A former Detroit homicide detective whose interrogation tactics have led to exonerations and multimillion-dollar settlements is now connected to another vacated conviction.Wayne County Prosecutor Kym ...

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 ...

Austin mother Carmen Mejia has been exonerated after spending 22 years in prison for the 2003 scalding death of a baby. Courts ruled new evidence proved the incident was a tragic accident.

Douglass Haynie and his attorneys are seeking compensation for his wrongful conviction. In 1993, Haynie was sentenced to life in prison for a murder a judge ...

Gareth Snow's prosecution was based on a third potentially faulty Post Office system, which the Criminal Cases Review Commission says could cause accounting errors [Google] A former Post Office ...

When Frankie Benitez walked out of an Illinois prison after more than 30 years behind bars, he carried little with him—except the weight of a lifetime stolen. Not long after, another man, Troshawn ...

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A man who spent half his life in Sing Sing for a 1998 murder he did not commit now wants New York City to pony up $100 million for his time behind bars. Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez is suing the city and ...

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.

FOR YEARS. HE WAS AT THE STATEHOUSE FOR TODAY’S EVENT. MIKE BEN. IF YOU ARE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF A FELONY IN MASSACHUSETTS, THE MOST YOU CAN RECEIVE IN COMPENSATION FROM THE STATE IS $1 MILLION.

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