Marc Beach and Kristine Bunch of the Illinois Innocence Project work with the Wrongful Conviction Awareness and Avoidance ...

A witness in a Paterson wrongful murder conviction trial sent one of the lawyers involved in the case several text messages ...

After spending 18 years in prison, Sundhe Moses finally had his name cleared when Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Dineen Riviezzo decided to overturn his 20-year-old conviction for his role in the ...

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson has announced his intention to explore wrongful conviction claims in felony burglary and other non-homicide cases. Thompson gave the keynote address at the ...

There are two solutions that, while not perfect, could help reduce the prospect of innocent people being imprisoned in Indiana.

Over the years, stories of wrongful convictions have peppered news reports - tragic stories of people sent to prison because of bad witnesses, bad evidence, bad attorneys, and even police misconduct.

In 1992, Allen Andre Causey was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of Anita Byington. The courts ultimately rectified this by throwing out his conviction, and the ...

Half brothers Robert Hill and Alvena Jennette, leaving court in Brooklyn after being exonerated in May, 2014. (Photo courtesy NY Times) *(Via NY Times) – The New York City comptroller, Scott M.

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s Ultimate Justice: Four Perspectives on Wrongful Convictions of the Innocent series will continue with “The Myths and Realities of Wrongful Convictions in Popular ...

A City Council committee on Monday advanced a $90 million deal to settle nearly 200 police misconduct lawsuits tied to a corrupt former police sergeant accused of framing hundreds of people on drug ...

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