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Tayari Jones' novel An American Marriage explores the impact of wrongful convictions.
by Nigel Roberts
08.20.18
Row of Prison Cells
Innocent Man Freed After Serving 25 years

A Brooklyn man walked out of prison after serving 25 years of a wrongful conviction linked to a notoriously corrupt…
by Nigel Roberts
07.15.18
Open door to prison cell
Inmate Accuses NYPD Cop Of Corruption

Lawyers for a New York inmate filed a new motion that seeks to exonerate him of a conviction involving a…
by Nigel Roberts
01.24.18
Courtroom in Courthouse State Historic Park.
Meet The Black DA Fighting Wrongful Convictions

One Midwestern prosecutor has been used his influence to expedite plans to continue to prove the innocence of the wrongfully…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
11.10.17
After 13 years, Baltimore man free after new witnesses say he is innocent of 2004 murder
Man Exonerated After 13 Years Of Life Sentence

A judge threw out the wrongful conviction of Lamar Johnson after three new witnesses came forward to say he was…
by Nigel Roberts
09.21.17
Los Angeles Times
‘A Leap Of Faith:’ Jimmie Gardner Details Road…

NewsOne Now continues its conversation with Gardner about the process of getting released from prison after serving 27 years.
by D.L. Chandler
03.15.18
Scientist pipetting a sample into a vial for analytical testing in a chemistry laboratory.
Scandal Overturns 21,000 Drug Convictions

Annie Dookhan, a former drug lab chemist in Boston, admitted to tampering with evidence in what appeared to be a…
by D.L. Chandler
04.21.17
Andrew Wilson Freed After Conviction Overturned
Wrongfully Convicted Black Man Free

Andrew Wilson is free after serving 32 years of a wrongful conviction in which the prosecutor withheld evidence.
by Nigel Roberts
03.17.17
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