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Chicago Settles For $50 Million In Wrongful Convictions Of Four Men
The Chicago city council voted Wednesday to pay $50 million to four Black men who wrongly spent decades behind bars. It's one of the most...
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Jun 13, 20242 min read
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Freed Murder Convict Sues Chicago, Says Eyewitness Was Blind
Darien Harris was an 18-year-old high school student when he was charged in connection with the death of a man at a Chicago gas station...
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May 28, 20242 min read
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Maryland To Pay $3.1M To 63-Year-Old Who Spent Decades In Prison For Wrongful Conviction
A 63-year old man will receive nearly $3.1 million from the state after he spent more than three decades in prison for a murder he did...
Crime and Justice News
May 2, 20242 min read
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Texas Judge Recommends Overturning Woman's Death Sentence Due To Withheld Evidence
A district judge who previously presided over a woman’s capital murder case recommended last week that the Texas Court of Criminal...
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Apr 17, 20242 min read
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Michigan Looks To Fix Flaws In Fund For Wrongfully Convicted
A bill moving through the Michigan House of Representatives would fix flaws in a 7-year-old compensation fund that the state set up to...
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Mar 26, 20242 min read
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Philly Man Freed After Serving 34 Years For Wrongful Conviction
Ronald Johnson, 61, who spent 34 years behind bars, was freed on Monday after a Philadelphia judge vacated his sentence and reversed his...
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Mar 6, 20241 min read
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Tampa Paying $14 Million to Man Wrongfully Imprisoned
A man who spent 37 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of a woman in Tampa, Fla., will receive...
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Feb 16, 20242 min read
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Perjury Case Of Philadelphia Cops Is Rarity Among Wrongful Convictions
Of the nearly 3,500 people exonerated of serious crimes in the U.S. since 1989, more than half had their cases marred by alleged...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20242 min read
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MI Pays Wrongfully Imprisoned Man $1.75M, He Seeks More From Police
A Michigan man who was wrongfully imprisoned for sexual assault is getting a major payout. The Michigan Attorney General's office...
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Jan 15, 20241 min read
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$25M Settlement Latest In Rising Wrongful Conviction List
The wrongful conviction of Ronnie Long might appear shocking: No physical evidence, false testimony, a conflicting description of the...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 12, 20242 min read
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N.C. Man Wins $25M Settlement After 44 Wrongful Years in Prison
Ronnie Wallace Long, who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 44 years, has reached a $25 million combined settlement with a...
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Jan 10, 20241 min read
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Some Excluded From Michigan Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Law
Marvin Cotton Jr., a Detroit man who had a murder conviction overturned in 2020, attempted to take advantage of Michigan’s Wrongful...
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Jan 3, 20242 min read
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Disabled Man Settles For $11.7M In Indiana Wrongful Conviction Case
Andrew Royer, a man with developmental disabilities who spent more than 16 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder, ...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 24, 20232 min read
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NY Governor Vetoes Bill To Ease Challenges Of Convictions
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their...
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Dec 23, 20232 min read
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Chicago Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder Released After 35 Years
A Chiicago man wrongfully convicted in a 1988 murder who spent 35 years behind bars was released Tuesday after a judge dismissed all...
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Dec 13, 20231 min read
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NIJ Report: The Role of Forensic Evidence in Wrongful Convictions
Forensic scientists at the National Institute of Justice wanted to examine the errors in forensic science that have led to wrongful...
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Nov 29, 20232 min read
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New York Judge Vacates Two Wrongful Murder Convictions
A New York judge vacated two wrongful convictions Monday after reinvestigations found the murder trials were based on incorrect...
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Nov 28, 20232 min read
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'Dark Pleas' Offer Freedom For Defendants Claiming Innocence
It was 2021, and Leroy Spruill and Wallace Jones had each served 26 years of a life sentence for the 1993 murder of Frank Swain in Roper,...
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Nov 24, 20232 min read
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Baltimore Pays $48 Million To Three Men Exonerated Of Murder
Three men who were wrongly arrested and spent 36 years in prison for a murder they did not commit will receive a $48 million payout from...
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Oct 19, 20232 min read
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OK Panel Considers Death Penalty Suspension After 46 Exonerations
An Oklahoma man serving a life sentence in prison hired a private investigator with COVID relief funds whose work, along with help from...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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