October 12, 2022
Robert McClendon spoke with the media and greeted supporters during a Cornhole Tournament fundraiser for the Ohio Innocence Project held at UC Law on Oct. 2, a day known as Wrongful Conviction Day.
October 11, 2022
Kwame Ajamu, Derrick Jamison and Ray Krone were part of a panel discussion on the abolition of the death penalty in Ohio. The men had all been wrongfully convicted of crimes that placed them on death row. They were exonerated after years of imprisonment and came to the UC College of Law as part of the Ohio Innocence Tour. They shared their stories and Local 12 News provided coverage of the tour.
March 22, 2023
Pierce Reed, director of policy and engagement for the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati, spoke with WCPO-TV about wrongful conviction as part of a segment about death row exoneree Derrick Jamison.
March 30, 2023
Wayne Braddy Jr. and Karl Willis, both of Toledo, are the 41st and 42nd individuals freed with help from the Ohio Innocence Project at UC Law. Toledo media covered their release earlier this week.
April 19, 2023
Dr. Jenn Dye, director of the Jones Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice at UC Law, spoke with the Dayton Daily News for a recent story on a proposed amendment protection reproductive rights in Ohio. She says the law would allow individuals to make decisions around abortion and reproductive care without state interference. It would also protect physicians treating patients going through miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies.
April 20, 2023
The Supreme Court of Ohio traveled to the Queen City Wednesday, April 19, to offer a live session at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. WLWT Channel 5 in Cincinnati was on hand to cover the day's proceedings. Journalist Ashley Kirklen interviewed Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy, a 1991 UC alumna.
May 19, 2023
University of Cincinnati's Ohio Innocence Project celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala event, author John Grisham and over 800 attendees.
October 28, 2022
UC Law colloquium panelists spoke with Cincinnati Edition included Jenn Dye, PhD, Theodore M. Berry director, Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice at UC Law; Danielle Bessett, PhD, associate professor of sociology at UC; and Judith Daar, dean and professor of law, Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University.
October 29, 2022
Donald Caster, assistant professor at UC Law and a staff attorney for the Ohio Innocence Project, spoke with WLWT for a story about Ohio's Issue 1 bond proposal before state voters this November election.
November 3, 2022
Jenn Dye, PhD, director of the Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice, spoke with Local 12 News about the impact the U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs’ ruling may have on midterm elections.