Innocence Project

BREAKING: #CarmenMejia just walked free after 22 years of wrongful conviction in Texas. While she was exonerated on Monday, she was not immediately released due to an immigration hold. ICE announced that in light of the exoneration they would lift the detainer so that she could be released from local custody. "I never lost faith and hope — I never lost it in 22 years," she said. Read more: shorturl.at/xHo2p

Congratulations to our board member, Sara Naison-Tarajano for being named as head of @GoldmanSachs Ayco! A 27-year veteran of the firm, she is the first woman to be appointed to this role — and has been a longstanding supporter of our mission to free the innocent. bit.ly/4lHOcRF

DNA testing has helped overturn 560 convictions since 2000. People with innocence claims should be allowed to have the DNA evidence in their cases tested before it’s too late. Read more: bit.ly/4lCJ6WP

Did you know that women are the fastest-growing group of incarcerated people? Yet conversations about mass incarceration often overlook women. This #womenshistorymonth, advocate for gender equity in the criminal legal system by learning these eight important facts: bit.ly/47DBMEn

Kentucky is one of only 10 states without a compensation law for exonerees. This leaves innocent people who lose years — often decades — of their freedom, waiting for justice. Along with the @KIPDPA help us change that. Support S.B. 131. Take action today: bit.ly/4uxTcMI

.@pennjillette & @MrTeller to #SCOTUS: hypnosis belongs in a magic show, not a capital murder trial. Read the new brief in support of #CharlesFlores, innocent on TX’s death row, wrongfully convicted due to “hypnotized witness." drive.google.com/file/d/1pSDUef…

On Tuesday evening, the Department of Homeland Security indicated that Carmen Mejia will not be deported—but her future remains uncertain. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

univision.com/local/austin-k… Después de 22 años en prisión por un crimen que no cometió, Carmen Mejía vive sus primeras horas en libertad. En entrevista exclusiva con N+ Univision contó cómo fue reencontrarse con sus hijas y por qué dice que “volvió a la vida”.

#CarmenMejia waited 22 years to be reunited with her loved ones. She was exonerated on March 9, but wasn’t immediately freed due to an immigration hold that would never have existed without her wrongful conviction. ICE lifted the detainer and she walked free. Read more: bit.ly/46N7LSm

Hoy, Carmen Mejia fue exonerada después de que el juez P. David Wahlberg, del Tribunal de Distrito del Condado de Travis, la declaró inocente de la muerte de un bebé de 10 meses bajo su cuidado quien —según afirma ahora el estado— murió en un trágico accidente. Lee su historia aquí:innocenceproject.org/news/carmen-me…

BREAKING: Today, Carmen Mejia was exonerated after Travis County District Court Judge P. David Wahlberg declared her innocent of the death of a 10-month-old infant in her care who — the state now affirms — died in a tragic accident. Read her full story: bit.ly/46N7LSm #CarmenMejia.

Today, a Travis County District Court Judge is expected to dismiss the 2003 murder charge against #CarmenMejia — a Texas mother who spent 22 years in prison for a crime that never happened. Watch the hearing live on @KXAN_News. Link: bit.ly/3OV9kHK

New @Unshakentruth76 episode: Exonerees Josh Burns and Andrew Roark interview best-selling author, @JohnGrisham, on “Shaken Baby” wrongful convictions and his upcoming non-fiction book on #RobertRoberson’s case. Part one here:  youtu.be/gaKaMzcExGg?si…

🎉Innocence Project staff attorney Yosha Gunasekera's debut novel, The Midnight Taxi, has made it onto @nytimes’s best new mysteries of the month. Released last month, the book traces the story of Siriwathi Perera who must clear her name in a potential wrongful conviction. nytimes.com/2026/03/01/boo…

📺WATCH: Tommy Lee Walker was 21, innocent, and executed anyway. 70 years after he was executed for a crime that he never committed, Mr. Walker finally received justice in Dallas last month. He was executed in the electric chair in 1956. #BlackHistoryMonth Read more: bit.ly/3LVoOKA

Four people wrongfully accused of the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders have been declared innocent using DNA evidence — including Innocence Project of Texas clients Maurice Pierce and Forrest Welborn. Congratulations to the @innocencetexas team on this hard-fought victory. Read more: bit.ly/4b5rA9L

Watch, learn and listen more this #BlackHistoryMonth. As we wrap up Black History Month, here’s a list of books, documentaries and podcasts that will give you a deep insight into the history of racism in the U.S., and how it affects the criminal legal system. bit.ly/4c9Ekxh

New Hampshire has a restrictive three-year deadline on requests for new trials. This means that if new evidence is discovered, or a confession proves someone’s innocence — they’re out of luck. In partnership with the New England Innocence Project, help us support New Hampshire’s HB 1422. Help pass HB 1422: bit.ly/46lIu1c

Remembering Albert Woodfox today on what would have been his birthday — and the anniversary of his release after more than 44 years in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit. A Black Panther and enduring symbol of courage, his legacy lives on. bit.ly/46ASe8O