A Banner Year for Richmond Law's Institute for Actual Innocence
February 24, 2025
Richmond Law's Institute for Actual Innocence achieved four groundbreaking wins in 2024.
With four major victories, Richmond Law's Institute for Actual Innocence saw a banner year in 2024. In late December, President Joe Biden commuted the death penalty sentence of client James Roane, and earlier that month, he commuted the home confinement sentence of Amber Gauch. In June, the Virginia Court of Appeals exonerated Marvin Grimm, who had spent 45 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, and in April, the 20-year sentence of Leshay Rhoton was commuted to 12.5 years.
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