By Emily Hopkins, The Mirror IndyAugust 28, 2024 Fran Watson wants you to know the Indiana Innocence Project is open for business. The organization doesn’t yet have a headquarters (Watson said it will likely be based in Indianapolis with strong ties to Bloomington), and its application to become a nonprofit is still pending. Read More
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An Indiana mother spent 17 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a fire that killed her 3-year-old son. Now the state of Indiana is set to financially compensate Kristine Bunch. Kristine and attorney Fran Watson joined us this morning to share her story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yfvkL8T4-QY
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HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — Roosevelt Glenn wants to ensure no one again has to endure the experiences he’s lived through as an innocent man who served nearly two decades behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. Read More
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Kristine Bunch was only 22 in 1996 when she was charged with the murder of her 3-year-old son, Anthony, who died in a house fire in Decatur County, Indiana. She was exonerated in 2012 after serving 17 years of a 60-year sentence. Read More
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Produced by Judy Rybak [This story first aired on Feb. 4. It was updated on Dec. 9.] HAMMOND, Ind. — For nearly two decades, Sally Glenn went to prison every other weekend to visit her son, Roosevelt. “It would hurt me. And when we’d leave there I would cry,” she told “48 Hours” correspondent Maureen
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Locked away for killing her 3-year-old son, a crime she says she didn’t commit, Kristine Bunch spent 16 years in prison fighting to prove her innocence. In 2012, the gavel finally fell in her favor. But true justice has yet to arrive. Read More
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Charges have been dismissed against a woman who served 16 years in prison after she was convicted of setting a fire that killed her 3-year-old son, the woman’s attorneys said Tuesday.