NCCAI News & Events

Innocence Network Exonerations – 2009

nccai — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:51 +0000

The work of Innocence Network member organizations led to the exoneration of 27 people 2009. Together, they served 421 years in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. The report located at the link below provides details on each of their cases.

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Taylor, Now Freed: “Truth has prevailed.”

nccai — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:17:03 +0000

A Cary man who spent nearly two decades in prison on a first-degree murder conviction walked away from a courtroom Wednesday a free man after a three-judge panel decided he was convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.

“It’s unbelievable,” Gregory Taylor, 47, said, encircled by family, friends and media. “I mean, you think all these years what this day would be like – 6,149 days, and finally the truth has prevailed.”

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NCCAI Turns Attention to Next Case

nccai — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:49:09 +0000

The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence has turned its attention to working to free Larry Lamb. Lamb was one of three people convicted in the fatal shooting of Leamon Grady, who was robbed and found dead in his home in 1987. He is serving a life sentence. Levon “Bo” Jones was also accused of shooting Grady. After 13 years on death row, he was released in May 2008 when prosecutors decided to drop the charges against him after a key witness admitted she lied on the stand.

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Greg Taylor is Declared Innocent and Freed by a Three Judge Panel on Feb. 17, 2010

nccai — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:38:11 +0000

On February 17, 2010, Greg Taylor was unanimously declared innocent by a three judge panel and freed after spending nearly 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

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Click here for video of the historic decision.

Author John Grisham Spoke in Support of NCCAI

nccai — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:26:09 +0000

On September 29, 2009, the Center hosted a fundraiser with keynote speaker John Grisham, best-selling book author and advocate for Innocence Projects®. Dwayne Dail and Darryl Hunt, North Carolina exonerees who served more than eighteen years for crimes they did not commit, also spoke at the event. Area law firms, McGuire Woods and Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton were lead sponsors of the event.

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Life for Dail Hasn’t Been Easy

nccai — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:19:27 +0000

After his release, Dail moved to Florida to start a new life and to try to get to know his 18-year-old son. He planned to go back to school and move forward with his life.
But it hasn’t been as easy as he thought.

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