A ruling from the state’s highest court has set the stage for a new trial or possible plea bargain for freedom in the case of a Hazelwood man who, though he was convicted in the 1994 killing of a government witness, has long claimed his innocence.
A recent article from the Institute for the Advancement of Criminal Justice misconstrues -- and misunderstands -- the work of Innocence Projects worldwide
New evidence in Troy Joseph's murder case was rejected over a mailing dispute.
A Cambria prosecutor has agreed to a plea deal to end Ernie Simmons' prosecution and free alleged the killer who has claimed innocence.
Report from WTAJ fails to include information on key witness recantations and lies.
Ernest Simmons is expected to be freed from prison after pleading “no contest” to a 1992 criminal homicide.
"Resurrected" depicts 10 wrongfully convicted men who were freed after years of sitting on death row or facing life sentences. Bolick features each in an acrylic and latex painting, some more than 6-feet-tall, and pen, pencil and marker drawings, accompanied by text in the exonerees' own words that tells the story of their incarceration and the evidence that eventually led to their freedom.
Why safety may fail the innocent; Obama's first major pardon request comes from a federal crack crimes case; new trial awarded in Jefferson City statutory rape case; bodies ordered exhumed in South Florida DNA case
Innocence Project releases report detailing all 250 exoneration cases and outlining causes of wrongful convictions.
Report from WTAJ fails to include information on key witness recantations and lies.
A recent article from the Institute for the Advancement of Criminal Justice misconstrues -- and misunderstands -- the work of Innocence Projects worldwide
Woman to stand trial in kitten piercing case, man charged in Myspace incident, libel case dismissed against John Grisham, and more
Corruption trial for Pa. Rep. begins, a convict who sought the help of an innocence project now admits guilt, Ontario man seeks exoneration in decades-old murder, and more.
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