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Yes, YOU Might Go to Prison

California Innocence Project director describes horrifying real-life scenarios in new book

In his new book You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You’re Innocent, Justin Brooks, the director of the California Innocence Project, describes horrifying real-life stories of people who were convicted and imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit. We've got exclusive excerpts and reporter Lynn Moller talks with Brooks who makes it crystal clear---if it can happen to them, it can happen to you.

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Lynn Moller
March 10, 2023
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Census Whistleblower Goes Public

What happens when you blow the whistle, but nobody listens

"Yet in my mind, questions still remain whether it all was done honestly and ethically." As a Partnership Specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, Jerry Huffman personally recruited hundreds of new Partners. Then, he claims he was instructed to create hundreds of phony Partners. He filed a complaint, but says nothing has happened.

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Jerry Huffman
September 8, 2022
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Reclaiming Lives, Round Two

Justice advocate brings new hope to Wisconsin men convicted of murder

When Joan Treppa learned about “an egregious miscarriage of justice” a few years ago, the case so enthralled her that she just had to get involved. She detailed her quest to reveal the truth about six men she firmly believes are innocent in her 2017 book: Reclaiming Lives: Pursuing Justice for Six Innocent Men—and she’s now revised and updated it in a just-released second edition. The Reporters Inc. offers an exclusive Q&A.

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December 5, 2021
Five Down, One to Go CrimeMurderPublic SafetyWrongful Convictions

Five Down, One to Go

Twenty-five years after they were convicted of murder, all but one of the 'Monfils Six' are on parole 

"They're excited that he's getting out, but it's also terrifying because they haven't lived with this person for 25 years," author Joan Treppa explained to reporters outside a Wisconsin prison facility. "They're going to have to get to know each other all over again." After being denied parole 10 times, Mike Johnson, one of six men accused of murdering Tom Monfils in 1995, is finally released from prison.

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Joan Treppa
February 10, 2020
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Musical Justice

The Exoneree Band rocks against the pain of wrongful convictions

Collectively, Antoine Day, Ted Bradford, Bill Dillon, Eddie Lowery and Raymond Towler spent more than a century in prison--all of them wrongfully convicted, they say, of another person's crime. These men have come together to create The Exoneree Band. All five members have different backgrounds but share similar ordeals; they now use the power of music to heal, inspire, and fight for justice.

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Lynn Moller
March 11, 2019
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Injustice is Served

Convicted day care provider maintains her innocence in gripping memoir

In 2010, 49-year-old Lynn Moller, a day care provider in Madison, Wisconsin, was found guilty of three counts of child abuse involving two children in her care. Moller had run her day care without incident for 16 years when the allegations first surfaced; she has never wavered in her claims of innocence despite losing every appeal.

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December 20, 2017
Reclaiming Lives CrimeMurderPublic SafetyWrongful Convictions

Reclaiming Lives

Midwestern mom on a mission: bringing justice to the wrongfully convicted

Joan Treppa thought her life's path had been set but that all changed in 2009 after a chance encounter with the author of a book about six imprisoned Wisconsin men. The case so enthralled Treppa that she decided she just had to get involved. She has now detailed her quest to reveal the truth about the men she believes have been wrongfully convicted in her new book: Reclaiming Lives: Pursuing Justice for Six Innocent Men. The Reporters Inc. is pleased to present an exclusive excerpt.

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June 13, 2017
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Clearing Larry Floyd

He spent 20 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit

Larry Floyd claims that as a teenager he was coerced into a murder confession by his own father. After serving 10 years in Mississippi's infamous Parchman prison, Floyd made a daring escape in 1991, leading to a classic manhunt. The beating he sustained by more than 20 officers after his capture nearly killed Larry, and prompted an FBI investigation into the brutal conditions inside the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Larry miraculously survived and lives to tell his story.

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Gary Donatelli
November 1, 2016
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What Katelyn Saw

When a child claimed to see abuse at my day care, my life was nearly destroyed

In March 2010, 49-year-old Lynn Moller, a day care provider in Madison, Wisconsin, was found guilty of three counts of child abuse involving two children in her care. Moller had run her day care without incident for 16 years when the allegations first surfaced; she has never wavered in her claims of innocence despite losing every appeal.

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Lynn Moller
May 26, 2016
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An 11-Year Nightmare

Suburban married mom says she was wrongfully convicted of  ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’

On October 16, 1995, a seven-month-old girl died while in the care of a 34-year-old Audrey Edmunds.  A pathologist determined the cause of death to be "Shaken Baby Syndrome." Never wavering from her claims of innocence, Edmunds spent over a decade trying to clear her name after being convicted of first degree reckless homicide. The Reporters Inc. shares some exclusive excerpts from Edmunds' new book detailing her 11-year nightmare.

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March 26, 2016
In Search of Truth CrimeFriendshipPublic SafetyRapeWrongful Convictions

In Search of Truth

Why wrongful conviction claims of some may never be truly believed

Mikael Deandre Webb is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Southern California for double rape and battery with severe bodily injury. When writer Kim Whiting started working on compiling stories for her book When God Shows Off Behind Bars, she unexpectedly met Webb. She shares the story of their three-year-long, non-traditional friendship.

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Kim Whiting
February 2, 2016
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