WHAT: Press event to launch Fortress Innocence Group -- the first national investigative firm focused exclusively on wrongful convictions. The Fortress Innocence Group (www.fortressinnocence.com) is a joint venture with nationally known Fortress Global Investigations, Marty Tankleff and Jay Salpeter. At the event, several exonorees, including Alan Newton, Dave Shepherd and Dr. Ruben "Hurricane" Carter will also be available for interviews. Marty Tankleff, a Long Island man convicted in the 1988 slaying of his parents, served 17 years in prison before he was exonerated for a crime that he didn't commit based on evidence secured by career investigator Jay Salpeter. WHEN: Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Clifford Chance, LLP 31 W. 52nd Street, 4th Floor New York, NY
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