The Making of New Haven’s Wrongful Conviction CrisisHolding Me Captive

Holding Me Captive is project on the makings of New Haven’s wrongful conviction crisis by Yale’s Investigatie Reporting Lab.

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Credits and additional information

This Yale Investigative Reporting Lab project is a collaboration between Sarah Stillman’s English 480 class and James Jeter’s Children of the Storm. Contributors include: Matt Nadel (project coordinator); Keerthana Annamaneni (researcher); Sammy Westfall; Caroline Wray; Ko Lyn Cheang; Laura Glesby; Teigist Taye; Ram Vishwanathan; and Will Sutherland. This website was designed with generous support from the Yale Law School, and, in particular, from the SNF Fund for the Integration of Theory and Practice.

Explore the student reporting behind ‘Holding Me Captive’:
Documentary: 120 Years (2017)
Matt Nadel and Lukas Cox on Scott Lewis’s Case
Scott Lewis: Innocent Man (2017)
Sammy Westfall on Scott Lewis’s Case
The Thing About Winter (2017)
Caroline Wray on Scott Lewis’s Case
Coming Home Convicted (2017)
Keerthana Annamaneni on Stefon Morant’s Case
Righting a Wrongful Conviction (2018)
Overview of Vernon Horn’s Case from Yale Law School
Why Is This Man Still In Prison? (2021
Ko Lyn Cheang on Daryl Valentine’s Case
Gaylord Salters Comes Home (2022)
Laura Glesby on Gaylord Salters’s Case
Fair Trial or Foul Play? (2022)
Teigist Taye on J’Veil Outing’s Case
Inmate Brings Innocence Quest To Last Stop (2021)
Ram Vishwanathan on Maleek Jones’s Case
Murdered Youth (2023)
Will Sutherland on Ryan Myers's Case

Contact/Support the Work

Do you know of wrongful convictions in New Haven that merit further investigation? Do you have a story you want to share about being affected by law-enforcement misconduct in New Haven, particularly in the 1980s, 1990s, or early 2000s? If so, please reach out; James Jeter, Children of the Storm’s director, would like to hear from you.

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