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Crime scene, theGrio.com
December 20, 2022
A Philadelphia man who served nearly three decades behind bars, including 25 years on the city’s death row list, was…
Alabama Parole Board
October 1, 2022
If the federal government wants to deliver on the promises of criminal justice reform, then it must create conviction integrity…
Alabama, Juvenile, theGrio.com
March 7, 2022
The Bipartisan effort will streamline the system and speed up the process for paying wrongful conviction claims.
January 21, 2022
Joyce Watkins and Charlie Dunn spent 27 years in prison before parole was granted in 2015, but Dunn died before…
Judge Wooden gavel on the table of judge with american flag and black chair
January 16, 2022
"We cannot give Ms. Watkins or Mr. Dunn their lost years but we can restore their dignity," said Nashville District…
November 27, 2021
A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $1.3 million for the exonerated Missouri man who spent decades in prison for…
Groveland Four thegrio.com
November 22, 2021
The quartet of Black men known as the "Groveland Four", who were falsely accused of rape, have been cleared.
Crime scene thegrio.com
August 24, 2021
Former Philadelphia police detectives were arrest for perjury which led to an innocent Black man, Anthony Wright, being wrongly convicted.
Curtis Crosland thegrio.com
June 25, 2021
A Philadelphia man has been cleared of murder and released from prison after 34 years by evidence that was suppressed…
May 23, 2020
The new season of NBC's "America's Got Talent" won't premiere until Tuesday, but one contestant is already making eyes watery.
jail cell thegrio.com
July 1, 2019
Cedric Willis who had been exonerated in 2006, for crimes he didn't commit and was working as a motivational speaker,…
handcuffs thegrio.com
December 20, 2018
Clarence Shipley Jr. fell into the arms of his defense attorney - with relief  - after spending 27 years in…
April 26, 2016
Darryl Pinkins was convicted of rape in May of 1991, and he served 25 years before being released from prison…
April 14, 2016
According to a TMZ report, Zach Randolph has been exonerated after the woman who brought up allegations of abuse against…
April 14, 2016
According to a TMZ report, Zach Randolph has been exonerated after the woman who brought up allegations of abuse against…
July 30, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who served 17 years in prison for murder before being cleared of the crime…
May 25, 2015
MIAMI (AP) — A Miami man sentenced to life in prison as a juvenile in the slaying of an ice…
May 21, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Kareem Bellamy became a millionaire Wednesday. But the 48-year-old says the money cannot make up for the…
January 23, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A three-judge panel ordered Friday that Joseph Sledge who spent nearly four decades behind bars be freed…
January 13, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will pay $17 million to settle three wrongful criminal convictions. City Comptroller Scott…