Long will receive the second largest wrongful conviction settlement ever recorded after the City of Concord, N.C., admitted “significant errors in judgment and willful misconduct" resulted in his imprisonment for over 44 years.
Spotlight: Duke Wrongful Convictions Clinic Years at Duke: 13 Number of employees: 3 (and approximately 20 student-attorneys per year) Who they are: The Wrongful Convictions Clinic in Duke Law
Dudley spent nearly 24 years in prison based on a claim that was recanted soon after his conviction. He refused a parole deal that would have required him to admit to a crime he didn't commit.
Dontae Sharpe joined Duke Law students at the Innocence Project Thanksgiving Celebration days after he received a pardon of innocence from Gov. Roy Cooper and more than two years after he was exonerated of murder charges.