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Arizona will offer payment for people who were wrongly convicted, imprisoned
Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona RepublicOriginally published August 25, 2025 A new Arizona law that will compensate people who have been wrongly imprisoned traces back to one lawmaker’s own prison experience. For more than a decade, first-term Rep. Khyl Powell has been involved with prison ministry work, including three years as
The Price of Innocence
Arizona is finally bringing justice to the wrongfully convicted, on a trial basis. Nicole Ludden, Arizona AgendaOriginally published July 28th, 2025 Next year, Arizona will start the process of compensating people who’ve been incarcerated for crimes they didn’t commit. We told you about the push for an erroneous convictions law
Arizona Enacts Law to Provide Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted
New Law Sponsored by State Rep. Khyl Powell Grants Restitution and Record Expungement to Exonerated Arizonans NEWS RELEASE Monday, June 30, 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arizona House of Representatives Representative Khyl Powell (R-14) STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Legislation sponsored by State Representative Khyl Powell to compensate Arizonans who were proven
Arizona Passes a New Law, Financial Compensation for Those Who Have Been Wrongly Convicted
STATEMENT FROM THE ARIZONA JUSTICE PROJECT July 2, 2025 Media contact: Katie Puzauskas602-844-1220katie.puzauskas@azjusticeproject.org On Friday, June 27, 2025, Governor Katie Hobbs signed SB1500 into law, making Arizona the 41st state to provide a legal avenue to seek financial compensation for years lost due to a wrongful conviction. Those who meet
Arizona to compensate wrongfully convicted under new law
Haley Williams, KPNX-TV PhoenixOriginally published June 30th, 2025 Those in Arizona who have been wrongfully convicted will be eligible for compensation under a new Arizona law. Governor Katie Hobbs signed Senate Bill 1500 on Friday, establishing a pilot program for individuals who have been incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Under
SB1500: Restoring dignity and lives after wrongful conviction
Khyl Powell, Guest Commentary, AZCapitolTimesOriginally published February 21, 2025 For 14 years, I have volunteered as a chaplain ministering to felons who have been incarcerated by the Arizona Justice System helping them to rebuild their lives. I’ve spent thousands of hours sitting across from men whose lives have been broken
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Bitten by Experts via The Intercept
An article in the The Intercept takes a detailed look at the flawed science of bite mark analysis and the case of Bill Richards, a California man who was convicted in 1997 of murdering his wife, Pamela. […] As numerous cases like Richards’ have emerged over the years, some odontologists
The Arizona Justice Project and Amazon Smile
What is Amazon Smile? It is another way you can help the Arizona Justice Project! To Join: http://smile.amazon.com/
The staggering number of wrongful convictions in America
Picture: Susan Mellen is exonerated of murder by Superior Court Judge Mark Arnold in Torrance, Calif. At right, her attorney Deirdre O’Connor. (Brad Graverson/Associated Press) Sam Gross, the editor of the Registry, reflects on wrongful convictions in an Oped: ” We can do better, of course — for misdemeanors, for
Hurry Up and Wait for Justice: The Struggles of Innocent Prisoners
By Lorenzo Johnson When people hear about wrongfully convicted prisoners, they often ask why these individuals end up spending so much time in prison before they are exonerated. For the wrongfully convicted, the judicial system has failed twice – once in winning the wrongful conviction, but also in intentionally delaying
A high-ranking Obama official just called for the “eradication” of bite mark evidence
By Radley Balko This week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is sponsoring a conference in Arlington, Va., called the “International Symposium on Forensic Science Error Management – Detection, Measurement and Mitigation.” NIST is the government agency that’s attempting to carve out some standards and best practices for the
This Friday – Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts – Carlos Arzate and the Kind Souls
We hope you can join us this Friday at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts to see Carlos Arzate and the Kind Souls play. As you may know, Carlos Arzate wrote a powerful song about Louis Taylor after Louis’s release and Lesley Hoyt-Croft created an incredibly moving music video