The Wisconsin Innocence Project of the UW-Madison Law School, which seeks to free those who have been wrongly convicted, also began looking into Brummer’s case six years ago, said John Pray, the program’s co-director.
“The students I had believed in Penny, liked the case, but they hadn’t cracked any signficant new evidence that was going to lead to a motion” to reopen the case, Pray said.
With the publication of the Berrys’ book, Pray said, the case is being reviewed again. Pray said he expected his team will focus this time on the physical evidence, none of which directly tied Brummer to the killing.