A brain surgeon testified at Karen Read’s second murder trial that victim John O'Keefe's skull was mostly likely fractured when he fell backward and hit his head
April 28, 2025
Bobby Gumpright was in the throws of addiction 25 years ago when he fabricated a story that he had been robbed at gunpoint by a Black man
May 11, 2025
A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge
April 28, 2025
Texas man's murder conviction overturned after two decades based on false testimony
April 21, 2025
Colorado man released from prison after DNA evidence casts doubt on suspect in 1994 murder
April 15, 2025
Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that would change how wrongfully convicted people are compensated
April 04, 2025
World’s longest-serving death row prisoner awarded $1.4 million after acquittal – that’s $85 for each day
March 25, 2025
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February 25, 2025
Maui man freed after a 30-year sentence for a murder he says he didn’t commit
February 25, 2025
A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different
February 23, 2025
A judge has ordered the release of a Hawaii man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he has always denied committing
February 22, 2025
James Langhorne served decades in Maryland prison for wrongful murder conviction
February 14, 2025A panel of experts is disputing the medical evidence used to convict British nurse Lucy Letby of murdering seven newborns and trying to kill seven others
February 04, 2025
Connecticut is set to award $5.9 million to the family of a disabled man who served a quarter century in prison before his murder conviction was overturned
January 24, 2025Italy’s highest court has confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man in her British flatmate’s 2007 murder, a sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Atlantic
January 23, 2025
Two Native Hawaiian brothers who were convicted in the 1991 killing of a woman visiting Hawaii allege in a federal lawsuit that local police framed them under pressure to solve a high-profile murder
January 22, 2025Maryland State's Attorney supports Adnan Syed's request for reduced sentence as victim's family weighs in
January 13, 2025A suburban New York prosecutor says a reinvestigation has identified two suspects in a notorious 1996 double killing
December 31, 2024Years before Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce was born, his father spent time in prison for an armed robbery conviction that prosecutors now say was tainted by a detective’s lies and “highly suggestive” photo identification techniques
December 27, 2024
Chicago man Hilton Keller released from prison 33 years after wrongful murder conviction
December 24, 2024A man who spent more than 20 years behind bars before he was exonerated of robbing a Memphis music club is suing the city and 10 police officers, alleging they made up evidence that led to his wrongful conviction and a lengthy prison sentence
December 16, 2024A federal jury in Las Vegas has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who served more than 15 years in prison for a 2001 killing she did not commit
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December 11, 2024
A judge has overturned a Black man’s conviction in a 2009 double homicide that was investigated by a discredited white Kansas City, Kansas, police detective
December 10, 2024
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