Congratulations to our colleague, Lisa Kavanaugh, Director of the CPCS Innocence Project, who has helped secure the release of her client, George Perrot. Mr. Perrot has spent the last 30 years in prison for a rape he was convicted of based on what is now debunked evidence. Her work and that of co-counsel from Ropes and Gray is helping to ignite investigations into the convictions of others who, like Perrot, were found guilty because of microscopic hair analysis, a scientific process that has been proved flawed. Below are several news reports on Mr. Perrot’s release: