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Lawmakers approve funding for wrongfully imprisoned with gov’s changes, Helena Independent Record, 5/3/21

Bill revising Montana’s death penalty laws dies in Senate, NBC Montana, 4/15/21

Men wrongfully convicted in Montana City homicide each get $6M settlements, Independent Record, 2/23/21

Fighting for a second chance, Montana Kaimin, 2/2/21

Marchers walkout to raise awareness for wrongful convictions, Montana Kaimin, 10/4/2020

Lawyer of the Year awarded to MTIP’s Toby Cook, Larry Mansch, 5/15/20

New director seeks to balance Innocence Project’s dual mission, The Missoulian, 3/1/20

Missoula man exonerated in 2008 death of infant son, The Missoulian, 1/30/20

Montana Innocence Project names new head, board members, The Missoulian, 1/3/20

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Our client Aaron Oliphant applied for our services after observing his dad courageously face cancer. "If he can’t give up with all of that, then there’s no way I can give up with this," Aaron said. Read more here: mtinnocenceproject.org/after-watching-his-dad-face-cancer-aaron-oliphant-was-inspired-to-face-injustice-remedy-his-wrongful-conviction/

The National Registry of Exonerations reported this week that as of June 1, 2021, exonerated defendants have collectively served 25,000 years behind bars for crimes they did not commit, and innocent Black people serve the majority of time for wrongful convictions. Read the full report here: law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/25000%20Years.pdf

Spencer Veysey worked at the Montana Innocence Project as a student journalist-turned-investigator until he died at the age of 26 in 2015. Today, on what would have been his 32nd birthday, we are sharing Spencer's story and his long-lasting impact on innocence work. Read here: mtinnocenceproject.org/one-singular-truth-late-investigator-spencer-veyseys-everlasting-impact/

Next Thursday, Montana’s Black Law Students Association and the Montana Innocence Project will host a virtual panel from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Alicia Miles, Director of Admissions at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law, will moderate the panel, and it will feature Courtney Smith, the Montana Racial Equity Project’s Criminal Justice Initiative Lead, Akilah Lane, a Civil Rights Staff Attorney with the ACLU of Montana, and SK Rossi, the founder of Central House Strategies and the former Director of Advocacy and Policy at the ACLU of Montana. Hope to see you there!

The Stonewall Riots, a series of demonstrations that followed the brutal police raid of a New York City gay club in June 1969, called attention to the criminalization of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and inspired the creation of Pride Month. In this article, we look at three wrongful conviction cases that highlight how these issues are still present in the criminal legal system more than 50 years later: mtinnocenceproject.org/discrimination-overcriminalization-leads-to-wrongful-convictions-of-lgbtqia2s-people/

In recognition of Juneteenth, Montana’s Black Law Students Association and the Montana Innocence Project will host a virtual panel on June 17 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. about the issue of mass incarceration and Ava DuVernay’s 2016 Netflix documentary “13th.” Alicia Miles, Director of Admissions at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law, will moderate the panel, and it will feature Courtney Smith, the Montana Racial Equity Project’s Criminal Justice Initiative Lead, Akilah Lane, a Civil Rights Staff Attorney with the ACLU of Montana, and SK Rossi, the founder of Central House Strategies and the former Director of Advocacy and Policy at the ACLU of Montana.

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