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The West Memphis Three

Watch the highly anticipated film about the West Memphis Three, premiering on HBO this month, and invite your friends.

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• Podcast on the release of the "West Memphis Three"
• Case background on the freeing of the "West Memphis Three"


Dixmoor 5 Freed!

CWCY client Robert Taylor and four other men were freed on November 3, 2011, 20 years after they were wrongfully accused. Taylor, at age 15, was among three of the Dixmoor Five who falsely confessed.

Click below to read stories and watch videos of the release:
• Video of release
• Associated Press story
• First local coverage
• Taylor, the day after
• National TV coverage


And the Englewood Five Are Almost There


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• Local Coverage
• Associated Press Story
• A great piece from the NY Times piece

And click here to learn more about the Englewood and Dixmoor cases.

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What we know about exonerated youth

What we know about exonerated youth

103 kids: What we know and what we can learn. View the CWCY's research and latest report on exonerated youth.

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View "Arresting Development:Convictions of Innocent Youth"

Mission Statement

Through outreach, advocacy, education, and litigation, the Center on Wrongful Conviction of Youth seeks to implement policies and practices that will ensure that the evidence used against youth is reliable.

Public Welfare Foundation Featured Grantee
 Public Welfare Foundation - Wednesday, 25 January 2012
 The CWCY thanks the Public Welfare Foundation for all of their support. We are delighted to be their "featured grantee."

 Exonerated Man: Hard Not to Be Bitter, But Helping Others Helps Me
 Fox News Chicago - Wednesday, 18 January 2012
 CWCY client Terrill Swift and Harold Richardson, of the recently-exonerated Englewood Four, on fox news this morning. And I get to make an appearance too.

 More CWCY In The News...
‘I Confess!’ Why Do People Admit to Things They Haven’t Done?
 New York Times - Thursday, 23 February 2012
 Excellent editorial about false confessions -- particularly of juveniles -- in the New York Times.

 WBURQuestions Remain In Coerced Worcester Confession
 WBUR - Thursday, 16 February 2012
 A follow-up to the Nga Troung story. This reporter, David Boeri, has been relentless in his investigation into this story. This report comments on how the police detectives refuse to admit their wrong and that the confession was false. They have even aggressively tried to intimidate the judge who suppressed the confession.

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