From the Perspective of an Innocence Project Exoneree

Elijah Craig III/The Innocence Project

Randall Mills

Lambda Alpha Epsilon invites students to hear Randall Mills speak about his experiences with the legal and correctional systems and his work with the Innocence Project at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in Giffels Auditorium on the second floor of Old Main.

Randall Mills was wrongfully convicted in January 2000 of rape and battery. After more than a decade in prison in Tennessee, new testing of DNA evidence excluded Mills as the perpetrator of the crime, but he was not exonerated. The Innocence Project continued to fight Mills' conviction, and on Nov. 19, 2013, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals found that all of Mills' convictions should be overturned based on the DNA evidence.

In April 2014, the Marshall County prosecutor announced that he would not call for a retrial, and Mills was exonerated. Mills now travels the nation speaking out about wrongful convictions and fighting for reform measures to prevent more Americans from being convicted of crimes they did not commit.

The event/program is free to current University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, students as supported by the Associated Student Government through the Office of Student Activities and funded by the Student Activities Fee. For questions or accommodations due to disability, please contact Lambda Alpha Epsilon President Alison Keeling at 501-993-6188 or email makeelin@uark.edu.