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“I always knew this day would come,” Dixon told The Post. “But I never thought in a million years it would take this long. I always thought I would get out the next year, the next month. I kept thinking, the evidence is there. How can the courts deny it?”

Welcome home, Valentino Dixon!

How Golf Digest helped free a golf-course artist imprisoned 27 years for a murder he didn’t commit

Valentino Dixon particularly liked a column in Golf Digest called, “Golf Saved My Life.” It would help change his life.

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Georgia Innocence Project2 weeks ago

On this week's episode of Undisclosed Podcast: Dennis Perry was convicted based on eyewitness identification and hearsay, but more than a decade earlier in the same case law enforcement sought charges against another man with similar evidence and the DA declined to move forward. What changed?

Listen now: https://audioboom.com/posts/6993805-s3-episode-9-that-makes-me-god

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Georgia Innocence Project3 weeks ago

Help us wish GIP exoneree Clarence Harrison a very happy birthday and 14th year of freedom! After serving almost 18 years for a crime he did not commit, Clarence was released on August 31 of 2004. Today is his birthday!

Since then he has been raising awareness about the problem of wrongful convictions by sharing his story: this photo is from Wrongful Conviction Day 2017, when GIP exonerees took to the streets to promote recognition of actual innocence cases.

Happy Birthday Clarence!!!

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Georgia Innocence Project3 weeks ago

In a criminal trial motive is a critical component of the State's case. On this week's episode of Undisclosed Podcast learn why the State's theory of Dennis Perry's motive doesn't add up:

https://audioboom.com/posts/6985863-s3-episode-8-reason-why

S3, Episode 8 – Reason Why

August 27, 2018 / Was the murder of Harold and Thelma Swain a robbery gone wrong, or was it an premeditated murder? And if it was intended to be a robbery, who could have possibly had a motive to k...

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Georgia Innocence Project1 month ago

This week's episode of Undisclosed Podcast deals with the problem of lost and destroyed evidence in the case of our client Dennis Perry.

It is not an uncommon problem in Georgia: in many of our cases crucial evidence goes missing, sometimes despite a state law requiring preservation of biological evidence after trial.

Read more about the problem of missing evidence in Georgia on our blog: https://tinyurl.com/ybltbv22, and listen to this week’s episode of Undisclosed here: https://tinyurl.com/ya6sbwkw.

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Georgia Innocence Project1 month ago

Check out the latest Undisclosed Podcast episode on Dennis Perry's case: There were a dozen people at Rising Daughter Baptist Church the night the Swains were killed. Many years later, two witnesses would identify Dennis Perry as the shooter, and though one of those witnesses was not certain of her identification, the other had no doubts at all. But why was she so certain? And is there reason to question how reliable her identification really was?

Listen below:

https://audioboom.com/posts/6968788-s3-episode-6-looking-at-me-like-i-m-looking-at-you

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1 week ago
Tonight come and meet GIP exoneree John White at the @dekalblibrary main branch in Decatur from 6:30-9:30pm. He'll be talking about his experience serving 20+ years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. https://t.co/8CRwWOKAyT

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2 weeks ago
On @Undisclosedpod: Dennis Perry was convicted based on eyewitness ID and hearsay, but more than a decade earlier law enforcement sought charges against another man based on similar evidence and the DA declined to move forward. What changed? Listen now: https://t.co/usjCoaRHVU

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3 weeks ago
In a criminal trial motive is a critical component of the State's case. On this week's episode of @Undisclosedpod learn why the State's theory of Dennis Perry's motive doesn't add up: https://t.co/rbSqSeBaWe

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1 month ago
This week's episode of @Undisclosedpod deals with missing evidence in the case of our client Dennis Perry. It is a problem we see again and again in GA. Learn more about lost evidence from our Executive Director, Clare Gilbert: https://t.co/YMhewV68Bu https://t.co/yt9OoI3gM7

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2 months ago
Human memory can be incredibly unreliable, but courts often rely on witness testimony to determine guilt or innocence.

On this week's episode of @Undisclosedpod Dennis Perry's freedom depends on reconstructing memories from more than a decade ago. Listen: https://t.co/1tRIaNOtAp

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2 months ago
New @Undisclosedpod: In 1998, the Camden County's Sheriff's Office found new evidence that led to Dennis Perry becoming the lead suspect in the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain. But that new evidence has some unexpected ties to Dennis' past.

Listen: https://t.co/HvBCjaCMh6

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