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Santa Monica Press Conference

On Wednesday, May 8th, Justin Brooks, Alissa Bjerkhoel and Michael Semanchik will meet up with exonerees and family members of the California 12 at the Santa Monica pier at 10 a.m.  See below for the press release.

Innocence March Day Four

We were scheduled to take the day off today and have a rally in Oceanside. Instead, we met up with Adam Riojas at the pier where we addressed the press. Adam spent over a decade a prison for a crime his father committed. Riojas escorted the 3-person crew from the pier...

Innocence March Day Three

                Day 3 started with just the three walkers.  By mile 16, we had an unexpected guest – Chuck! Chuck came out on Day 1 and walked the entire length.               He is the...

Innocence March Day Two

Today we made our way from Ocean Beach to Del Mar.  The trio of Alissa, Michael and Justin was joined by a group of CIP friends and family.  We covered nearly 20 miles and finished at a Mexican restaurant in Del Mar.  See below for the stats and a few...

FIRST DAY OF THE 600 MILE INNOCENCE MARCH

April 27, 2013 – Today was the first day of the 56 day, 600 mile march across California to seek clemency from Governor Brown and free 12 men and women who have strong cases of factual innocence.  For the past year, I’ve planned for this day and I was...

Ignacio Ayana

  With a little over 3 weeks until the start of the march, we’ve been super busy.  Between training, promoting, and working on the clemency petitions, we have not been sleeping much.  We did, however, have time to sit down with Ignacio Ayana last Friday....