The organization, which examines possible wrongful convictions, said it was investigating a claim of innocence by Mr. Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his wife, Laci Peterson, and unborn son.

Larry Golden points out that the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) at the University of Illinois Springfield uses undergraduate students in researching and reviewing cases, making it the only innocence ...

A southern Illinois man who spent over three decades behind bars for a murder evidence proves he did not commit was freed last week thanks in part to the Springfield-based Illinois Innocence Project ...

For the true-crime-loving public, the Innocence Project and Scott Peterson occupy opposite ends of the moral spectrum. The project helps free the wrongly convicted, while Peterson is a philandering ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — Modesto resident Scott ...

A man who was convicted in 2004 of killing his wife and unborn child has had his case picked up by the Los Angeles Innocence Project, according to ABC News. Scott Peterson was convicted in the deaths ...

In her role as an assistant public defender for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, (MOPD), Erica J. Suter spends countless hours reading pro se filings — documents submitted by defendants ...