His case was taken up in 2017 by The Innocence Project, a nonprofit that works to exonerate the wrongfully accused, after a dedicated cousin, Clarence Hughes, spent five years writing letters begging anyone to look into Kendrick’s case.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/family-of-jaythan-kendrick-sues-for-100-million-after-wrongful-conviction/

The activist group has also been a part of organizing various events before, such as marches against racial injusticeDisrupt Death Row fundraiser, a movement to exonerate Pervis Payne from death row in Tennessee.

Source: https://www.mvtimes.com/2023/07/13/local-blm-plans-action-oriented/

This official congressional caucus aims to exonerate US service members convicted of crimes committed while deployed abroad.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/03/30/matt-gaetz-defends-war-criminal-adviser-with-murder-conviction.html

“Under the circuit court’s interpretation, innocent individuals wrongfully convicted of crimes in Arkansas with new DNA technology available that might exonerate them cannot use the Arkansas courts to access that DNA testing unless they are in prison.

Source: https://talkbusiness.net/2023/01/echols-files-petition-with-supreme-court-for-advanced-dna-testing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=echols-files-petition-with-supreme-court-for-advanced-dna-testing