2019 Annual Report
Redefining Our Path Toward
JusticeAffiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University The Innocence Project was founded Letter from the Co-Founders, Board Chair The year 2019 was tremendous for the Innocence Project. Seven people we represented were in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter and Executive Director...... 3 exonerated and freed; and in the majority of these cases, methods other than DNA—such as exposing J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo a false confession, mistaken eyewitness identification or flawed forensic testimony—were used to School of Law at Yeshiva University to 2019 Policy Achievements...... 4 prove innocence. Additionally, we passed an extraordinary 21 policy reforms in 17 states. We are assist incarcerated people who could be incredibly proud of all that we accomplished. Huwe Burton...... 6 proven innocent through DNA testing. To But today—mid-way through 2020 as our nation struggles to find its footing in the face of a global date, more than 360 people in the United Steven Mark Chaney...... 8 pandemic—we do not have the time or the luxury to look back, because there is still much more work States have been exonerated by DNA to be done. COVID-19 exposed how vulnerable we are as a nation and reminded us that Black and testing, including more than 20 who spent Archie Williams...... 10 Brown people face uniquely significant risks. time on death row. These individuals spent Challenging Injustice Together...... 12 an average of 14 years in prison before At the same time, the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other exoneration and release. In most of these innocent Black people at the hands of the police highlighted the fact that racial disparities plague the Financial Information...... 14 cases, Innocence Project staff attorneys administration of criminal justice. It is clear that until Black lives matter, we cannot have meaningful and Cardozo clinic students provided direct Donors...... 15 criminal justice reform. representation or critical assistance. The Innocence Project’s groundbreaking use Board of Directors...... 26 Because 2020 has powerfully reminded us of how much work remains to be done, the Innocence of DNA technology to free innocent people Project is redoubling its commitment to freeing the staggering number of innocent people in prison has provided irrefutable proof that wrongful Staff...... 27 and to reforming the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment. convictions are not isolated or rare events, The year 2020 is also a time of transition for the Innocence Project. At the end of 2019, we bid farewell but instead arise from systemic defects. to our long-time executive director, Maddy deLone. In September 2020, we welcomed Christina Now an independent nonprofit organization Swarns as the Innocence Project’s new executive director. Her years of experience fighting injustice closely affiliated with Cardozo School of make her the ideal person to lead our organization forward notwithstanding these uncertain times. Law at Yeshiva University, the Innocence Project’s mission is to free the staggering The Innocence Project relies on our partnership with our friends and supporters whose generous number of innocent people who remain giving makes it possible for us to continue the fight for fairness and equality in the years ahead. We incarcerated and to bring substantive are in it for the long haul—and we know that it will get harder before it gets easier. But because of the reform to the system responsible for their abiding generosity of our donors, we can and will continue our pursuit of justice, and we will come out unjust imprisonment. ahead on the other side.
Jack Taylor Peter J. Neufeld Barry C. Scheck Christina Swarns Board Chair Co-Founder Co-Founder Executive Director
3 A Record-Breaking Year for Policy In 2019, the Innocence Project achieved record policy reform success, bringing millions of people under protection of laws designed to identify, rectify and prevent wrongful conviction. With our partners, we won 21 major policy reforms in 17 states, and we’ll be fighting for even more in the coming year. OngoingOn o n policy pol refor a pa ns reform campaigns Pol On o n refor pol w ns refor n 2019 a pa ns and on o n a pa ns
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Changing Laws and Practices n n n n New York, Virginia and Michigan Connecticut, Nebraska and Illinois Nevada and Oklahoma mandated Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon made improved rules that require passed laws to track incentivized electronic recording of police more people eligible for post- prosecutors to share evidence with jailhouse informant testimony interrogations. conviction DNA testing. defendants before a trial or plea offer. and evaluate informant reliability n n Indiana, Nevada and Ohio created Kansas created the nation’s first n before trial. Michigan and Nevada established or improved laws to financially closed-case task force to use n the statutory right to re-open California, New Mexico, Oklahoma compensate exonerated people. new DNA testing results to identify convictions based on problems with and Virginia improved police possible wrongful convictions. forensic science. practices for eyewitness identification procedures.
4 5 “It took 30 years to get it right, but life is just starting.” – Huwe Burton
In 1989, 16-year-old Huwe With the Office of the from two other individuals just HuweBurton returned to his Bronx Bronx District Burton Attorney’s three months prior to Huwe’s home and discovered his mother Conviction Integrity Unit arrest. Finally, additional newly had been murdered. Two days (CIU), the Innocence Project discovered evidence supported later, Huwe falsely confessed pursued a reinvestigation of the defense theory that the to the murder during a coercive the case, applying this new murder was committed by police interrogation. Although he research to examine Huwe’s the family’s tenant, who had a immediately recanted, the trial confession. This led the Bronx history of violent crime and died court excluded expert testimony CIU to confirm that Huwe’s before Huwe’s trial. on the unreliable nature of his confession was, in fact, false confession. Huwe was wrongfully and unreliable—a product of Based on this irrefutable convicted and spent 19 years in the psychologically coercive evidence of innocence, Bronx prison before he was released on techniques used by the Supreme Court Justice Steven parole in 2009. detectives who interviewed Barrett exonerated Huwe in Huwe. January 2019. Huwe’s case Over the course of the nearly and subsequent exoneration 30 years since Huwe’s arrest, The joint reinvestigation also underscore the value of a substantial body of scientific uncovered evidence that new scientific research on and scholarly research has been the detectives who elicited false confessions and the conducted on the factors that Huwe’s false confession also steps that can be taken to can produce false confessions. obtained false confessions avoid dangerously coercive interrogation techniques.
Since his exoneration, Huwe has been traveling around the country sharing the story of his wrongful conviction. In November 2019, Huwe ran the TCS New York City Marathon with one of his Innocence Project attorneys, Susan Friedman. PHOTO: LACY ATKINS
6 7 “I’m one of the fortunate ones who actually got the opportunity to prove that I wasn’t responsible for the crimes I was in prison for, but there are thousands—literally tens of thousands—more people in this country who are wrongfully imprisoned and whose voices are being silenced.” – Steven Mark Chaney
Steven Mark Chaney In 1987, Steven Mark Chaney mark analysis in Steven’s It was Steven’s case in was sentenced to life in conviction and concluding particular, however, that prison for a murder he did not that such testimony would prompted the Texas Forensic commit. Although he had nine not be admissible evidence Science Commission to launch alibi witnesses at his in court today. a six-month investigation trial, Steven was convicted of bite mark analysis and to based on the unscientific Steven’s case is one ultimately recommend the testimony of forensic dentists example of the ongoing work nation’s first moratorium on “matching” him to a supposed the Innocence Project’s the technique in criminal trials. bite mark on the victim. It strategic litigation team And, since any conviction took more than 30 years leads to eliminate the use resting on the technique is before the Texas Court of of bite mark analysis. The inherently unreliable, the Texas Criminal Appeals declared technique —which is still Forensic Science Commission Steven “actually innocent.” being used in pending is currently conducting an In its decision, the court criminal cases nationwide, audit into all Texas convictions cited extensively to the 2009 including several capital resulting from bite mark National Academy of Science cases—has been a evidence—a feat that would report, “Strengthening contributing factor in at least not have been possible Forensic Science in the United 30 exoneration cases and without the staunch advocacy States: A Path Forward,” has recently been rejected by of the Innocence Project invalidating the use of bite every scientific organization strategic litigation team. that has considered its use.
Since his release, Steven has volunteered in the prison ministry and returned to the ironworking he did prior to his wrongful conviction. He lives in East Dallas, Texas, with his wife Lenora and their dog. PHOTO: LACY ATKINS
8 9 “Freedom is of the mind. It’s all about how we view life. I never let my mind go to prison.” – Archie Williams
ArchieIn 1982, 22-year-old Archie Innocence WilliamsProject pursued Because of our dedicated Williams was arrested for the every avenue to prove funders, the Innocence Project sexual assault and stabbing Archie’s innocence. Finally, was able to pursue justice of a woman in her home. Even in 2019, Judge Kinasiyumki for Archie—who became though he had an alibi and was Kimble of the 19th Judicial one of our longest-standing significantly shorter than the District Court of East Baton clients—to the very end. described assailant, Archie Rouge, Louisiana, ordered Now, the Innocence Project’s was ultimately convicted the testing of crime scene policy department is working and sentenced to life without fingerprints in the FBI’s tirelessly to enact laws in parole. His conviction rested national database. Just hours every state to ensure that on a single eyewitness later, the results showed wrongfully convicted people identification obtained that the prints belonged to a without DNA evidence in their through flawed identification man who committed at least cases can still get back into procedures. five other rapes in the years court based on other critical after the 1982 rape for which evidence of innocence— Archie first requested Archie was wrongly convicted. including a statutory right to assistance from the Innocence Based on this evidence, access fingerprint databases, Project in 1995, when it was Commissioner Kimble vacated which was the key to ultimately still a clinic at the Benjamin N. Archie’s conviction. After securing Archie’s freedom. Cardozo School of Law. For having spent 36 years in the 23 years that followed, the prison for a crime he did not commit, Archie was finally free.
At 59-years-old, Archie resumed his education with a computer course at community college, in addition to singing and piano lessons and boxing classes. In November 2019, Archie made it to the semi-finals of Amateur Night at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. PHOTO: SAMEER ABDEL-KHALEK
10 10 11 11 Challenging Injustice Together It is because of the generous giving of our donors that we can continue to tackle the systemic flaws inherent to the legal system and challenge injustice in the years ahead. We are tremendously thankful for their commitment to our mission and being a fundamental part of the Innocence Project community.
Donor Spotlight
Joan R. Saltzman was known by the Board Member Tony Goldwyn, Ava DuVernay and many she helped as a fierce advocate the Exonerated Five at the 2019 Innocence Gala. PHOTO: MATTEDESIGN for the overlooked and the underserved. Perhaps it was her upbringing in an immigrant family of little means in the Bronx that compelled her to fight—for Co-Founders Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. over 40 years—to secure more equitable PHOTO: MATTEDESIGN housing, health services and education Former Innocence Project Executive Director for those who are too often forgotten. Maddy deLone with Board Chair Jack Taylor. Undoubtedly, it was her activist spirit that PHOTO: MATTEDESIGN compelled her to donate $200,000 to the Innocence Project—proceeds from the Innocence Project Exoneree Advisory Council. auction of a valuable bracelet—in the last PHOTO: MATTEDESIGN years of her life. The gift came after Joan spoke with several exonerated people at the organization’s 25th anniversary gala, and was struck by the many hardships they face after being freed from prison.
Consistent with the work she fervently pursued over the course of her life, Joan requested that the funds be used to support the organization’s social work program. Today, Joan is gone; having passed away in 2019. But her gift—and her legacy—live on at the Innocence Project with each new exonerated person (L-R): Innocence Project staff Shoshanah Innocence Ambassadors Phony Ppl performing (L-R): Innocence Ambassador Michael K. Williams, we are able to support as they look Kennedy-Hobson, Susan Friedman and at the Innocence Project x BRIC event in April client Leroy Harris and friend. PHOTO: MATTEDESIGN toward starting their new beginnings. Carlita Salazar with exoneree John Nolley. 2019. PHOTO: FRANEY MILLER PHOTO: MATTEDESIGN
12 13 Fiscal Year 2019 Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Information Donors JULY 1, 2018 – JUNE 30, 2019 JULY 1, 2018 – JUNE 30, 2019
$2,000,000+ $50,000 – $99,999 Americo Cascella Anonymous Anonymous (6) Champion Charities Acton Family Giving Alan M. and Deborah Cohen Operating Revenue $1,000,000+ American College Of Trial Lawyers Neil R. Constable Laura and John Arnold Art for Justice Fund The Conway Family Charitable Fund Lakeshore Foundation Len and Emily Blavatnik Individuals $ 10,835,641 Nathan Cummings Foundation The Frank and Denise Neil Bluhm 53% John and Eileen Donahoe Quattrone Foundation George Boutros Reece, Suzanne and Safra Catz and Gal Tirosh Foundations $ 4,040,254 Christine Duca $500,000+ Change of Tack 20% Karen and Gordon DuGan Dorette Bascho Sabersky Trust Pia Oien Cohler and Echo Street Foundation Matthew Cohler Corporations $ 427,244 Kevin and Mary Ellen Finnerty $250,000+ Ronald Conway 2% Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust Anonymous Jason Flom Ina and Jeffrey Garten Cardozo School of Law, Charlotte and David Gudis Fundraising Events $ 2,708,486 John and Maryann Gilmartin 13% Yeshiva University Kathryn and Richard Kimball Tony Goldwyn and Jane Musky The Estate of Jack Carpenter The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Sean Parker Third Point Foundation Kathryn O. Greenberg Yeshiva University $ 310,000 1% Reissa Foundation Earle K. and Katherine F. Moore John and Kathryn Greenberg Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Foundation Sam and Vera Jain Wendy Nacht and John Motulsky Howard and Wilma Kaye Investments $ 1,346,874 7% $100,000+ The Bob & Renee Parsons Estate of Jaime Luis Loyola Foundation Anonymous Mike and Rhonda McCarthy Roc Nation Thomas and Evon Cooper Mellen Foundation, Inc. Other Income $ 779,010 The Starr Foundation 4% Roy & Patricia Disney Family Jennifer and David Millstone Foundation Starr International Foundation Marie and Jeffrey Morton Charles K. Edmondson, Jr. The Doris and Stanley Tananbaum John Mulaney and Annamarie Total Revenue $ 20,447,509 Foundation Foundation Tendler The Charles Engelhard Foundation Sterling Tanner National Basketball Coaches Tillman Gerngross and Sylvia Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Association Richards Victoria R. Ward The Estate of Frances Nauss David Goldschmidt* Neufeld Scheck and Brustin, LLP Expenditures John and Renee Grisham $25,000 – $49,999 NY Hotel Trades Council International Society of Barristers Anonymous (6) & Local 6 Unite Here Program $ 11,551,342 Kaphan Foundation Aerie for American Eagle Overbrook Foundation 77% Harold Matzner Bama Works Fund of Dave Kathy Parsons Neukom Family Foundation Matthews Band The Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Foundation, Inc. Management & General $ 1,909,582 PARC Foundation Hyatt Bass 13% Vered Rabia Qatalyst Partners Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation Steven Alan Reiss and Harland Ranney Carl and Rachel Berg Mary Mattingly Fundraising $ 1,592,239 Tow Foundation 10% The Lewis Butler Foundation Jeffrey Kenneth Roberts Sharrif Wilson Foundation Jessica Roth and Ben Lawsky Total Expenditures $ 15,053,163 The Innocence Project thanks our generous supporters and regrets that we do not have space to list them all. * Denotes that donor is deceased 14 15 Rubin Family Foundation Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP The Lillian and Ira N. Langsan Holwell Shuster & Goldberg Theresa Del Pozzo Edward and Lawanda Laase Barry Scheck and Dorothy Rick Sarah Dilullo Foundation, Inc. Silver Mountain Foundation Ben Denckla and Sarah Reber Tim Leighton in memory The Bernard and Geraldine Segal The Dreitzer Foundation, Inc. Stephen and Maribelle Leavitt for the Arts John and Cynthia DiLiberti of James W Lundberg Foundation Joshua and Gillian Dubin John and Jean Lepore Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP David Dunagan Don Listwin in honor of Denise Quattrone Skadden, Arps, Slate, E. Manocherian Foundation David Aron Levine and Patricia Snyder and Michael Frank Greg and Marie Dunford Meagher & Flom LLP Ruth Miriam Levine Christopher Lotts EILEEN FISHER David Solomon Moreteza Ejabat Erika Steiner Rachel Levy Steve Luczo and Warren and Mitzi Eisenberg The Barry and Mimi Sternlicht Enigma Capital Management Audrey Strauss and John R. Wing Ivy Beth Lewis Foundation Agatha Relota Luczo Eisenberg & Baum LLP Ed Epping Dorothy and Andrew H. Gwen Libstag Brendan and Lila Sullivan MAH Foundation Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek Evolve Foundation Tananbaum Abigail Lofberg and Kelly and Brian Swette Eric Margolis Ed and Paula Fearon Stepanie and Michael F. in honor Karen and Bret Taylor Daniel Ciccarelli Catharina Symeonidis Ilona Marsh Peter Flom of Howard and Wilma Kaye Douglas Vetter Taino Lopez Jack and Kristalina Taylor J. Stephen Martin Gary and Adrienne Flor Bradley Feld and M. Amy Batchelor Charmaine & Dan Warmenhoven Steven Maass Two’s Company Benjamin Mathews Robert Fraser and Katie Siler Michael Feldberg and Westridge Foundation Sanjay Madan H. van Ameringen Foundation, Inc. Ruth Lazarus Ian Maxtone-Graham Benjamin Freeman Zegar Family Foundation Donald Manocherian Wasserman Foundation Ferguson Foundation Arnold McKinnon Fried, Frank, Harris, Helen & William Mazer Foundation Middle Road Foundation Shriver & Jacobson LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Findlay Family Foundation Stewart and Kathryn McMillan in honor of Irwin Warren’s Brent Miles $10,000 – $24,999 Sherry and Leo Frumkin Fisher & Byrialsen P.L.L.C retirement Anonymous (18) Family Fund of the Richard and Sandra Meckler Dora L. Foster Trust Forrest and Cynthia Miller The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Anonymous in honor Liberty Hill Foundation Olivier B. Meslay Stanley Friedman Donna Mongiardo of Jason Flom Memorial Foundation Dallas and Richard Garbee Microsoft Matching Gifts The Abraham Fuchsberg Stephanie Moore The William B. Wiener Jr. Bonnie and Tony Addario Robert, Sandy, and Chaya Gelfond Victor and Anamaria Mitchell Family Foundation, Inc. Dave Morey Foundation AJA Charitable Fund Stuart Gelwarg and Karen Lipkind The Leo Model Foundation Michele Gage Elizabeth Morrill WilmerHale Allen & Overy LLP Gilbert Family Foundation Montefiore Medical Center Roberta and James Gates Alan and Anne Morrison Winston & Strawn LLP Michael and Shirin Amin David and Susan Gill Dianne and John Moores Mary Lou Giesler Jonathan M. Nadler Ed and Mona Zander Argus Fund John and Barbara Glynn Peter Morton Charles and Barbara Goodman William Nitzberg and Tina Campt Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Bradley L. Goldberg John O’Farrell and Gloria Principe Foundation Nanako Oguri Asset Management Company Family Foundation Peter Neufeld and Adele Bernhard $5,000 – $9,999 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich James Ooi and Amy Yin Anonymous (19) & Rosati Foundation Cristina Benavides Donna Kenton, Samuel Michael and Elin Nierenberg Barbara and Andrei Perumal Anonymous in honor Medea Benjamin and Goldberg & Sons Foundation Ken Gottesman and Oath of Megan Posey Rolf Peters Maya Danaher Google Matching Gifts Melissa Feinberg Ralph E. Ogden Foundation 12 West Capital Management LP Charles and M. O. Pilgrim Georgette Bennett and Jeffrey and Paula Gural Michael Greene Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Michael Poppo in honor Leonard Polonsky Ronald Abelmann Jane Greene Josh Guttman & Walker LLP of Jason Flom Susan Bernstein Acorn Foundation L. Jay Grossman Linda Hartig Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Prometheus Charitable Trust Zoe and Jon Bernstein Mahesh Aditya Kimberley A. 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Chiara Michael Cohl Janice Hutchinson Management LLC Keker, Van Nest & Peters Peter Rosen Charitable Fund Lisa Cohler Tyler and Stephanie Jackson James Silverman Gayle King Sheila Saltiel Chicago Title Insurance Company Nicholas Cohn Stuart Jacobs The Sirus Fund David and Sandra Koropp SAP Foundation Concannon Family Foundation The Charles and Karen Couric Rita Sislen The Kovner Foundation Murzy and Christine Jhabvala Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Charitable Fund Danny Conway Bob Kagan and Paula Sunshine Ken and Jocelyn Solomon Kramer Levin Naftalis Stephen and Margaret Topher Conway The Cypress Foundation Steve Stockton and Cheryl Myers & Frankel LLP Cook Schulte Rebecca Kalmus Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Alan Daugherty Matthew Thornhill Estate of Douglas A. Kraner Carol (Jackie) and Chris and Lisa Kaneb Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP Frederick V. Davis Jr. Living Trust Kenneth and Elaine Langone Charles Schwartz The Karev Foundation, Inc. Joseph Torsella in honor of Matthew Brock
16 17 Vaughan McKee Family Trust Annie Westwater and Anastasia Fite Staci Malikowski Sebonack Golf Club LLC Raanan Agus Vital Spark Foundation Cormac Eubanks Jody Fleischer Janet Mardfin Zvi & Lorena Shiff Ryan Akkina Beverly and Charles Washington James K. Williams III and Ann Foley and Joshua Sapan Bonnie Maslin in honor Jim and Catherine Sims Eric and Marie-Jose Albert Shirley Williams Alan and Beatrice Weiler Robert Frey in honor of Huwe Burton Peter Siroka and Philip Alcabes Regina and James Williams Alan and Elaine Weiler of Jason Flom Mia Maturen Elisabeth Sherman Mary Elizabeth Alexander Adam Wolfson and Dana Oliver Wellington Shields & Co LLC Elizabeth Fries in honor of Friends Maverick Capital Foundation Saul Skoler Polly R. Allen Scott and Samantha Zinober & Colleagues at Sidley Lucy McDiarmid Edwin Smith Susan and Steve Allen Thomas and Dolores Gahan Jay McDonald Larry Solomon in honor of Stephen and Elise Alpart Timothy and Kimberly Gartland Denise and Frank Quattrone $2,500 – $4,999 Sandra McGee Stewart and Daisy Alter Educating the Anonymous (15) Rich Gates Scott and Lesli Sopher C. McGowin Daniel Alterman and Liwah Lai Anonymous in memory of Steve and Rebecca Gerstung Ken and Alice Starr in honor of Public About Scott McGregor Mark Amsterdam in memory George Whitmore, Jr. Frank and Denise Quattrone Ellen and James Gilmore Medtronic Foundation of Muriel Neufeld the Causes and May his memory be honored Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Sullivan & Cromwell LLP by protecting the innocent. Tim Moore Mark Amsterdam Effects of Wrongful Program Emmet and Nan Sullivan Adobe Systems Incorporated John Morgridge Eric Anderholm Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein, LLP Jessie Mariah Tanner Convictions Alston & Bird LLP Paul Morris Katherine and Edwin Anderson Ellen Gordon Lonzetta Taylor and Elfrieda Allen Karen Backus and Alan Goldberg Courtney Murphy Dorothy Anderson and Lloyd Hana Vivek Sanjay Gupta Tomiko Taylor Robert Barry Ramy Nagy Nilgun Antmen Danielle Hall Jane and Roy Thomas Neil Barsky and Joan Davidson Maurice and Nancy Nernberg Hilary Appelman Russ Hall Thomas-Nyberg Family Conor Bastable Netflix Matching Gift Program Ramin Arani Norman and Laura Hamann Foundation 7.37 Larry and Patricia Batanian Pamir Niaz Corinne Arazi Janna and Jack Hamilton Three Generations’ Fund Steven Beldin Ed and Lee Nigro Nikhil Arora Dorian and Nancy Ann Harewood Vernon Tillman in honor Stephen and Thea Bell David and Barbara Noonan of Christopher Morris Ricky Arriola million Skip and Pat Hauser Dea Berberian Northeastern University Elle Hari Universal LLC Norman Asher Nancy Hausman Laura Beyer Pat and Shirley Olney Lisa M. Vagge Attias Family Foundation visits to Goldie Hawn Leon J. Bijou Edward Opton Vyuha Inc. Anne Aufhauser innocenceproject.org HBO Alain M. Bourgeois Daniel Pawson and Andrea Saenz Phyllis and Saleem Watson Autodesk Matching Gift Program Roshan Hegde Bridgewater Dental Associates James Peck and Janis Weiss Peck West-Nulf Investment Club Trust Michael Avella John Hodge and Stacey Keare Bridgewood Fieldwater Foundation Lindsay Perper William and Liz Wolcott Rachel and Jacob Avraham Charles Hoffman and Richard and Margie Perse Jonathan Bach 376,500 Willard B. Brown Anna Benvenutti Hoffman Marie-Helene and Victor Yalom Beth K. Pfeiffer Robert Baden Larry Caruana James Houlihan Robert Zadek Russ Pillar Kathleen Joan Bailey Harrison Facebook likes Richard and Lisa Cashin Vincent Hutchings William and Joann Pinkerton Steven Baker and Marisa Bauer Jean Cason Evan Inglis and Pia Eriksson-Inglis $1,000 – $2,499 Dominique Pollara and Kurt Rosen Susan Baldwin The Cleveland Family Foundation Avshalom and Amanda Kalichstein Anonymous (82) David and Nancy Poorvu Ryan Baldwin Mardge Cohen and Gordon Schiff Harold Kalishman Anonymous in honor 1,603 Jan and Michael Praisner of Howard Kaye Vivek Baliga Cold Stream Foundation Michael and Patti Klayko in honor of Denise Quattrone Anonymous in honor Chris Banjo Susan Cole Klion Springwater Coven stories in Michael and Vikki Price of Melvin R. Seiden Craigslist Charitable Fund Family Foundation Bank of America Matching Gifts Vered Rabia, Esq. Anonymous in honor popular media outlets Creative Capital Robert Klotz Thomas Barbalet The Raynie Foundation of Joyce Weed Crown Family Philanthropies- Nicholas Kooiman Anthony Barbera Reginald F. Lewis Foundation Anonymous in memory Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Corey Kosak Paris and Christopher Barclay Carol Riley of those that were incorrectly Michael Daugherty Barry and Elaine Krell executed before they could David H. Barkhuff 70 Susan Ringler Matthew and Elizabeth Deeb Eric and Lori Lander be exonerated Samuel Barnhart The Philip W. and Jean Riskin Virginia Donovan Leaves of Grass Fund Anonymous in honor of Ned and Jimi Barnholt The Innocence Charitable Foundation Phyllis and Alan Dumain The Samuel J. & Ethel LeFrak Eternal Central Oldschool Sandra Baron and Gregory Diskant Connie Robinson Fund Project Speakers Sanford and Stacey Dumain Charitable Trust Anonymous in honor Samuel E. Bassett Thomas Rotko Dupree Family Foundation Gerald Lennard Foundation Inc. of Oliver Keller C.B. and Marcia Bassity Bureau reached Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff Charles and Elaine Engelstein Norma Lerner 1002 Foundation Michael Batanian thousands of people Foundation Robert English and Anna Zara Scott and Ariel Leslie 2492 Fund Chara Bauer across the country Lisa Sandbank in honor Phyllis Abebreseh Nina and Christopher Evison Charles Levy of Lisa Sandbank Daniel Baumol Kristen Abraham through more than Jeffrey and Lee Feil Lichtenstein Foundation George M. Schisler, Jr. Dean Baxter Connie Aburano 70 engagements. James and Elizabeth Fentress Lohse Family Foundation Fund Karen and Mahlon Schneider Tommy Beaudreau at the Community Foundation Abiola Adelaja David Ferrante and Sara Doran Carl Schwab Sharon Beckman of Greater Des Moines Rob Adler Anthony Fisher Cummings Scudder Family Foundation Robert and Ellen Belson Robert Lutz Michael Aglion 18 19 Amy Bensinger Vicki Cheikes The Dubin Family Foundation Alexander Gann Allan Heinberg Kevin Berg Robert Chin The Dunbar Foundation William Gasarch Margaret Clarkson and George Eleanor Bergstein Yucan Chiu Ian Dumain and Bree Schonbrun Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Heintzelman Restoring Hendrik Bessembinder Mike and Audrey Clair in Andy Dunn Matching Gifts Howard Heiss Freedom Ambar Bhattacharyya honor of Denise Quattrone William L. Dunn Elizabeth H. Gay Barbara Heller Bialkin Family Foundation Harry Cohen Lia and Steve Dunne David Gelfand and Ellen Daniell Lawrence and Gay Hellman David Birenbaum and Marty and Michele Cohen The Durst Organization General Atomics Kate Hemmingsen The Innocence Project Vanessa Ruiz Samuel and Tricia Colella Anne Dwane in honor Don Gentry Jeffrey Herbers received Ramsey Bitar Cindy Coleman of Erik Torenberg Joel D. Gewirtz Jennifer Herman-Feldman Elizabeth Block Jenny Collier Laurie Effron and John Goodman Eddie Gindi in honor of Howard and Willma Kaye 1,944 Adam Bloom Porter and Lauren Collins Mary Eide Rick and Jennie Gingher Elfi Hertel Karen Bodden Shaun and Pamela Collins David Eisen Ryan Glassman Melvin Hess new requests for Eric Bodner Michael Collora Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Tamara Glavor Hg Solutions representation Bob and Linda Bodwell Edward Colquhoun Foundation Valerie Godhwani Stewart and Arlene Hill The Boeing Company Cass Conrad Michael Ekblad Michael D. 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Gordon Richard Kahn Jonathan Hollinger James Bristow Sandy and John Cranston Timothy Fazio Harry Gottlieb Sameer Kale Susan Holloway Vickie Brodersen Andrew Criste Brian and Beth Feldman Robert Granat in memory Mindy Kaling of Jack Seglin John Hollway Marcus Bromley Sonia Crume Ilya Feldman Gary Karrass Ruth and Stephen Grant Horwitz Family Fund Michael Bromwich Howard W. Crusey, Jr. and George and Naomi Fertitta Jill G. and Gary Katz Tracy and Walter Grant Karen Houghton The Bronson Group Margaret G.Y. Crusey Anne Feuerborn Allyson Kavner Joan Greenland William Howard Abigail Brown Eric Cullen Donald Field in honor Elizabeth and Dennis Keenan of Denise Foderaro Emily Greer John and Janet Hudson Mary Brown Karen Cullen Elizabeth Keenan First Congregational Church Gregoire Family Jessica Hunsdon Michael Brown and Nancy Campau F. 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26 27 26 “[Today], the chains will fall … I will be absolutely, completely free.” – Felipe Rodriguez on the day of his exoneration
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Affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo Cover: Felipe Rodriguez was exonerated in School of Law, Yeshiva University December 2019 after spending 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Donate online at innocenceproject.org PHOTO: LACY ATKINS
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