n We helped get a law passed misidentifications. in TX that regulates and requires disclosure of jail EDUCATING house informant testimony. THE COURTS

n We got laws passed in KS, We trained nearly NY, TX and CA mandating the recording of interrogations to prevent false confessions.

n 2,600 We helped pass a law judges, public defenders, in MI to compensate forensic practitioners, exonerated people. scientists and academics on eyewitness I.D., cognitive bias and on litigating false confessions and the use of unreliable forensic evidence and testimony in court.

We achieved major court rulings: 10 in Eyewitness I.D.

Mark Denny was exonerated with help from the Innocence Project in December 2017 after 30 years of 16 being wrongfully incarcerated. in Forensics

Photo: Sameer Abdel-Khalek. 5 CALLING FOR A JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT

6 n 2000, Kirstin “Blaise” Lobato and a forensic pathologist who was a strong and tenacious independently concluded that the I17-year-old. She had charted her state had narrowed the victim’s time own path for her life, which had of death to a time when Lobato was been met with many obstacles, undisputedly with her family three and was making headway toward hours away from the crime scene. achieving her goals. Based on this evidence, the court She graduated early from high found that Lobato’s defense school. She also completed the counsel at her original trial violated tests to enter the Navy as an air her constitutional rights by failing traffic control operations specialist to call scientific experts who could and was ready to start basic confirm her strong alibi. After 16 training immediately after her 18th years in prison for a crime she did birthday. But all of those plans not commit, Lobato was exonerated were upended in May 2002 when on December 29, 2017 and released Lobato was convicted of a grisly on January 3, 2018. murder she did not commit and was sentenced to 40 to 100 years in Lobato’s case is one of the many prison in Nevada. cases on which the Innocence Project has partnered with either Being wrongfully convicted as a local counsel or an Innocence teenager, Lobato lost the prime Network organization to help years of her life. Suddenly and prove a person’s innocence. Like indefinitely, Lobato lost her right in Lobato’s case, the Innocence to move freely, to make her own Project often assists local counsel decisions and to live out her in providing clients with the defense dreams. During low points of her they so desperately need and years in prison, says Lobato, she deserve. Although Lobato’s case didn’t know if she was going to was not a typical DNA case, it was make it through. the Innocence Project’s resources and scientific expertise that helped The Innocence Project became Lobato secure her freedom. Kirstin “Blaise” Lobato at her involved in Lobato’s case in 2010. It high school graduation and was not a typical Innocence Project Today, Lobato remains strong, bold with her loved ones during case, as DNA alone would not and full of life. She is determined to her youth. prove innocence. In October 2017, reclaim her future. Innocence Project attorneys, along with local counsel David Chesnoff “I thought that I was going to die in and Robert Demarco of Chesnoff prison,” says Lobato. “I’m so glad & Schonfeld, presented testimony that I was wrong.” from forensic entomologists

LEFT: Kirstin “Blaise” Lobato during her visit to New York City in March 2018.

Photo: Alicia Maule.

7 SUPPORTING EXONEREES AS THEY

“Since being freed, I’m trying to readjust. I feel like I’m starting all over again. I’m unwinding and learning how to enjoy the fact that I’m actually free.

Free to think. Free to go.” – MARK DENNY

8 n 1987, Mark Denny was a kid new opportunity. In the weeks growing up in Brooklyn. Like most leading up to his exoneration, our Iteens, Denny was a dreamer. He social workers connected with imagined becoming like the people Denny and his family to ensure he admired: a professional boxer, a that he could enter his new life pilot, a police officer. But when he with ease and support. And upon was just 17, Denny was misidentified Denny’s exoneration, they helped as one of several young men who him to secure benefits to meet his raped a young woman in the back day-to-day needs and expenses. room of a fast food restaurant. They also provided him with the He had an alibi. No physical necessary resources to pursue one evidence linked him to the crime. of his goals: to become a barber. Nonetheless, Denny was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 19 to Today, Denny has his barber 57 years in prison based on an certificate. (He’s even cut the hair unreliable identification. of a number of Innocence Project staff!) And through the ongoing Thirty years after the crime was and dedicated facilitation of the committed—and after more social work team, Denny is living on than eight years of work by the his own in an affordable apartment Innocence Project—Denny was in New York City. finally exonerated in 2017, just days before Christmas. Today, Denny is Over the next year and a half, the working to restore his life. Innocence Project will continue to partner with Denny to help him get The Innocence Project social work on his feet so he can move ahead in team was key in helping Denny creating the life that he wants and transition from an unjust existence fully deserves. in prison to a life of freedom and

Mark Denny at the 2018 Innocence Network Conference in Memphis, Tennessee.

Photo: Lacy Atkins.

9 EXPOSING FLAWS WITHIN A BROKEN SYSTEM AND

10 n December 1992, William microscopic hair comparison could Barnhouse—a man who has lived not produce a positive identification Iwith severe mental illness for the or a “match,” proving that the entirety of his life—was convicted statement made by the hair analyst of sexual assault and sentenced in Barnhouse’s case exceeded the to 80 years in prison. Prosecutors limits of science. and forensic experts argued that scientific evidence proved without Because of cases like Barnhouse’s, a doubt that Barnhouse was guilty the Innocence Project policy team of raping a 22-year-old woman is steadfast in getting laws passed behind a vacant building in Muncie, across the country, mandating the Indiana, earlier that year. But an use of smarter and more reliable investigation into the case more investigation practices to reduce than two decades later revealed wrongful convictions. that authorities had bungled the Over the past five years, the case from the very start. New DNA Innocence Project has fostered testing proved that Barnhouse significant growth in the area of was actually innocent and that eyewitness identification reform. the identification and testimony In FY13, only seven states were in used against him in court were reform. Because of the Innocence “It was rough. completely wrong. Project’s work, now half the states Police initially apprehended use blind administration statewide. I was always Barnhouse because he allegedly fit In 2017 alone, both Florida and New the description of the attacker and York signed into law bills requiring took him to the crime scene where police to use scientifically backed innocent. I’m they conducted a highly suggestive procedures that reduce eyewitness and problematic identification misidentification—a leading procedure called a show-up. At contributor to wrongful convictions. glad it’s finally both the show-up and in court, And because erroneous the victim identified Barnhouse microscopic hair analysis over. I feel as the man who raped her. Her contributed to 20 percent of identification was supported by an the nation’s more than 350 DNA Indiana State Police serologist who exonerations, we will continue so happy.” testified erroneously. Additionally, a to urge jurisdictions across the hair analyst from the Indiana State country to thoroughly review cases – WILLIAM BARNHOUSE Police testified that a hair found at where erroneous hair evidence the crime scene was a “match” to was used to secure a conviction. Barnhouse. We will also litigate and weigh in But DNA secured by the Innocence on wrongful convictions that were Project disproved the testimony secured through other unreliable provided by each of the experts. and outdated forensic practices, Opposite page: William Barnhouse was, in fact, excluded such as bitemark evidence, Barnhouse with Innocence as the source of the sperm found challenging courts to change their Project Senior Staff Attorney on the victim’s jeans and in the rules around admissibility of such Seema Saifee (right), and rape kit. And, since 1977, the FBI evidence and to set new precedents Cardozo clinic student Kayla has instructed its examiners that for future rulings. Mannucci (left) on the day of his release in March 2017.

Photo: Innocence Project.

11 12 The Innocence Project’s success in 2017—and every year—is possible only because of the generous support we receive from our donors. It is their deep commitment to our mission that enables us to help free wrongfully convicted people, hold bad actors accountable and foster systemic change within our country’s criminal justice system. We are tremendously thankful to our donors—our champions—for their unwavering support of our work. Opposite Page: Exonerees Gerard Richardson (left) and the late Barry Gibbs. Upper right: Innocence Project Staff Members with Innocence Ambassador Ryan Phillippe (center back row). Right: Exoneree Derrick Hamilton and Innocence Project Case Analyst Chelsea Desruisseaux.

Photos: Mattedesign. 13 FISCAL YEAR 2017

JULY 1, 2016 – JUNE 30, 2017

OPERATING REVENUE

44% INDIVIDUALS 7,387,273 31% FOUNDATIONS 5,312,160 1% CORPORATIONS 182,735 12% FUNDRAISING EVENTS (NET) 2,048,132 3% YESHIVA UNIVERSITY 425,000 7% INVESTMENTS & GENERAL 1,102,348 2% OTHER INCOME 299,076 $16,756,724

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24 Members of the Innocence Legacy Society are supporting the work of the Innocence Project for generations to come through their wills, trusts, insurance and retirement Marvin Anderson plans. We are honored to be a beneficiary and thank them for their generosity in Board of Directors Liaison ensuring a future of freedom and justice for all. Cornelius Dupree Eddie Lowery Ade Ademola Chandra Hauptman Françoise Rothman* Jerry Miller Bruce Allen Barbara M. Hicks Dorette Bascho Sabersky* Alan Newton American Sun Yat-Sen Jo Ann Holland Angela Sarno Gerard Richardson Sparticus CRT Monica Hunt* Susan Schindler Marty Tankleff Anonymous (24) Nash Hyon Alvin L. Silver Louie Bava Rochelle Izen Rita Sislen Gayle Binion Chet Kaufman Michael Steele Patricia Bischof Soozin Kazick Toby Stein CREATE A LEGACY FOR Steven Blattstein Earl Kendall* Liba Taub and Beverly Boggs Barbara Klotz Niall Caldwell Greg Brown Rose L. and Morris Kraft* Edith Tausner* Leanne Bucci Douglas A. Kraner* Dr. Inez H. Templeton David Earl Bush* Laura Lakin The Tuma Family Trust Brett E. Coleman Peggy Lamb Jane Villon* Bobbi Coletta Nancy Beth Light James and Tena Vogt Steve Cummings Jaime Luis Loyola* Catherine Louise Whitman* Contact Innocence Project Diane Cvetovich Kenya Lucas-Matos Gareth Williams Deputy Director of Development Helen and O.D. Daniel Tom and Kathy Macdonald Ken Yagoda Nancy Davis and Carolyn S. Maclean* Marjorie Yasueda Lauren Sampson at Robert Robinson Ann Mandelbaum Constance Zalk 212-364-5996 or via email at Susan Diederich Thomas O. Martindale* [email protected] Tillie Fleischer* Gerard F. Miller* to discuss how you can include James E. Fleming* John Miller* the Innocence Project in your Dora L. Foster* Eleanore Moore* estate plans. Nora Gaines William Howie Muir, II* John Gallagher* Frances C. Nauss* Joanne Johnston Gans* Sherwood I. Parker* Colleen Gendron and Frances Parrill* Frank Lovell Shelley and Bruce Patton Cynthia Gibson Luther M. Ragin David Goldschmidt* Harland Ranney Diane Goodstein Melissa Ratliff Darlene Dawn Gray Teddi Richman* Frans P. Guepin* Lynne C. Rienner Alwood E. Harvey, Jr.* Henrietta Rivas Alan Hash John Rohling

Nate Brown, pictured with his grandson, on the day he was exonerated in June 2014 in New Orleans. Photo: The New Orleans Advocate.

* denotes that donor is deceased 25 CEDRIC L. ALEXANDER MARVIN ANDERSON GORDON DUGAN Deputy Mayor, Fire Chief, Chief Executive Officer, Rochester, New York Hanover Fire Gramercy Property Trust Department; BOARD TREASURER Former Innocence Project Client, Exonerated in 2002

JASON FLOM DENISE FODERARO TONY GOLDWYN CEO, Advisory Board Member Actor, Director, LAVA Records of The National Registry and Producer of Exonerations and the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice

JOHN GRISHAM JOHN A. KANEB DR. ERIC S. LANDER Author Chairman, CEO Director, and President, Broad Institute HP Hood LLC of MIT and Harvard

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JANET RENO JESSICA A. ROTH YUSEF SALAAM Former Attorney General Associate Professor, Motivational Speaker, of the United States Benjamin N. Cardozo Yusef Speaks, Director Emeritus School of Law, Exonerated in 2002 (2004-2016) Yeshiva University

ANDREW TANANBAUM JACK TAYLOR EKOW N. YANKAH Managing Partner, Global Head of Professor of Law, AHT Partners, LP Commercial Real Estate, Benjamin N. Cardozo BOARD ASSISTANT Pine River Capital School of Law, TREASURER Management, L. P. Yeshiva University BOARD CHAIR

B. J. ROSEN Global Co-Head – Middle Market and Specialty Lending, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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27 Blind Justice is blind So many of us suffer in her name Justice cannot function Unless she finds someone to blame There’s no rhyme or reason to her control In the psychopathic scheme of things She(I) do what I want Out of control Justice Justice I love you I will try to fix you I love you I will try to fix you Blind

- INNOCENCE PROJECT CLIENT LEROY HARRIS

Leroy Harris at the 2018 Innocence Network Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. Harris was released from prison in November 2017 after being wrongfully imprisoned for 29 years in Connecticut. Photo: Lacy Atkins.

Innocence Project, Inc. More than 350 people in the United States have been 40 Worth Street, Suite 701 exonerated through DNA testing. The Innocence Project New York, NY 10013 innocenceproject.org was involved in more than 200 of those DNA exonerations. facebook.com/innocenceproject Others were helped by Innocence Network organizations, twitter.com/innocence private attorneys and by pro se defendants in a few instagram.com/innocenceproject instances. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University Cover: Kirstin “Blaise” Lobato at the 2018 Innocence Donate online at innocenceproject.org Network Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo: Lacy Atkins.