Wrongful conviction hearing starts for Missouri man imprisoned 33 years
A wrongful conviction hearing for Christopher Dunn begins in Missouri. Dunn has spent 33 years in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit.
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Lamar Johnson's 28-year fight for freedom
Lamar Johnson was convicted of Markus Boyd's murder in 1995. He always insisted he was innocent, but it would take almost three decades for a court to agree.
Exonerated man fulfills dream of walking daughter down the aisle
Lamar Johnson spent 28 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. Two months after his release, he was there to celebrate his youngest daughter's wedding day.
Lamar Johnson: "I am a freed man ... and a blessed man"
Missouri man spent almost three decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit before he was finally released.
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Marvin Haynes walked out of prison last month after a judge overturned his conviction for the 2004 murder of Randy Sherer.
Black man wrongfully imprisoned for 44 years gets $25 million settlement
"We are deeply remorseful for the past wrongs that caused tremendous harm to Mr. Long, his family, friends, and our community," the city's statement read.
Jimmy Soto, exonerated after 42 years in prison, is back home for Christmas Eve
Soto spent more than 40 Christmas Eves in prison, after a wrongful conviction for a murder he didn't commit.
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American Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia for 5 years, says it's "unfathomable to me that they've left me behind."
Judge orders new murder trial for Black man over role of race in picking jury
The federal judge said a trial judge in Mississippi didn't give Terry Ptichford's lawyer enough chance to argue that the prosecution was dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons.
Chicago cousins freed after being wrongfully incarcerated for 42 years
James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60 were wrongfully convicted in two 1981 murders and were expected to be released on Thursday.
Detroit community leader once wrongfully convicted is set to become a police commissioner
America is the land of second chances, and one Detroit man is making the most of his.
Man exonerated on Philadelphia murder charge 17 years after arrest
David Sparks was 16 when he was picked up for violating a Philadelphia curfew for teens. He was later wrongfully convicted in a deadly shooting.
Man compensated by Philadelphia after spending decades in prison for crime he didn't commit
The city of Philadelphia is compensating a man who spent decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Man imprisoned 16 years for wrongful conviction fatally shot by Ga. deputy
Leonard Allen Cure resisted arrest during a traffic stop, authorities say. He'd gotten $817,000 in compensation in August from Florida, where he'd been behind bars.
COVID relief funds help free man wrongfully convicted of 1997 murder
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Man imprisoned 30 years for rape is exonerated after DNA testing
Post-conviction DNA testing from a rape kit showed Perry Lott did not commit the 1987 crime.
Man freed after 28 years in prison for rape he falsely admitted to
The California Innocence Project says Gerardo Cabanillas confessed to rape, robbery and kidnapping after a detective told him he'd only get probation if he did.
Man imprisoned 22 years "cried like a baby" after murder charges dropped
Joey Watkins was 20 years old when he was convicted and sentenced to serve life plus five years in prison for the 2000 slaying of Isaac Dawkins.
Man wrongly convicted of murder gets "long overdue" apology, $340,000
Demetrius Smith who was wrongly convicted of murder and first-degree assault and spent more than five years in prison.
Man convicted of murder in 1993 gets new trial as key evidence questioned
Attorneys for Thomas Rosa are calling on a Massachusetts prosecutor to drop charges against him altogether, instead of trying the case again.
Man who spent 17 years on death row is free after murder conviction reversed
The Oregon Innocence Project on Wednesday accused the state of committing a "heinous injustice" in its handling of the case.
Hit in DNA database exonerates man 47 years after wrongful rape conviction
Leonard Mack, who served seven and half years in prison for the crime, said, "I never lost hope that one day that I would be proven innocent."
Years after being exonerated of murder, Wayne Washington's name is fully cleared
We uncovered Washington's story last year, when he took his fight for his innocence all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Woman imprisoned for library worker's 1980 murder could be released
Sandra Hemme, now 63, who was convicted of murder in the Nov. 12, 1980, killing of library worker Patricia Jeschke.
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