Gathered at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School 2024 Spring Symposium on April 4 are (left to right) Ann M. Garant, Robyn Frankel, Taylor Migliori, Kia Hayes, and Marla Mitchell-Cichon.
Ann M. Garant, Cooley Law School Innocence Project managing attorney, and Marla Mitchell-Cichon, distinguished professor emeritus and counsel to the Cooley Law School Innocence Project, were asked to present at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School 2024 Spring Symposium on April 4. They spoke with Robyn Frankel, director of the Michigan Attorney General’s Conviction Integrity Unit; and Kia Hayes and Taylor Migliori from the Quattrone Center about collaborations between Innocence Organizations and Conviction Integrity Units.
The Cooley Innocence Project is part of the Innocence Network which has been credited with the release of over 375 wrongfully convicted prisoners, mainly through the use of DNA testing. It is the only post-conviction DNA innocence organization in Michigan. Since its inception, the office has screened over 6,000 cases and is responsible for the exoneration of nine individuals: Kenneth Wyniemko (2003), Nathaniel Hatchett (2008), Donya Davis (2014), LeDura Watkins (2017), Kenneth Nixon (2021), Gilbert Poole (2021), Corey Quentin McCall (2021), George DeJesus (2022), and most recently, Louis Wright (2023), who spent 35 years being wrongfully imprisoned. Additionally, the Cooley Innocence Project also helped to exonerate Lacino Hamilton, Ramon Ward, Terance Calhoun, and Crystal Mulherin.
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