The Montana Innocence Project strives to highlight the important work of like-minded organizations. Today, we want to share this short film produced by pathos labs about the wrongful conviction of Jason Hogan. Jason is serving 77 years for a crime he did not commit. There is no physical evidence linking him to the crime. He was wrongfully convicted solely on witness misidentification. The Korey Wise Innocence Project is seeking his clemency. This film titled “Dear Jason” is accompanied by a campaign to send 500 emails to Colorado Governor Jared Polis by the end of this month. They need about 150 more emails. When you’re done watching the video, we encourage you to go to freejason.org to learn how to send an email in support of Jason’s clemency.
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Today is the Ninth Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day—a day to raise awareness about the causes and remedies of wrongful conviction and to recognize the tremendous personal, social, and emotional costs of wrongful conviction for directly impacted people and their families. The Montana Innocence Project observed Wrongful Conviction Day last Friday with three events in recognition of this year’s theme: Collective Impact.
Indigenous Justice Rally starting soon!
Join us for Wrongful Conviction Day tomorrow! We have three events from 4:30-8 in Missoula including an Indigenous Justice rally and criminal justice trivia. Go to the link in our bio for more info!
The Montana State Prison Hobby Store is a shop in downtown Deer Lodge that sells handcrafted artwork from people incarcerated in prisons across Montana, including MTIP client Bernard Pease.
Read more about MTIP's most recent client Joseph Jefferson-Dust who was exonerated of parole revocation earlier this month at the link in our bio!