More than half of the conviction review units listed on the National Registry of Exonerations website have not produced an exoneration, according to … [Read more...]
MISCONDUCT LEADS TO EXONERATION AFTER 25 YEARS
Indianapolis prosecutors and a California law school clinic worked together to free a man imprisoned for nearly 25 years for murder, according to … [Read more...]
EXONERATED PASTOR FILES LAWSUIT OVER FALSIFIED EVIDENCE
After the State of North Carolina vacated charges against him, a pastor who spent more than eight years in prison filed a lawsuit in his hometown … [Read more...]
OHIO: $1.3M settlement reached in wrongful conviction case
After 21 years of incarceration for a crime he didn’t commit, Ralph Smith, 49, was awarded $1.3 million for his wrongful imprisonment, according to a … [Read more...]
Growing number of exonerations nationwide spawns new industry
As the number of exonerations slowly rises across the country, so do the wrongful conviction claims against states. The falsely convicted and … [Read more...]
DEFENSE PREVAILS
SQ Warriors dish up a beatdown over Green Team The San Quentin Warriors’ dominating defense helped them post a conclusive 81- 67 victory over … [Read more...]
San Francisco Innocence Commission to continue under new prosecutor
Newly appointed District Attorney Brooke Jenkins says she will retain the San Francisco Innocence Commission created by recalled DA Chesa … [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...]
Brothers awarded $75M for wrongful conviction
$1 million per year judgement for two men cleared by DNA after more than three decades’ incarceration Two half-brothers, one on Death Row … [Read more...]