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Law Practice,
Criminal

Dec. 26, 2017

Pro bono attorneys reverse wrongful conviction

A man wrongfully convicted of murder was granted his freedom this year after 21 years in prison with the help of a Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP partner and a Santa Clara University School of Law professor with the Northern California Innocence Project.

Pro bono attorneys reverse wrongful conviction
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP partner Khari J. Tillery worked with the Northern California Innocence Project to help free a wrongfully convicted man this year.

A man convicted of murder was freed this year after 21 years in prison with the help of a Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP partner and a Santa Clara University School of Law professor with the Northern California Innocence Project.

"He's so happy to be spending Christmas with his family this year," said Paige Kaneb, the professor who worked on the case for the Innocence Project with Keker attorney Khari J. Tillery. "He has a sister. ...

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