Women are far more likely to be wrongfully convicted for tragic accidents—or crimes that never occurred—with women who care for children being especially at risk. In fact, 72% of exonerated women were wrongfully convicted in cases where no one committed a criminal act, with 65% of those cases involving child victims.
Read moreThomas Rosa, Jr. Exonerated After 34 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated
We’re thrilled to share that the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office has ended the prosecution of our client, Thomas Rosa, Jr., officially exonerating him of a 1985 murder he did not commit. Mr. Rosa was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 34 years in prison.
Read moreEvery Legal Victory Makes a Profound Difference
While not every case leads to exoneration, victories like this, while quiet, are hard-won and life-changing. Today, 39 years after his conviction, our client, “John Doe,” can finally move forward with his life, knowing that his wrongful conviction will not prevent him from living or working where he chooses.
Read moreDNA Testing Will Proceed in Shawn Tanner’s Case
One powerful step closer to the truth. The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decided today that DNA testing of the evidence in the case of our client, Shawn Tanner, who passed away in 2022 from terminal brain cancer, can finally move forward despite opposition from the Bristol County DA’s office.
Read moreWhat happens to one of us happens to all of us
This Black History Month, we reflect on a core truth of collective struggle: what impacts one of us impacts all of us.
Read moreSave the Date: Voices of the Innocent, 9/17
Please join us for our annual storytelling event and fundraiser, Voices of the Innocent, on September 17 at City Winery Boston!
Read moreExoneree Network's 2025 Impact
We're excited to share just some of the Exoneree Network’s accomplishments in 2025. Thank you to everyone who helped us continue to build a thriving and safe community for our members!
Read moreJoin our Team! Seeking a Development Director
We’re looking for our next Development Director! Are you committed to fighting injustice and have a community-centric fundraising approach to development? Then, please join us! Applications are preferred by February 12, 2026.
Read moreSupporting Our Community in the Year Ahead
At the New England Innocence Project, we know that freedom is everything. And in moments like these, our commitment to showing up for one another only deepens. We recently spoke with Shar’Day Taylor, Exoneree Network Social Service Advocate, whose brother was wrongfully incarcerated for decades, about what the year ahead holds for our community.
Read moreExoneree Network Co-Hosts 3rd Annual Holiday Toy Drive
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our annual toy drive! We were able to make the holidays a little brighter for 93 Boston-area families, including 222 children impacted by long-term incarceration and wrongful convictions.
Read moreGift a Donation to NEIP
Give the gift of freedom and community with a donation to the New England Innocence Project made in the name of a friend or loved one who cares about social justice. We'll send them a special holiday-themed email with your gift letting them know that a donation has been made in their honor this holiday season.
Read moreMake Freedom Possible with a Year-End Gift
For every exoneration you hear about, there are hundreds of wrongfully convicted people still in prison you don't hear about. That's because so much of the work we do to pursue an exoneration happens behind the scenes. We currently have 107 active investigations, and with your support, these cases can become freedom stories too.
Read moreAn Extraordinary Friend: What Edward Wright has taught me
When Mimi Olivier messaged me online and told me her husband, Edward G. Wright, was serving life in prison for a crime he did not commit, I thought I was the victim of a phishing attack. I did not know then that this simple e-mail exchange would ignite a close friendship with Mr. Wright, or “Eddie”: a man with wildly different life circumstances from mine. And I certainly did not know that I would witness the day he would finally walk free.
Read moreHoliday Toy Drive: December 1 - 19
This holiday season, the Exoneree Network, a program of the New England Innocence Project, is partnering with YardTime to make the season brighter for the kids of those who have been impacted by the long-term incarceration of a parent or loved one.
Read moreView the Photos: Freedom Fall with our Community
This Freedom Fall, we’re uplifting the people and communities who are actively building a world beyond wrongful convictions—and beyond the systems that make them possible. The photos below capture moments from across New England where members of our community are standing with one another, organizing in the streets, fueling the fight against injustice, educating our communities, and demanding freedom.
These images honor the everyday work of liberation: the courage to imagine something better and the commitment to make it real. We’re grateful to stand alongside every person pictured—and every one of you—as we build a more just future together.
Pictured: International Community Justice Association's annual conference; Running for Innocence and Jammin’ for Justice event photos; Wrongful Conviction Day press conference, march and rally; court support and celebrating freedom, and more.
Freedom to Celebrate
There has been so much to celebrate lately — three exonerations and another wrongful murder conviction overturned in just the last few months. Each case is a powerful reminder of why we fight every day for people who have been wrongfully convicted, and we are proud to have supported several of these cases through amicus work — an essential part of our mission.
Read moreBuilding Community with Second Chance Cars
We are excited to share that the Exoneree Network has launched a new partnership with Second Chance Cars, Inc., a Massachusetts-based nonprofit. Thanks to this collaboration, our community members will have the opportunity to obtain an affordable used car, thereby easing their access to employment and increasing their earnings.
Read moreAdvocating for elder and medical parole legislation
Among other things, the legislation would give people over 55 years of age the chance to seek parole after serving 15 years in prison and would improve the current medical parole process, which has failed sick and dying people. So many people in our community have been sentenced to die in prison, aging over decades with increased medical issues. With this legislation, they can have the chance to come home and receive the care they need and deserve.
Read moreJammin' for Justice, Oct 30
In the fifth annual Jammin’ for Justice event, a very special line-up of local musicians joins forces to support the work of the Exoneree Network and the Running for Innocence Fund, and to ensure that another inspiring group of people freed from Massachusetts prisons for crimes they did not commit will have the opportunity to attend the 2026 Innocence Network Conference in Chicago.
Read moreRunning for Innocence, Nov 2
Please join us for the 11th anniversary of the Running for Innocence team’s participation in the Genesis HR Battlegreen 5K/10K on Sunday, November 2, 2025. We’re aiming to raise $11,000 from registration fees and donations for the New England Innocence Project‘s Running for Innocence Fund, which helps all three innocence organizations in Massachusetts pay for experts and investigators needed to free innocent people behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit.
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