Ohio Innocence Project

OIP co-founder and director Mark Godsey is among a group of international leaders of the movement gathered this week in the Netherlands to continue to advance the rights that should be available to all those everywhere. The ongoing group is known as the Wrongful Conviction International Law Task Force.

Represented in the group are advocates from 17 different nations and every inhabited continent. OIP and UC's Donald P. Klekamp College of Law have been committed to these efforts for the last several years. Says Mark of the gathering: "I'm not sure I've ever been in such esteemed company before, all in one room." Mark can be seen in the group photo at far left in the white shirt next to the brick pillar.

You can read more about how students from international students from UC's LLM program at the Donald P. Klekamp College of Law made supporting this work part of their educational experience this year in this story: https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2026/04/university-of-cincinnati-klekamp-law-llm-program-and-oip-leads-to-un.html

is a state where the reality of is more widely acknowledged than a number of other states. More progress could be made with a new bill that has been introduced in both houses of the legislature which would update sampling opportunities for the first time since 2001.

Bill introduced to expand post-conviction DNA testing, exonerate wrongful convictions A Michigan House bill has been introduced in the legislature that would expand DNA testing post-guilty convictions.

An man who spent 43 years in prison appears to be on the cusp of having his 1975 r**e conviction thrown out. Expert testimony pointed to Ervin Harris having been . Numerous problems were pointed out with testimony in his original trial. The prosecution has indicated they do not oppose the motion to dismiss the conviction. The Innocence Project has been working on his behalf.

Jefferson County man fights to overturn 1975 r**e conviction Ervin Harris, with support from the Innocence Project, seeks to vacate his 1975 r**e conviction, citing unreliable eyewitness identification and expert testimony.

Legislative changes are under discussion in that could address those who have been unjustly in ways not addressed by current law, such as juvenile facilities or county jails, and give them new avenues for relief.

Bipartisan bill would make changes to Ohio’s wrongful incarceration law House Bill 501, introduced by Representatives Joshua Williams (R-Sylvania Twp.) and Elgin Rogers (D-Toledo), updates Ohio’s wrongful-imprisonment compensation law.