Nonprofit takes up work to overturn wrongful convictions after closure of Idaho Innocence Project

By: Laura Guido

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: September 24, 2026

Words: 1,140

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Correction: This story was corrected at 2:08 p.m. on Sept. 24 to clarify the Idaho Innocence Project’s role in Charles Fain’s case. The Idaho Innocence Project helped secure Fain’s certificate of innocence and identify the true perpetrator, but was not involved in his original exoneration.

Charles Fain says his three favorite letters in the alphabet are D-N-A.

In 2001, Fain was exonerated and released from an Idaho prison after nearly …

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