Illinois Again Led Nation In Exonerations Last Year, With 126
There were 228 exonerations in 26 states and the District of Columbia last year, says the National Registry of Exonerations its annual...
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Apr 21, 20232 min read
Men Declared Innocent First To Be Paid For Prison Time Under CA Law
Two California men who served nearly 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of attempted murder were declared innocent Thursday...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 29, 20232 min read
MD Appeals Court Restores Murder Conviction Of Adnan Syed
A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, who was found guilty of the 1999 killing of his...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 28, 20232 min read
New York Paying $5.5M to Man Exonerated in Rape Of Writer Sebold
After being wrongfully convicted of rape and serving 16 years in prison, Anthony Broadwater has settled a lawsuit against New York state...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 17, 20232 min read
Conviction Review Units Have Figured In 670 Exonerations
A Florida man who served more than 34 years of a 400-year sentence for an armed robbery conviction was released Wednesday after...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 20, 20232 min read
AG Creates State Office to Probe CA Wrongful Convictions
Promising "statewide leadership" in reviewing possible wrongful convictions, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his office...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20232 min read
MO Prisoner Freed After Decadeslong Battle
The man whose claims inspired a Missouri law giving prosecutors a legal avenue to appeal cases in which they believe defendants were...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 31, 20233 min read
Rollins: Miscarriages of Justice Go Beyond A 'Few Bad Apples'
To reduce the number of miscarriages in the justice system, the idea that their cause is a "few bad apples" should be abandoned, says...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Podcast Tipster Leaves FL Bench to Represent Inmate
During his defense lawyer days, Scott Cupp failed to convince Florida prosecutors that his client, Leo Schofield, was innocent of the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 13, 20232 min read
Exonerees Struggle To Receive Compensation For Prison Time
Malcolm Alexander spent nearly 38 years serving a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, while maintaining his innocence....
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Montana Man Gets $5M Settlement For 1998 Wrongful Conviction
Richard Raugust, wrongfully convicted in a homicide, has received $5 million settlement in a case against Sanders County, Mt., and a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 19, 20222 min read
Will RI Woman Get Large Restitution Payment For Wrongful Conviction?
In 2002, Kimberly Mawson of Rhode Island headed out to fetch diapers, baby wipes and milk for 19-month-old Jade. She got a ride with the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Georgia Men Released After Podcast Discloses New Evidence
Two Georgia men were released from prison – and one of them was exonerated – after spending more than two decades behind bars, when a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Wrongly Convicted NY Man To Receive $18M Settlement
A man who was freed in 2015 after spending a quarter-century in prison for an infamous tourist killing will receive nearly $18 million in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 4, 20222 min read
How An Innocent New Haven Youth Spent Decade In Prison
Everybody knew Bobby Johnson was no killer. His friends, his mother, his nine siblings and the other Black teenagers who hung out with...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 27, 20222 min read
As Exoneration Claims Rise, Firms Give Inmates Expensive Advances
After nearly 20 years in a New York prison for a 1989 murder he did not commit, Huwe Burton walked out with no money, no credit and no...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 31, 20222 min read
$36 Million Due For Exonerations In Malcolm X Killing
Lawsuits filed on behalf of two men exonerated last year for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X are being settled by the New York City,...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 26, 20221 min read
Exoneration May Not Mean Compensation In Many States
When Maryland prosecutors dropped murder charges against Adnan Syed, he had already spent 22 years in prison, USA Today reports. "Today,...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 20, 20222 min read
Three Wrongly Convicted Louisiana Men Released After 28 Years
Three Louisiana men incarcerated for over 28 years were found to have been wrongfully convicted of murder after newly uncovered evidence...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 7, 20222 min read
'Maddening Irrelevance' of Innocence in AEDPA Case
Thanks to the “arbitrary cruelty” of a federal law strictly limiting inmates’ court challenges of their convictions, a man serving a life...
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