Steve Braga Announced on the National Law Journal’s Pro Bono Hotlist
Posted on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 by Innocence Project
Congratulations to MAIP Board Member Stephen Braga, who was recognized amongst only 10 cases on the National Law Journal’s Pro Bono Hotlist for his incredible work in freeing Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr., a group widely known as the West Memphis Three. Since 1993, the men have been incarcerated in Arkansas for the murders of three young boys. But in the 18 years that have followed, DNA testing, jury misconduct, and other new pieces of evidence have not only been exculpatory but shown the men to be innocent of a crime which landed Echols on death row…
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