Prosecutor uncovers untested rape kits
VIDEO - Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy has seen her share of grisly crime, but even she was shocked by a discovery in 2009 at a former police storage warehouse...
Illinois man freed after murder conviction vacated
(AP) - One of five men sent to prison for the rape and murder of a middle school classmate two decades ago walked out of an Illinois prison Friday...
Mitrice Richardson's body exhumed
LOS ANGELES - Richardson, whose remains were found in a remote area of Malibu Canyon after she went missing for several months, was exhumed Wednesday, according to officials...
Man freed after 2009 conviction overturned
BALTIMORE - He was convicted on weapons charges and served two years in prison...
NY judge blocks award to man cleared of rape
NEW YORK (AP) - In awarding the money, the jury ruled last year that the city had violated his constitutional rights...
Suspect in Texas serial rapes is prison employee
EDNA, Texas (AP) - Texas DPS says DNA samples link Harris to at least five assaults or attempted assaults over the past two years, and authorities suspect Harris' involvement in other cases...
DNA overturns 30-year-old rape and robbery conviction
DALLAS (AP) - "Whatever your truth is, you have to stick with it," Cornelius Dupree Jr, 51, said Tuesday, minutes after a Dallas judge overturned his conviction...
DNA clears Texas man who spent 30 years in prison
DALLAS (AP) - Dupree was charged in 1979 with raping and robbing a 26-year-old woman and sentenced in 1980 to 75 years in prison for aggravated robbery...
