Montana Innocence Project client Bernard Pease Jr. was granted parole Tuesday, subject to completion of an extended stay in a pre-release center.    Bernard was wrongfully convicted of Deliberate Homicide in 1984 based largely on expert testimony from Arnold Melnikoff–the former Montana Crime Lab analyst who played a role in four other wrongful convictions. MTIP began … Continue reading Montana Innocence Project client Bernard Pease granted pre-release after nearly 40 years of incarceration