Falsely accused man, freed after 30 years in jail
VIDEO - A Missouri man who spent three decades in prison for rape he didn't commit is now a free man. 49 year old Robert Nelson was convicted in 1984 of rape, sodomy and robbery
Mississippi Supreme Court blocks execution
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday evening's scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of the 1992 slayings of two college students.
Wrongly convicted man gives back to police
BAY AREA - Almost three years after being exonerated for a crime thanks to DNA evidence, Terrill Swift was invited to come to Hayward to be the keynote speaker for a law enforcement community summit...
Wrongly convicted man released; 'truly happy' after 14 years in prison
NBC Bay Area - Johnny Williams spent 14 years in prison for an attempted rape he never committed. On Friday, a judge overturned his conviction. And on Tuesday, the 37-year-old Williams spoke publicly for the first time.
Blacks' Y chromosome sparks shift in evolutionary timetable
NBC NEWS - Scientists say an African-American male's odd genetic signature suggests that the human Y chromosome's lineage goes back further in time than they thought — perhaps due to interbreeding with other populations such as Neanderthals...
theGrio's 100: Dr. Rick Kittles, uncovering our genetic roots
theGRIO's 100: Rick Kittles, PhD, 47, has traced the ancestry of over 100,000 African-Americans, including Oprah Winfrey, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee and India Arie in his role as co-founder and scientific director of African Ancestry, Inc...
Autographed Michael Jackson memorabilia may be phony
NBC Los Angeles - Three years after his death, Michael Jackson remains the "King of Pop." Fans are willing to pay big bucks for almost anything with Jackson’s...
Man cleared in 1986 Lake County rape case
NBC Chicago - Today is the day Bennie Starks has been waiting for...
Texas judge to consider DNA in Sherman Hemsley case
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A man who says he is Sherman Hemsley's brother is expected to reveal the results of a DNA test to a judge in Texas in an effort to prove his claim for a share of the late actor's estate...
Evidence questioned in Missouri child rape case
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - The crime was brutal: a 7-year-old girl choked, raped and forced to smoke drugs before she was left for dead in a fire set by her attacker. Somehow, she survived. Firefighters founder her at dawn, stumbling through the street and wearing just one shoe...
