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Story on IU McKinney's Wrongful Conviction Clinic Appears in "Indianapolis Star"
07/18/2016
The Wrongful Conviction Clinic at IU McKinney and Professor Fran Watson’s work on behalf of client Darryl Pinkins was the subject of a news story in the July 17 edition of the Indianapolis Star.
Pinkins was freed from prison on April 25. He was convicted in Lake County, Indiana, in 1991 and served 25 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. The law school’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic and Professor Watson have been involved in representing Pinkins and co-defendant Roosevelt Glenn since receiving the case on a referral from the Innocence Project in 1999. The story is part of the newspaper’s series called “Stolen Freedom,” which examines wrongful incarceration in Indiana.
Professor Watson, ’80, is a clinical professor of law and teaches in the Criminal Defense Clinic and the Wrongful Conviction Clinic.
