/tags/ohio-innocence-project Ohio Innocence Project en-US Copyright Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:01:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-06-30/dean-gillispie-ohio-innocence-project-miami-township Dean Gillispie was exonerated after 20 years in prison. He won a lawsuit against police. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:01:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-06-30/dean-gillispie-ohio-innocence-project-miami-township /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-04-13/songs-of-injustice-fluidity-concert-benefit-ohio-innocence-project Since 1989, more than 3,390 people have been exonerated across the United States — spending a total of more than 29,000 years in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-04-13/songs-of-injustice-fluidity-concert-benefit-ohio-innocence-project /local-news/2020-05-27/out-of-prison-but-not-really-free-getting-exonerated-in-the-era-of-covid-19 Imagine being stuck in prison for a crime you didn't commit. And as you wait to get out, the pandemic hits. WVXU interviewed two people in that situation… Wed, 27 May 2020 09:51:00 GMT /local-news/2020-05-27/out-of-prison-but-not-really-free-getting-exonerated-in-the-era-of-covid-19 Ann Thompson /community/2019-08-20/ohio-innocence-project-fighting-to-clear-milford-man-after-11-years-in-prison A Milford man is hoping to clear his name after spending 11 and a half years in prison for a robbery he says he did not commit. Kevin Thornton has been… Tue, 20 Aug 2019 08:00:00 GMT /community/2019-08-20/ohio-innocence-project-fighting-to-clear-milford-man-after-11-years-in-prison Michael Monks /arts/2019-07-15/blind-injustice-tells-operatic-story-of-the-wrongfully-convicted The opera Blind Injustice premieres at Cincinnati Music Hall this month. The opera tells the true stories of six individuals who were tried, convicted,… Mon, 15 Jul 2019 08:00:00 GMT /arts/2019-07-15/blind-injustice-tells-operatic-story-of-the-wrongfully-convicted Michael Monks /law/2018-05-16/how-the-ohio-innocence-project-works-to-exonerate-those-wrongfully-convicted A Cleveland man who served 15 years in prison for a murder he did not commit was recently exonerated. His case marked the 26th wrongful conviction… Wed, 16 May 2018 08:00:00 GMT /law/2018-05-16/how-the-ohio-innocence-project-works-to-exonerate-those-wrongfully-convicted Dan Hurley /local-news/2016-09-13/major-gift-for-ucs-ohio-innocence-project A $15 million gift to the University of Cincinnati's College of Law will allow the expansion of a program designed to free the wrongfully convicted. The… Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:00:00 GMT /local-news/2016-09-13/major-gift-for-ucs-ohio-innocence-project Bill Rinehart /crime/2016-08-25/the-work-of-the-ohio-innocence-project-to-exonerate-innocent-people-erroneously-convicted There are a staggering number of innocent people incarcerated for crimes they did not commit, according to The Innocence Project. Founded in 2003, the… Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:00:05 GMT /crime/2016-08-25/the-work-of-the-ohio-innocence-project-to-exonerate-innocent-people-erroneously-convicted /local-news/2015-03-26/three-convictions-overturned-with-help-from-ohio-innocence-project It's been nearly two decades since three Ohio men were sent to jail for the murder of Clifton Hudson, Jr. in East Cleveland. A Cuyahoga County Common… Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:13:39 GMT /local-news/2015-03-26/three-convictions-overturned-with-help-from-ohio-innocence-project Tana Weingartner /local-news/2014-11-19/cleveland-mans-conviction-overturned-after-nearly-40-years-in-prison The Ohio Innocence Project says a Cleveland man has been exonerated after 39 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.Following a 2-day hearing in a… Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:48:44 GMT /local-news/2014-11-19/cleveland-mans-conviction-overturned-after-nearly-40-years-in-prison Bill Rinehart