On April 13, Mark, who serves as the faculty director of the College’s Ohio Innocence Project (OIP), and the OIP students and staff won a decision from the 2nd District Court of Appeals that threw out Roger Dean Gillispie’s conviction on the ground that someone else (Kevin Cobb) likely committed this offense. Mark and the OIP had Gillispie’s conviction thrown out on a constitutional Brady claim in federal court in December and he was released after 20 years in prison.
Mark was featured or quoted in:
- University of Cincinnati’s Ohio Innocence Project To Be Featured on NBC, US Fed News (Apr. 6, 2012);
- Dateline, Haunted Memories; Single Mother Nancy Smith, Bus Driver for Head Start, Convicted of Child Sexual Abuse in Controversial Case, TV Series (NBC News Apr. 8, 2012);
- Lou Grieco, New Trial Ordered for Twice-Convicted Rape Suspect; Roger Dean Gillispie Spent 20 Years in Prison for 1988 Incidents, Dayton Daily News B1 (Apr. 14, 2012);
- Deb Rieselman, Watch Entire ‘Dateline’ Episode Featuring UC’s Innocence Project: Video of Sunday’s ‘Dateline’ Looks at How a Woman Spent 15 Years in Prison for Crimes She Did Not Commit and How the Efforts of UC College of Law’s Ohio Innocent Project Played a Role in Her Freedom, UC News (Apr. 13, 2012); and
- Laura A. Bischoff, Rape Case Appeal May Be Delayed; Dewine, Gillispie’s Lawyers Want to Wait for Justices, Dayton Daily News B8 (Apr. 19, 2012).