In the News Recent press Duane Williams, Kenneth Nixon, and Darrell Siggers celebrate National Wrongful Conviction Day with the Cooley Law School Innocence Project (10/31/2024) Kenneth Nixon and other exonerees honor Wrongful Conviction Day (10/03/2024) Eric Anderson: Michigan must take the opportunity to lead on criminal justice reform (09/27/2024) Eric Anderson, Marvin Cotton Jr. and other formerly incarcerated individuals discuss the presidential election (09/15/2024) The Organization of Exonerees receives the 2024 Justice for the Innocent Award (06/06/2024) Eric Anderson, Marvin Cotton Jr., Ken Nixon, and Gilbert Poole host a panel discussion “The Impact of Wrongful Conviction: An Exoneree Panel Discussion,” at Alpena Community College. [2nd source] (04/21/2024) Coverage of the fight for reform of the Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act (WICA) (03/26/2024) The National Prison Reform Ministry holds a workshop with The Organization of Exonerees (03/18/2024) The wrongfully convicted Marvin Cotton Jr. and others fight for financial compensation (01/02/2024) Kenneth Nixon talks with CNN about his work fighting for the wrongfully convicted (12/26/2023) Though more can be done, Conviction Integrity Units are “absolutely important” to overturn wrongful convictions, says Kenneth Nixon (12/21/2023) Kenneth Nixon and Eric Anderson disccuss wrongful convictions with Marin high school students (11/19/2023) Kenneth Nixon discusses the lack of quality healthcare in Michigan’s prisons (11/16/2023) Voyage Michigan talks with Kenneth Nixon about his life and work (11/15/2023) New bill to help those with criminal records get access to housing (10/18/2023) Kenneth Nixon and Eric Anderson speak about their wrongful convictions (10/18/2023) The Organization of Exonerees to host its first fundraiser to help the wrongfully convicted (10/10/2023) Cooley Law School Innocence Project hosts a panel of exonerees (Kenneth Nixon, Gilbert Poole, George DeJesus, and Melvin DeJesus) in recognition of National Wrongful Conviction Day (10/03/2023) Repeated police misconduct in Chicago led to the wrongful conviction of dozens, costing taxpayers millions (08/22/2023) The story of Organization of Exonerees’ Kenneth Nixon is told as they fight for change in the criminal justice system (06/28/2023) Article on Kenneth Nixon’s wrongful conviction (06/28/2023) Marvin Cotton Jr. speaks on his wrongful conviction and his exoneration in his new book “Better not Broken” (02/22/2023) The Organization of Exonerees travels to St. Louis to fight for Lamar Johnson’s freedom [2nd source] (12/18/2022) Kenneth Nixon, Eric Anderson, Marvin Cotton Jr. travel to St. Louis to support Lamar Johnson prove his innocence (12/13/2022) Cooley Law School Innocence Project hosts a panel of exonerees (Melvin DeJesus, Kenneth Nixon, George DeJesus, Corey McCall, Gilbert Poole and Ramon Ward) in recognition of National Wrongful Conviction Day (10/06/2022) Exonerated Kwame Ajamu (previously known as Ronnie Bridgeman) speaks out against the Ohio death penalty (10/05/2022) Kevin Harrington, Kenneth Nixon, Martin Cotton Jr., Eric Anderson and Raymond Highers discuss how they are working to make changes in the Innocence Movement (10/03/2022) Eric Anderson is interviewed on The Clay Crane Show about his wrongful conviction (04/18/2022) Macomb County forms a Conviction Integrity Unit to exonerate the wrongfully convicted (01/24/2022) Marvin Cotton Jr. advocates for the formation of other Conviction Integrity Units to help others wrongfully imprisoned (01/07/2022) Organization of Exonerees members (Kenneth Nixon, Marvin Cotton Jr., Corey McCall) shares the struggles of being released from prison (11/24/2021) Kenneth Nixon and the Organization of Exonerees rally for the release of Kevin Strickland (11/06/2021) Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners supports the creation of a permanent Conviction Integrity & Expungement Unit for the wrongfully convicted (10/21/2021) Kenneth Nixon and Marvin Cotton Jr. travel to Missouri to support Kevin Strickland (07/12/2021) Marvin Cotton Jr. and the Organization of Exonerees help those released find the resources they need that the state does not offer (05/20/2021) Darrell Siggers sues ex-Detroit cop that had him wrongfully put behind bars (08/28/2019) 7th Graders invite Darrell Siggers to speak in Jackson on his experience of being wrongfully incarcerated (05/20/2019) Darrell Siggers exonerated after firearms evidence considered “unbelievable”, “erroneous,” and “highly improbable (10/23/2018) Darrell Siggers is exonerated after forensic evidence falls apart (10/19/2018)
