17yrs ago today, police used deceptive tactics to extract a false confession from 16yo Brendan Dassey, client of @lauranirider & @sdrizin. Laura and @DThompsonWZ join @DrPhil to discuss reforms needed to ban police from lying during interrogation. Listen: megaphone.link/ADV1626543578

.@lauranirider & @DThompsonWZ join @DrPhil to highlight the need to reform police interrogation tactics that cause false confessions - esp for kids like Laura & @SDrizin client Brendan Dassey just 16 when he falsely confessed to a crime he did not commit. http://bi/t.ly/DrPhilpod

Watch @DrPhil’s episode featuring Atif Rafay's story. 29 years ago, 19yo Atif gave a murder confession widely believed to be false after police assumed fake identities as mobsters and threatened him into confessing. Goldstein & Russell will argue Atif’s case before CA9 tomorrow.

As we look back on 2022, all of us at the Center are filled with gratitude for our partners, colleagues, and allies - like you - without whom none of our achievements would have been possible. Here's to our shared, unflagging fight for justice in 2023.

As we look back on Thanksgivings past, we remember all we have to be grateful for — like our incredible clients. Here’s to CWC client, Wayne Antusas, a whole year (&change) after being granted his certificate of innocence. We continue to wish you and yours the very best, Wayne!

This week, we celebrate CWC client, Gabriel Solache, who was finally granted a certificate of innocence! Gabriel’s COI is a tribute to former CWC director, the late Karen Daniel, & all who fight to free those wrongfully convicted under corrupt Chicago detective Guevara.

Beyond grateful to ⁦@NBA_Coaches⁩ for being leaders on and off the court. They join us all in the fight for justice and against wrongful convictions on this #WrongfulConvictionDay. NBA Coaches Speak Out on Wrongful Conviction Day 2022 - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=XbOjAXHN…

Last summer, we celebrated passing a landmark IL bill banning police from lying to youth during interrogation. This video is full of people who would’ve been saved from wrongful conviction had the bill existed when they were interrogated for crimes they did not commit.

Welcome to our temporary Assistant Director Valerie Alexander! A former executive at the Clinton Foundation & longtime advocate for justice, Valerie joins the CWC with rich experience in executive leadership, communications strategy, & policy advocacy.

Welcome home CWC client, Juan Hernandez, & his brother Rosendo Hernandez! They're the 25th & 26th people freed who were wrongfully convicted based on corrupt Chicago detective Guevara. Watch them reunite with their mom, Esther, who continues to fight for other Guevara victims.

Welcome home, Jose! The conviction of CWC client, Jose Cruz, was vacated on July 11, 2022, & he walked free from prison the next day. Jose's case is part of the Cook County State's Attorney's current review of cases handled by disgraced former Chicago Detective Reynaldo Guevara.