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Freddie Lee Pitts (1937-2020)
State: Florida Convicted: 1963 Exonerated: 1975 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: Police...


PRESIDENT BIDEN COMMUTES NEARLY ALL FEDERAL DEATH SENTENCES
President Biden, we, the wrongfully convicted death row exonerees of Witness to Innocence, say thank you  for this historic and...


World Day Against the Death Penalty
Today, Oct. 10, the 22nd World Day Against the Death Penalty, is dedicated to challenging the misconception that the death penalty can...


Testimony at the Criminal Justice Committee of the OK House
On Thursday, Oct. 5th the Oklahoma House of Representatives held a Judicial-Criminal Interim Study on a death penalty moratorium....


ACLU: My Journey From Death Row to Becoming an Advocate for Justice
Witness to Innocence Executive Director Herman Lindsey published a commentary article on the ACLU website about what he has dedicated his...


The Day the Death Penalty Was Struck Down in 1972
Each year we commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case Furman V. Georgia which struck down the death penalty on June 29,...


Shareef Cousin Testifies on LA Repeal Bill
"I come before you to ask that you to abolish the death penalty and I'm going to keep asking that until anyone can demonstrate to me the...


Open Letter to South Korean President Yoon on Abolition of the Death Penalty
Witness to Innocence has joined the Transnational Justice Working Group and other international partners among the World Coalition to...


Marilyn Mulero Becomes 3rd Woman to be Exonerated from Death Row
Equal Justice Initiative: Marilyn Mulero is 190th Person Exonerated from Death Row August 11, 2022 Marilyn Mulero was exonerated on...
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