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Guess Who's On Obama's Summer Reading List?

Tayari Jones' novel An American Marriage explores the impact of wrongful convictions.
by nigelroberts1
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 nigelroberts1
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 nigelroberts1
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 nigelroberts1
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

Black Man Imprisoned 32 Years Free After Judge…

Andrew Wilson is free after serving 32 years of a wrongful conviction in which the prosecutor withheld evidence.
by nigelroberts1
03.17.17
Prison

REPORT: U.S. Exonerations See A Record High In…

In a trend that has increased over the years, the National Registry of Exonerations reported an astoundingly high amount of…
by Desire Thompson
04.29.21
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New York Withholds $18.5 Million Settlement From Wrongly…

Alan Newton spent years in a legal battle with the city after he was released from jail in 2006, the…
by Desire Thompson
01.22.16
ME.jailhouse#1.0117.CW Montebello City Council has approved use of a private contractor to run the n

Korey Wise Of Central Park 5 Gives $190,000…

After spending ten years in prison following a wrongful conviction, "one of five men known as the Central Park 5"…
by ionelholloway
04.25.16
jail

Wrongfully Convicted Brothers Given $750,000 Each After Spending…

After they were wrongfully convicted for the murder of an 11-year-old girl and subsequently forced to spend over 30 years…
by The Urban Daily Staff
09.05.15