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Darien Harris filed a federal lawsuit in April alleging Chicago police fabricated evidence and coerced witnesses into making false statements.
Attorney Kim Gardner cited “clear and convincing evidence” that Christopher Dunn had not been involved in the 1990 shooting death...
Lawmakers are pushing for restitution legislation to help Black men such as Lamar Johnson, now free after serving 28 years…
A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life…
Lamar Johnson was convicted in 1995 of fatally shooting 25-year-old Marcus Boyd over a $40 drug debt.
Maurice Hastings, who spent 38 years behind bars, is now free after newly tested DNA evidence exonerated him from a…
The city of New York is settling lawsuits filed on behalf of two men who were exonerated last year for the 1965…
A Michigan man who was wrongfully convicted of arson in 1997 will likely be a free man sooner rather than…
A Louisiana man imprisoned for nearly four decades until conviction in a 1979 rape was thrown out in 2018 is…
Sullivan Walter used a handkerchief to wipe away tears Thursday as a judge formally vacated his conviction for a home-invasion…
Lawyers for Muhammad Aziz, who spent two decades in prison for Malcolm X's 1965 murder, filed a civil rights lawsuit…
The efforts of Alexander McClay Williams' 92-year-old sister and his attorney's great-grandson ultimately led to his exoneration.
A district attorney will review 80 cases investigated by Philip Nordo, a former Philadelphia Police detective convicted this week of…
Shawn Williams, who was 19 when a jury convicted him in 1994, won a settlement after alleged misconduct by a…
A Florida man spent years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was released only to now…
The Bipartisan effort will streamline the system and speed up the process for paying wrongful conviction claims.
Vincent Simmons was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, after 44 years in prison on rape charges.
Kevin Dugar was convicted of a 2003 murder in Chicago. A decade later, his brother wrote to him confessing to…
Joyce Watkins and Charlie Dunn spent 27 years in prison before parole was granted in 2015, but Dunn died before…
One man’s false testimony was the only thing that linked Willie Stokes to a 1984 murder in Philadelphia, leading to…