Korey Wise Innocence Project

8 Facts About James Genrich’s Case You Need to Know - Innocence Project James Genrich spent 34 years in prison wrongfully convicted of multiple homicides that occurred in Grand Junction, Colorado, as a result of a series of pipe bombings. Decades later, he was granted a retrial because those convictions had been based on since-discredited junk science. In April 2026, th...

We welcomed our summer interns this week, a group of highly skilled and passionate students joining KWIP for the months ahead.

Orientation included a first look at wrongful convictions work and time together getting to know the team over lunch. We are so excited to have them here and look forward to the work ahead this summer

We welcomed our summer interns this week, a group of highly skilled and passionate students joining KWIP for the months ahead.

Orientation included a first look at wrongful convictions work and time together getting to know the team over lunch. We are so excited to have them here and look forward to the work ahead this summer.

When Jeanne Segil joined KWIP in 2022, she started where so much of this work begins, the backlog. One of the first files she pulled was a letter Stephen Martinez had sent years earlier, asking for help, a case that had sat for nearly a decade. Jeanne wrote back, met with him, and kept digging until the record told a different story than the one that sent him to prison. This week’s Denver Gazette piece follows that path and the years of work it took to bring him home after 27 years.

How a CU Boulder law school program helped free a Denver man after 27 years in ‘shaken baby’ murder case From the first time she looked at Stephen Martinez’s case, Boulder attorney Jeanne Segil knew she had a shot at getting him released from prison. Martinez, 58, spent 27 years behind bars for a crime he now says never happened. Four-month-old Heather Lynn Mares, the daughter of Martinez’s roommat...

A judge has ruled that prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence in the case of Deborah Nicholls. Supported by the Korey Wise Innocence Project alongside McCabe Law, Ms. Nicholls is pursuing post‑conviction relief, with a hearing set for May 27.
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Prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence for woman convicted of killing her 3 children in house fire, judge finds The judge did not take action on Deborah Nicholls’ convictions in the April order but set the case for a hearing on May 27.

“To leave all that steel and concrete behind.” After 27 years in prison for a crime he never committed, Stephen Martinez is home. In a new People article, Stephen shares what freedom feels like and what he hopes comes next. We are honored to walk alongside our clients as they reclaim their lives.

Stephen Martinez Reacts to Being Freed from Prison After Serving 27 Years for a Crime He Never Committed: 'A New Start' (Exclusive) Stephen Martinez, who was wrongfully convicted of the death of an infant, was freed from prison in April—after serving 27 years for a crime that he did not commit. “This feels wonderful, amazing," Martinez tells PEOPLE exclusively of his newfound freedom.

False confessions don’t happen because someone is guilty. They happen because pressure works.

This article underscores how deceptive interrogation tactics can produce confessions even when no crime occurred. We see the real-world consequences of this every day, including in the wrongful conviction of our recently freed KWIP client, Stephen Martinez. These practices cause long-lasting and life-altering harm, and they are exactly what the Korey Wise Innocence Project works to confront and prevent.

Why would ChatGPT "confess" to a crime it didn't commit? An experiment with AI underscores the perils of police deception and the Reid technique