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Clinics

BCIP Advocates for Better Compensation for Wrongly Convicted

May 16, 2023

Clinics

Cascone Freed By BC Innocence Program

August 15, 2022

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BC Law’s Role in Wrongful Conviction Guide

More than two years in the making, report calls for prosecution integrity programs.

March 26, 2021

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BC Innocence Program Lands Major Grant

BCIP and the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Innocence Program received the $354,000 grant from the US Department of Justice.

December 23, 2020

The Vision Project

The Criminal ‘Punishment’ System

Reform Is Not Enough.

July 14, 2020

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Deans Column: Just Mercy for Criminal Justice

In the end, who we are and what we do as a Jesuit, Catholic law school is rooted in human dignity.

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
September 27, 2019

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BC Innocence Clinic Students Help Vacate Conviction

In an important new ruling, Darrell Jones, who was convicted 30 years ago of a murder that he did not commit, has had his conviction ...

December 21, 2017

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There Is So Much Left to Do

As the number of exonerees climbs, advocates and the victim of a wrongful conviction talk of needed reforms.

By Vicki Sanders
November 9, 2017

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BC Law Innocence Program Joins Policy Push to Help Exonerees

Wrongful Conviction Day highlights two key bills in MA Legislature: forensic science and compensation reform.

September 29, 2017

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Innocence Program Grads Help Free Man from Prison

An innocent man has been freed from prison, and BC Law recent grad Rufus Urion ’17 and the Law School’s Innocence Program contributed to the effort ...

August 9, 2017