Wrongful Convictions

Daniel Taylor, wrongly convicted of double murder, awarded $14M by Chicago City Council

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When Anthony Harris was 12, he says he was forced to falsely confess to killing a child

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Ricky Godfrey California

Georgia lawmakers crafting new plan to compensate wrongfully incarcerated people 

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Willie Stokes sues city of Philadelphia after serving 37 years in prison on wrongful conviction

Willie Stokes, a Philadelphia man recently freed after 37 years in prison for murder, is suing the city for ‘outrageous police misconduct.’
/ January 31, 2022
Yusef Salaam mocks Donald Trump

Yusef Salaam, Exonerated 5 member, to run for Harlem state Senate: report

Yusef Salaam wants a seat in the Harlem senate to focus his efforts on police brutality, criminal justice reform, and wrongful convictions.
/ September 7, 2021
Fairfax County Cop Car

More than 400 Virginia convictions connected to officer could be overturned

Jonathan Freitag, 25, is accused of making up reasons to pull people over and planting drugs in their vehicles in Fairfax County Virginia.
/ April 18, 2021
Darryl Fulton thegrio.com

Lawyer: Racial bias led Chase Bank to reject settlement check of wrongfully convicted man

A Chase Bank branch on Chicago’s South Side refused to deposit a settlement check from a man who had been wrongfully convicted of murder and served 23 years.
/ July 22, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Dad who was wrongly imprisoned for 22 years gets to see 21-year-old son graduate college

While hundreds of students got to walk across the stage during the graduation ceremony from Goshen College, the moment was […]
/ April 25, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Rule targets prosecutors who don't reveal new evidence that could help prove wrongful convictions

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As four men sat in prison for a murder they didn’t commit, records show that state […]
/ April 16, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Rule targets prosecutors who don’t reveal new evidence that could help prove wrongful convictions

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As four men sat in prison for a murder they didn’t commit, records show that state […]
/ April 16, 2016