A judge threw out the wrongful conviction of Lamar Johnson after three new witnesses came forward to say he was not the gunman.
Alabama has yet to compensate Anthony Ray Hinton, who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit.
Shaurn Thomas was serving a life sentence for a murder he didn’t commit.
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Edward Lee Elmore glanced at the ceiling when a judge asked him if he was sure he wanted to plead guilty to the murder he has spent decades denying. He whispered to his lawyer, who had told him “freedom is justice,” and then looked toward the heavens again. SEE ALSO: Sandusky Abused […]
