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Japan Gives $1.4M To Innocent Man Who Spent 44 Years On Death Row
A Japanese court awarded $1.4 million to a man who spent 44 years on death row for a murder conviction that was later overturned, said...
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6 days ago2 min read
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12 States Lack Laws Compensating Wrongfully Convicted People
Michael Woolfolk attended a legislative committee in Georgia where lawmakers considered for a third year whether to compensate the...
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Mar 182 min read
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Supreme Court Throws Out Richard Glossip Murder Conviction And Death Penalty
The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who was found...
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Feb 262 min read
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NY Conviction Integrity Units Produce Few Exonerations
There are 17 conviction integrity programs across New York, which has more than any other state except California. The units, typically...
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Feb 142 min read
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CT Awards $5.9M To Family Of Man In Alleged False Confession Case
More than four years after Richard Lapointe’s death, his family will receive nearly $5.9 million from Connecticut for his wrongful,...
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Jan 262 min read
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Las Vegas Woman Wins $34M In Wrongful Conviction Case
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department must pay $34 million to a woman who was arrested as a teenager and imprisoned for 16 years...
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Dec 16, 20241 min read
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Longest Held Wrongful Incarcerated Woman Given Permanent Freedom
On Tuesday, a judge ruled that Sandra Hemme, who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue was committed by a...
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Dec 4, 20242 min read
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Massachusetts To Pay $13 Million To Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Spent Decades In Prison
Earlier this month, a Massachusetts jury ruled that 64-year-old Michael Sullivan — who has been in prison for nearly three decades — was...
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Nov 27, 20242 min read
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PA Man Exonerated In Killing Seeks Damages From State Troopers
More than six years after he was exonerated, a man charged as an 11-year-old with shooting his father’s pregnant fiancee to death wants a...
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Nov 21, 20242 min read
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Jury Awards $50 Million In Illinois Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit
A jury in Chicago awarded an Illinois man who spent nearly 10 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of murder more than $50...
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Sep 11, 20242 min read
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Man Suing Over His Wrongful 20-Year Imprisonment Says County Withholding Documents
A man who wrongly spent almost two decades in prison urged U.S. District Chief Judge Kimberly Mueller on Friday to hold three California...
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Aug 26, 20241 min read
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Edmond, OK, Will Pay $7M To Man Wrongfully Imprisoned 48 Years
An Oklahoma city agreed to a $7.15 million settlement with Glynn Simmons, who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 50 years for a murder...
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Aug 15, 20242 min read
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DA In Erie County Fights To Keep Man Behind Bars After Murder Conviction Tossed
Last summer, an Erie County judge threw out the conviction of Brian Scott Lorenz in a 1993 murder that had set off a raft of accusations...
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Aug 12, 20242 min read
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Chicago Suburb Ordered To Pay $22.5M In Damages For Wrongful Murder Conviction
The city of Naperville must pay $22.5 million in damages for the wrongful conviction of a man accused of arson and murder. A federal jury...
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Aug 7, 20241 min read
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MO AG Bailey, Facing Election, Tries Keep Exonerated Inmates Jailed
Over the years, Missouri inmate Christopher Dunn, serving a life sentence for a 1990 fatal shooting, encountered numerous hurdles in his...
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Aug 6, 20242 min read
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Missouri Man Released From Prison After 30 Years Despite AG Efforts
A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state...
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Jul 31, 20242 min read
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Judge Orders Release Of Wrongfully Convicted MO Man After 33 Years
Christopher Dunn was wrongfully convicted of murder and assault in 1991, and after 33 years in a Missouri prison, should be released...
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Jul 23, 20242 min read
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Missouri Court Orders Woman's Release After 43 Years in Prison
The Missouri Supreme Court has facilitated the release of a Sandra Hemme, a 64-year-old Missouri woman, by overturning her murder...
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Jul 19, 20242 min read
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Missouri Woman Ordered Released By Appeals Court After 43 Years in Prison
An appellate court has ordered the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in...
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Jul 10, 20242 min read
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Texas Court Exonerates Man On Death Row For Decades
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found Kerry Max Cook innocent of the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards, citing shocking allegations of...
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Jun 20, 20242 min read
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