Willie Manning shows why death penalty must end
OPINION - Unless the governor of Mississippi intervenes, the Magnolia State will execute Willie Jerome Manning on May 7...
Alabama legislation would exonerate Scottsboro Boys
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In 1931, Alabama wanted to execute the black Scottsboro Boys because two white women claimed they were gang-raped...
2 freed after 17 years in prison for murder
NBC New York - Cathy Watkins and Eric Glisson are enjoying their first night of freedom in 17 years. Ever since their convictions for the murder of a Bronx livery cab driver, they've insisted they were innocent.
Brian Banks scores NFL tryout
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Brian Banks will get a crack at the NFL, even if it's simply a tryout. The Seattle Seahawks confirmed Wednesday they will hold a tryout for Banks, a former high school football star...
Exonerated of murder, aboxer makes a debut at 52
Cliché or not, it is hard not to imagine the familiar trumpet score along with the thwock, thwock, thwock of fists on punching bags as Dewey Bozella trains for one of the least likely boxing matches in history...
One of 2 men exonerated goes back to prison
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A judge on Monday ordered one of them back to prison but allowed the other to remain free while fighting cancer...
5 most unjust convictions of black men that were overturned
NEWS ONE - In the United States, there have been 272 post-conviction exonerations. In 161 cases, the affected persons were African-American. News One looks at 5 unjust convictions of black men...
