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Evan Zimmerman case
"Man freed; murder charge is dropped," Wisconsin State Journal, April 30, 2005
"Case closed in killing retrial," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 30, 2005
"Free of charges but not of doubt," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 4, 2005
"Innocence Project frees Eau Claire man," Badger Herald, May 2, 2005
"Record, protect, and serve," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 2, 2005
"Taped interviews have cautious support," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 1, 2005
"Ex-cop Hopes Second Trial Clears Him Of Murder," Wisconsin State Journal, April 25, 2005
"Case a new test for project," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 24, 2005
"Zimmerman Case Could Be Wake-up Call On Evidence," Wisconsin State Journal, May 1, 2005
"Did they pin murder on wrong man?," Wisconsin State Journal, October 12, 2003
"Court
overturns murder conviction," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
August 12, 2003
Beth Labatte case
"DNA doesn't match woman convicted in 1991 murders," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 5, 2005
Steven Avery case
"Wrongly convicted man freed," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, September 12, 2003
"DNA test frees imprisoned man," The Capital Times, September 11, 2003
"DNA clears prisoner 17 years later," Milwaukee Jouranl-Sentinel, September 11, 2003
"DNA tests overturn man's conviction," Wisconsin State Journal, September 11, 2003
"Jailed 18 Years, But Innocent," The Capital Times, December 23, 2003
"Sprung!," Wisconsin State Journal, September 12, 2003
"Freed by DNA Proof, Man Savors His New Life," The Capital Times, September 12, 2003
"Avery attorney pleased with attention case is getting," Wisconsin State Journal, September 23, 2003
"New Task Force to Look at State's Justice System," Wisconsin State Journal, December 11, 2003
"Cops had eye on man linked by DNA to rape," The Capital Times, October 20, 2003
"Rape
Victim Criticizes Officials in Avery Case," Wisconsin State
Journal, February 18, 2004
"Gundrum Steps Up," Wisconsin State Journal, September 23, 2003
"Task Force Backs Shifts to Deter False Convictions," The Capital Times, January 7, 2005
"Pols: Keep Innocent Out Of Prison," The Capital Times, August 17, 2005
"Avery Bill Helps Ensure Justice," Wisconsin State Journal, September 2, 2005
"'I Wanted The Earth To Swallow Me,'" Wisconsin State Journal, September 8, 2005
"Criminal Justice Reform Bill Moves Ahead," The Capital Times, September 14 , 2005
Maurice Carter case
"UW Program Seeks to Clear Man Serving Life for Shooting," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 30, 2001
"A Search for the Truth: Maurice Carter," WNDU TV, February 22, 2001
"A Search for the Truth: Part Two," WNDU TV, February 24, 2001
"Last Chance at Life," South Bend Tribune, Special Series, January 7, 2001
"UW program seeks new trial for sick inmate," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 9, 2003
"Group Seeks Carter Retrial," The Herald-Palladium, June 20, 2003
"Prosecutor opposes new trial for Maurice Carter in 1973 murder case," The Herald-Palladium, June 10, 2003
"New trial sought for Maurice Carter," The Herald-Palladium, November 23, 2002
"Judge rejects motion for new trial in 1973 murder case," The Herald-Palladium, November 13, 2003
"Carter team seeks commutation," The Herald-Palladium, November 6, 2003
"Maurice Carter: commutation from governor appropriate resoluation to long-disputed legal case," The Herald-Palladium, November 9, 2003
"Governor commutes Carter's sentence," The Herald-Palladium, June 25, 2004
"Freed Carter dies 3 months later," The Herald-Palladium, October 26, 2004
Christopher Ochoa case
"Wisconsin students working to free Texas convict," CNN.Com, October 7, 2000
"UW Project on DNA evidence clears Austin man," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, January 16, 2001
"Texas Inmate Gets Freedom Back," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 16, 2001
"Freedom's Embrace: 12-year prison ordeal ends for many cleared by DNA test," The Dallas Morning News, January 17, 2001
"An innocent Texas inmate is freed," Salon.com, January 17, 2001
"Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder to Attend UW Law School," The Associated Press, April 29, 2003
"Texas Justice," salon.com, October 31, 2000
"'Don't Go Backwards' to Death Penalty," The Capital Times, April 29, 2003
Editorial: "A Lesson for Lasee," The Capital Times, April 30, 2003
"DNA Evidence: Freeing the Innocent," Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine, April 2001
"Prison Work Fuels Professors' Passion for Justice," News@UWMadison, January 29, 2001
"Death
penalty's distortions," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, October 9,
2000
Penny Brummer case
"Who killed Sarah?," Wisconsin State Journal, September 9, 2005
RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM THE WISCONSIN INNOCENCE PROJECT
Findley, Keith, "Learning from Our Mistakes: A Criminal Justice Study Commission to Study Wrongful Convictions," 38 Cal. Western L. Rev. 333 (2002).
Findley, Keith, "New Laws Reflect the Power and Potential of DNA," Wisconsin Lawyer, Vol. 75, No. 5, May 2002
Findley, Keith, and John Pray, "Lessons from the Innocent," Wisconsin Academy Review, Fall 2001
Wisconsin Innocence Project's Amicus Brief in State v. Armstrong
Wisconsin Innocence Project's Amicus Brief in State v. Dubose
Wisconsin Innocence Project's Amicus Brief in State v. Moran
Wisconsin Innocence Project's Amicus Brief in State v. Jerrell
Wisconsin Innocence Project's Amicus Brief in State v. Shomberg