MISSOULA — Every year, thousands of innocent people are imprisoned across the globe, which is why Thursday marked International Wrongfully Convicted Day . To bring awareness to those wrongfully convicted, the Montana Innocence Project hosted a speaker at the Missoula Public Library.

The Montana Innocence Project is a non-profit dedicated to reducing or overturning the convictions of innocent or wrongfully convicted people.

In the state of Montana, convicted individuals do not have the right to counsel until they have entered the appeals process.

The Montana Innocence Project offers services statewide, helping imprisoned people obtain legal counsel through the appeals process.

There are several hurdles the non-profit has to overcome, however, as between a tight budget and clients acro

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