For the 16th time since a state innocence commission began reviewing cases in 2007, judges have exonerated someone the commission decided was wrongly convicted, according to a news release.
NC Senate wants to cut the state’s innocence commission. Its director now pleads with the House
North Carolina’s Innocence Inquiry Commission — a small state agency that investigates prison inmates’ claims that they were wrongfully convicted — would lose all funding under a budget proposal approved Wednesday by the North Carolina Senate.
Q&A: What is the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission? And why is it on the chopping block?
The N.C. Senate’s budget proposal, which passed its final vote Thursday, would eliminate the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. Its executive director is lobbying state lawmakers to keep funding it.
Three Judge Panel in State v. Clarence Roberts Votes Unanimously to Exonerate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | April 16, 2025 | The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission wishes to announce the exoneration today of Mr. Clarence Roberts. On August 15-17, 2023, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission (NCIIC) held a hearing in State v. Clarence Roberts, 13 CRS 054359 (Robeson County).