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Baltimore City Hall, theGrio.com
October 23, 2023
Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins — known today as the “Harlem Park Three” — were arrested as minors…
Maurice Hastings, california man wrongful conviction, Maurice Hastings 25 million theGrio.com
March 3, 2023
A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit was declared…
January 19, 2023
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services wrongfully incarcerated hundreds of children in juvenile detention after a court...
Rikers Island theGrio.com
March 5, 2022
Derrick Harris is suing New York City and the NYPD after a four-year Rikers Island sentence he claims was wrongful.
Earl Snoddy thegrio.com
February 11, 2022
Earl Snoddy was sentenced to life in prison for a 1995 robbery but after spending 27 years incarcerated, his sentence…
Curtis Flowers Mississippi charges thegrio.com
March 3, 2021
"I believe it should have been more, but I feel good," Curtis Flowers remarked after being awarded the maximum allowed…
Huwe Burton thegrio.com
January 25, 2019
Thirty years after he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his mother Bronx man, Huwe Burton has finally had his name cleared.
September 14, 2018
Another Black man has been freed after wrongful imprisonment.Josiah Galloway walked out of a courthouse on Long Island, N.Y., holding hands…