Wrongfully Convicted

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Anthony Broadwater
March 28, 2023
Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping author Alice Sebold.
April 14, 2022
Milwaukee approves an additional, almost million dollar payment to Darryl Dwayne Holloway who served 24 years for a crime he…
April 8, 2022
A disgraced former Baltimore Police Sgt. was a key witness this week against his ex-partner in a corruption trial.
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.
June 11, 2021
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle sent Gov. Mike Parson a letter seeking a pardon for Kevin Strickland, a…
March 10, 2021
Exonerated Jonathan Irons and WNBA wife, Maya Moore share updates on their marital bliss with 'Good Morning America' Host Robin…
Trial 4 Netflix Sean K. Elis
November 4, 2020
Netflix releases trailer for upcoming docuseries ‘Trial 4’ about Sean K. Ellis, a wrongfully convicted man who served 22 years…
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.
Michigan owes money thegrio
February 11, 2019
Michigan is supposed to pay wrongfully convicted citizens to make up for jail time, but the problem is the state…
Darryl Fulton thegrio.com
July 22, 2018
A Chase Bank branch on Chicago’s South Side refused to deposit a settlement check from a man who had been…
June 8, 2016
DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday threw out the murder convictions of a young Detroit man who pleaded guilty…
April 16, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As four men sat in prison for a murder they didn’t commit, records show that state
April 16, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As four men sat in prison for a murder they didn’t commit, records show that state
October 12, 2015
In 1998, when Jarrett Adams was just 17 years old, he and two friends visited the University of Wisconsin at…
September 2, 2015
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When two brothers were released after three decades of wrongful imprisonment, they struggled to adapt to…
July 30, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who served 17 years in prison for murder before being cleared of the crime…
April 15, 2015
DETROIT (AP) — Law schools trying to overturn the murder conviction of a young Detroit man have released a detailed…
January 14, 2015
If Louis Scarcella was considered one of New York’s finest, then the word fine leaves much to be desired. By
January 10, 2015
Derrick Hamilton, 49, was convicted of the 1991 murder of Nathaniel Cash — even though he had nothing to do with
November 22, 2014
Anthony Yarbough was wrongfully convicted in 1992 of murder — and now the state of New York is making amends. The