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Archive for February, 2010

Article Written About MAIP’s Outreach Efforts in Georgetown Voice

Posted on Friday, February 26th, 2010 by Eily Raman

The Georgetown Voice today published an article about MAIP's outreach efforts in the District of Columbia.  People convicted in Washington D.C. are incarcerated around the country in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and have a more difficult time learning about MAIP's services.  In order to educate people about MAIP's work, staff members and volunteers have spoken at community meetings around Southeast and Southwest D.C. and held a clinic at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church on November 12.   To read the article, click here

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New York Man Becomes 250th DNA Exoneree in America

Posted on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 by Daniel Satin

A little more than two decades after DNA testing was first used to clear the name of a wrongfully convicted American, Freddie Peacock became the 250th person to prove his innocence based on DNA testing Thursday, which was conducted thanks to the work of the Innocence Project. Peacock, 60, was convicted in Rochester, New York of a 1976 of a rape he did not commit.  Though he was released on parole in 1982, it has taken 28 years since his release to have the crime taken off his record, longer than any other exoneree who proved his innocence based on…

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