On April 22, 2004, former prosecutor and current University of Richmond School of Law professor Corinna Lain published a column in the Richmond Times-Dispatch urging the release of the Norfolk Four.  Drawing from her own experience in unwittingly persuading an innocent defendant to plead guilty to a crime he had not committed, Ms. Lain asks not only that the Norfolk Four be released, but that we as a society learn from their experience and implement reforms, such as the videotaping of police interrogations, designed to reduce the possibility of wrongful convictions.  To read the piece, click here.  

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