Blind Injustice

About the show

The opera follows six Ohioans who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated, alongside the lawyers and law students working on their cases through the Ohio Innocence Project. Among them are Clarence Elkins, convicted of rape and murder after a weak identification; Nancy Smith, convicted of child-abuse charges; the East Cleveland Three, who served 20 years after convictions based on tainted evidence and misidentification; and Rickey Jackson, who served 39 years for a murder he did not commit. Their stories trace the alleged crimes, imprisonment, legal advocacy, and eventual release.