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    Justice for the Innocent in Prison

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    Day of Events to Highlight Wrongful Convictions

    The Midwestern Innocence Project's Fall Fundrasier is a full day of activities to highlight wrongful convictions featuring the compelling story of how Jennifer Thompson's faulty eyewitess identification sent Ronald Cotton to prison for 11 years. A calendar of …

    Federal Government Gives Nod to MIP

    The U.S. Department of Justice last week awarded the Midwestern Innocence Project a $288,000 grant to help us fund investigations of wrongful convictions over the next two years. We'll use the money to add two new paralegals to our staff. These two new …

    Thank You.

    Thank you for helping us spread the word about innocent men and women spending time in prison for crimes they did not commit. Hundreds have been exonerated in the US, but there are thousands more sitting in their cells right now with their head in their hands …
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    Why is this campaign important to you?

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    In addition the guilty person is free to do more crimes while the innocent person is sitting in prison , case closed.A blind eye is turned to the case b/c courts consider it closed & don't want to admit they made a mistake.

    Because first of all I have a Son in prison that is Innocent. I know how hard it is for me as a mother to. Be going through this pain. I know what others are going through and it is Inhumane to incarcerate or execute someone with them knowing that they are really truly Innocent.

    I believe this is probably a much bigger problem than anyone suspects and it could happen to anyone - you or someone you love - to be falsely accused of a crime and falsely convicted of that crime.

    Signed And Shared! A very worthy cause!

    Things are hard enough as it is for the unjustly imprisoned without their having to come up with funds for their defense,

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