Exoneration of Willie Shaw marks 10th secured by Wrongful Convictions Clinic

Co-Director of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic James E. Coleman Jr.  was elated to celebrate the clinic's 10th client to be exonerated this month. On Jan. 19 a Mecklenburg County Superior Court judge vacated the conviction and ordered the release of Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Willie George Shaw, who spent nearly six years in prison after entering an Alford plea in connection with the death of a nursing home resident. Read more on the case here.