Wrongful Conviction

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December 1, 2021
Broadwater's 1982 conviction was overturned last week after authorities determined there were serious flaws in his prosecution.
Montoyae Dontae Sharpe -theGrio.com
November 14, 2021
Montoyae Dontae Sharpe received a pardoned after serving 24-years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of first degree murder.
November 13, 2021
John Artis and Rubin Carter were wrongfully convicted of the 1966 slaying of three white people at a bar in…
Isaiah Andrews
October 29, 2021
Isaiah Andrews, 83, maintained his innocence in the murder of his wife after they wed in 1974. After 45 years…
Ralph Blaine Smith thegrio.com
September 17, 2021
Ralph Blaine Smith was freed from an Ohio prison in July after serving 21 years for a crime that may…
Grant Williams thegrio.com
July 23, 2021
Grant Williams spent 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit and was officially cleared of the…
July 19, 2021
This second group includes some who Chicago officers arrested alongside those who have already had their convictions overturned.
Rep. Maxine Waters thegrio.com
June 26, 2021
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Friday announced new legislation seeking to provide a significant financial boost for exonerated individuals.
June 11, 2021
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle sent Gov. Mike Parson a letter seeking a pardon for Kevin Strickland, a…
May 26, 2021
Gerald Goines, the ex-Houston Police narcotics officer who arrested Floyd in 2004, currently faces charges on two murder counts.
judge gavel court thegrio.com
May 15, 2021
A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half…
May 12, 2021
"All those who have reviewed the evidence in recent months agree -- Kevin Strickland deserves to be exonerated," officials said.
Ledell Lee
May 8, 2021
Four years after the execution of Ledell Lee, DNA testing has revealed that the genetic material on the murder evidence…
October 7, 2020
Derrick Harris was released after a co-defendant signed a declaration that he wasn't part of the 2013 robbery of which…
March 17, 2020
Jessicah Black has recanted her original testimony that implicated five Black teens in the 2002 murder of local man Nathaniel…
Lamonte McIntyre
February 25, 2020
Lamonte McIntyre learned Monday he will receive $1.5 million for a wrongful conviction that resulted in him spending 23 years…
Exonerated Baltimore
November 26, 2019
Thanksgiving will be extra sweet for three Baltimore men released from prison on Monday after serving 36 years for a…
Delbert Orr Africa
September 8, 2019
New York man Sundhe Moses, wrongfully convicted of the murder of a four-year-old girl, is finally free after 24 years…
June 28, 2019
Wrongfully convicted of a 2003 robbery, Royal Clark Jr., is walking free after new evidence determined that he did not…
May 24, 2019
A North Carolina man who once was on death row and then served more than 40 years in prison for…