California Innocence Project Frees Wrongfully-Accused Prisoner

KPBS | By KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published April 24, 2007 at 10:47 AM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

The California Innocence Project is a group of legal scholars who defend incarcerated individuals who they think are innocent. We speak with the director of the project, a student who discovered evid

Guest Host Alan Ray: You may have heard the story from KPBS reporter Ana Tintacolis,Timothy Atkins had spent 20 years in prison after he was convicted of killing a man in a robbery in 1987. But Mr. Atkins was not guilty. Somebody believed him and the California Innocence Project went to work.

In February, based on the work of the Innocence Project, Mr. Atkins was exonerated and released. Earlier this month, he met the Cal Western Law Students who took his case and proved his innocence.

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Guests

Professor Justin Brooks, director of the California Innocence Project at California Western School of Law.
Wendy Koen, student with the California Innocence Project at California Western School of Law who tracked down new evidence proving Timothy Atkins' innocence.
Timothy Atkins, served 23 years for a crime he didn't commit. His murder conviction was overturned thanks to the California Innocence Project at California Western School of Law.