17-Aug-2024

New Indiana Innocence Project honors Cybergenetics

A new state-wide Indiana innocence project was launched in Indianapolis on August 17. Cybergenetics Dr. Mark Perlin was there to accept the INIP Hero 2024 award from the Indiana Innocence Project (INIP).

INIP Director Frances Watson and INIP Board Member Roosevelt Glenn made award presentations. They spoke about the Glenn and Darryl Pinkins exonerations, and the role of Cybergenetics TrueAllele Technology. After a combined 40 years in prison for a crime they did not commit, Cybergenetics pro bono advanced TrueAllele science reexamined old DNA evidence and set them free.

INIP's Hero awards recognized CBS 48 Hours Producer Judy Rybak and Dr. Perlin as "the catalysts and examples of the need to raise awareness and dollars to tackle [innocence] cases." Rybak and Perlin are part of what INIP calls "historical heroes" of the Indiana Innocence Project. Watson and Glenn gave the Glenn & Pinkins Award of Honor to the Herbert Simon Family Foundation, which funded the INIP launch. Twenty exonerees lined up in front of the Dallara IndyCar Factory stage. Glenn celebrated his move "from the penitentiary to the boardroom."