The Register-Herald |
Ace, a brown pit bull therapy dog, snoozes at Jason Lively’s feet as he caresses his neck under the table in a government board room.
Seventeen years ago, Lively was tried and convicted of murder. He spent 14 years in prison before new evidence freed him.
Mountain State Spotlight |
Jason Lively was convicted of killing a prominent McDowell County resident in a fire, but powerful new evidence called that conviction into question.
Charles Jason Lively entered the Mercer County Courthouse Wednesday morning wearing shackles and a prison uniform. He walked out a free man.
WVU Today |
The Innocence Project law clinic at the West Virginia University College of Law has helped free a client from prison after proving he was convicted of a crime he did not commit.
The Circuit Court for Tyler County recently vacated the conviction of Christopher Dodrill. In 2016, Dodrill was found guilty of child abuse with serious bodily injury and unlawful assault after a child under his care became injured. He was sentenced to three-to-15 years in prison.
Innocence Project Staff |
(West Virginia–August 9, 2018) Innocence Project client Philip Barnett was released from Parkersburg Correctional Center this afternoon after having posted bail set earlier today by Judge Alfred E. Ferguson of West Virginia’s Sixth Judicial Circuit in Huntington, West Virginia. The court agreed to set bail in the amount of $50,000 while Barnett’s habeas petition based on new and exculpatory DNA evidence is pending.
