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AZ Clemency Board Grants AJP Client Release After 292 Year Sentence!
This week, the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency granted release to our client, Atdom Patsalis, who had originally been sentenced to 292 years.
Arizona Justice Project Executive Director Wins Award!
We are proud to announce that Arizona Justice Project Executive Director, Lindsay Herf, is the 2024 recipient of the Learned Hand Emerging Leadership Award! Lindsay has been practicing law for more than 15 years. Twelve of those years have been with the Arizona Justice Project, representing wrongfully convicted individuals and those who have suffered a manifest injustice.
Arizona Justice Project’s 2024 Annual Gala
The Arizona Justice Project will be having its annual gala, One Injustice Is One Too Many, on March 1, 2024 at the Scottsdale Resort and Spa. The event will honor Arizona Justice Project freed and exonerated clients as well as the dedicated people behind the scenes working to free the
Attorney Oumou Keita Awarded the Arizona Justice Project’s Larry Hammond Justice Fellowship
Attorney Oumou Keita has been awarded the first-ever Larry Hammond Justice Fellowship. Oumou is a graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Oumou Keita will assist the AZ Justice Project in the identification and representation of the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in Arizona and assist to improve the criminal justice system at the legislature and in the community.
‘I was wrongfully convicted’: Exonerated Arizonan fights to change criminal justice
Written by Gianna Abdallah, Phoenix, Cronkite News Khalil Rushdan was sent to prison for life when he was 22. “I was wrongfully convicted of a crime of first-degree murder,” he said, “which I did not commit.” Rushdan is now a free man thanks to the Arizona Justice Project, which works
After serving time in Arizona for murder, he wanted a second chance. Then time started running out
Lane Sainty, Tucson, Arizona Republic As the sun set over the city on an ordinary Thursday in December, Jon Sperberg shuffled out his apartment door. His destination was a white metal chair at the end of the open air corridor, looking east toward the Rincon Mountains. The chair wasn’t far,
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AZ Clemency Board Grants AJP Client Release After 292 Year Sentence!
This week, the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency granted release to our client, Atdom Patsalis, who had originally been sentenced to 292 years.
Arizona Justice Project Executive Director Wins Award!
We are proud to announce that Arizona Justice Project Executive Director, Lindsay Herf, is the 2024 recipient of the Learned Hand Emerging Leadership Award! Lindsay has been practicing law for more than 15 years. Twelve of those years have been with the Arizona Justice Project, representing wrongfully convicted individuals and those who have suffered a manifest injustice.
Arizona Justice Project’s 2024 Annual Gala
The Arizona Justice Project will be having its annual gala, One Injustice Is One Too Many, on March 1, 2024 at the Scottsdale Resort and Spa. The event will honor Arizona Justice Project freed and exonerated clients as well as the dedicated people behind the scenes working to free the
Attorney Oumou Keita Awarded the Arizona Justice Project’s Larry Hammond Justice Fellowship
Attorney Oumou Keita has been awarded the first-ever Larry Hammond Justice Fellowship. Oumou is a graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Oumou Keita will assist the AZ Justice Project in the identification and representation of the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in Arizona and assist to improve the criminal justice system at the legislature and in the community.
‘I was wrongfully convicted’: Exonerated Arizonan fights to change criminal justice
Written by Gianna Abdallah, Phoenix, Cronkite News Khalil Rushdan was sent to prison for life when he was 22. “I was wrongfully convicted of a crime of first-degree murder,” he said, “which I did not commit.” Rushdan is now a free man thanks to the Arizona Justice Project, which works
After serving time in Arizona for murder, he wanted a second chance. Then time started running out
Lane Sainty, Tucson, Arizona Republic As the sun set over the city on an ordinary Thursday in December, Jon Sperberg shuffled out his apartment door. His destination was a white metal chair at the end of the open air corridor, looking east toward the Rincon Mountains. The chair wasn’t far,