"The work that we face, in Georgia in particular, is so challenging. There are so many barriers to getting somebody out of prison based on the grounds of innocence... It takes years and years, as you can see," says Clare Gilbert, our Executive Director.

"Days like this are rare, and they're also what keep us going through the rough times."

Georgia’s punishment for prosecutors who violate codes of conduct, such as withholding exculpatory evidence from the defense, is among the weakest in the country. The maximum punishment is a public reprimand.

“The situation in Georgia in terms of monitoring and deterring prosecutorial misconduct is completely inadequate,” according to Clark D. Cunningham, a Georgia State University law school professor.

Richard Hyde, a member of the state’s judicial watchdog agency, concurs: “I think it’s time that we have a serious discussion in this state about regulating prosecutors as we do judges.”

Georgia's maximum punishment for prosecutors who violate codes of conduct, such as by withholding exculpatory evidence from the defense, is among the weakest in the nation: public reprimand.

“The situation in Georgia in terms of monitoring and deterring prosecutorial misconduct is completely inadequate,” according to Clark D. Cunningham, a Georgia State University law school professor.

Richard Hyde, a member of the state’s judicial watchdog agency, concurs: “I think it’s time that we have a serious discussion in this state about regulating prosecutors as we do judges.”

“Two years ago, I told my wife I was going to pray myself out of here,” said our client Dennis Perry, moments after walking out of Coffee Correctional Facility, after two decades wrongfully imprisoned. “And that’s what I’ve done.”

“We are grateful that the Court has ordered Dennis Perry’s release, and we are thrilled to welcome Dennis Perry home to his family after twenty years spent wrongfully imprisoned for crimes he did not commit."