When Purdue Northwest Professor Nicky Jackson got the call she would receive the Heart of Indiana Torchbearer award, she was shocked. “I thought it was a total joke. They said it was for real ...

His entire life changed for the better when he met Dr. Nicky Jackson, an associate criminal justice professor at Purdue ... "If you came out of prison in Indiana, because you're innocent, they ...

A Purdue University Northwest professor who's dedicated herself in assisting and advocating for wrongly convicted individuals has been awarded a Torchbearer Award by the Indiana Commission for Women.