Newly appointed District Attorney Brooke Jenkins says she will retain the San Francisco Innocence Commission created by recalled DA Chesa … [Read more...]
Nation’s 3,000th exoneration clears man who spent 30 years in prison
Reynaldo Munoz became the 3,000th known person to be exonerated in the United States when his conviction was overturned in March 2022 after he served … [Read more...]
TENNESSEE: State’s first murder exoneration announced by Gov. Bill Lee
After 12 years in prison, Adam Braseel made history as Tennessee’s first convicted murderer to receive a full exoneration. Announced by Governor Bill … [Read more...]
Witnesses admit framing Ohio man
A wrongfully convicted Ohio man is free after serving more than 25 years after two eyewitnesses admitted to framing him. Marvell Dixon wept when … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Innocence Commission wins first exoneration for wrongful conviction
A San Francisco man’s murder conviction was overturned after 32 years of claiming his innocence, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Joaquin … [Read more...]
Brooklyn man serves 24 years on coerced testimony, settles for $10.5M – NEW YORK
Based on the testimony of a single eyewitness, and with zero forensic evidence against him, Shawn Williams was convicted of a fatal 1993 shooting in … [Read more...]
Chicago man settles wrongful conviction lawsuit for $7.5M
In 2016, Cooper’s pardon application was declined by Indiana’s former governor, Mike Pence, despite his having the support of the state’s parole … [Read more...]
Pair found innocent decades later – Tennessee
Couple exonerated by new evidence; one died in custody, declared innocent posthumously A couple convicted in the brutal rape of a young child in … [Read more...]