Cooley Law School Innocence Project hosts wrongful conviction panel discussion
Published: June 19, 2026
Cooley Law School Innocence Project hosted a panel
discussion on Sunday, June 14, titled, “Inside the Innocence Movement: A
Panel Discussion with the Freed and Exonerated.” A total of seven
exonerees participated in the event, including Dell Crawford, George
DeJesus, Melvin DeJesus, Kenneth Nixon, Eric Anderson, Roy Blackman, and
Ruben Pinuelas.
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