John O'Hara
In 1999, after a politically-motivated investigation, John O'Hara was convicted of vote fraud in Brooklyn, New York and sentenced to probation. He was exonerated in 2017 when a witness admitted to testifying falsely at O'Hara's trial. (O'Hara, left, with Mark Hale, Kings County ADA and CIU chief, right)
Recent Exonerations
Cody Marble
In 2002, Cody Marble was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year old boy while both were in a juvenile detention facility in Missoula, Montana. He was exonerated in 2017, with the help of the Montana Innocence Project, after the complainant and two other witnesses recanted their testimony. (Marble, right, with Montana Innocence Project attorney Larry Mansch, left)
The Guilty Plea Problem
The vast majority of criminal cases are resolved through plea bargaining. The Innocence Project shines a spotlight on exonerees, like Christopher Ochoa (pictured), who pled guilty in their new campaign - The Guilty Plea Problem.
The Registry has published about Innocents Who Pleas Guilty, Guilty Pleas in "Group Exonerations", and Guilty Pleas and False Confessions.
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