OXFORD, Miss.– The Mississippi Innocence Project, a clinic based at the University of Mississippi School of Law, has developed leads on biological evidence left at the scene of an unsolved 1997 rape and stabbing homicide in Humphreys County. The partially clothed body of Kathy Mabry, 39, was discovered March 25, 1997, in a vacant houseRead the story …
Mississippi Innocence Project Develops Lead in 1997 Rape Homicide
Team works with Humphreys County Sheriff on breakthrough in murder of Kathy Mabry
January 24, 2013 by
Mississippi Innocence Film Premieres Thursday on MPB
April 27, 2012 by
… Curriculum released to help educators discuss film’s issues OXFORD, Miss. – What will it take to instigate lasting change in the entrenched errors of our criminal justice system? The Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law, along with the university’s Media and Documentary Projects Center, scrutinizes that issue in theirRead the story …
WCBI: Innocence Project Film Focuses on Noxubee Men
February 1, 2011 by
Documentary filmmaker Joe York understands the power of forgiveness. It’s a lesson he learned from a former death row inmate. A University of Mississippi producer and director of documentary projects, York has worked on his latest project, “Mississippi Innocence,” for three years. The film was produced by the UM Media and Documentary Projects Center inRead the story …
Clarion Ledger: Innocence Project Aids in Exoneration
October 8, 2010 by
Matthew Norwood spent more than a dozen years behind bars for a carjacking he did not commit. On Thursday, the 30-year-old man clutched the order issued by Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd tossing out Norwood’s 1995 conviction. Read the story.