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The number of wrongfully convicted prisoners being exonerated is skyrocketing
Washington, DC, leads the nation by far with more than two exonerations per 100,000 cases. The US a…
Mark Abadi
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This Innocent Man Spent 35 Years In Prison Before DNA Evidence Proved He Didn't Rape A 9-Year-Old Boy
Under Florida's wrongful incarceration statute, Bain received compensation from the state of Florid…
Christina Sterbenz
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Innocent Man Freed After 35 Years Has An Incredible Outlook On Life
Even the strongest parts of the state's case had quite a few holes. The victim only gave Bain's ful…
Christina Sterbenz
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New Mexico sheriff says the 'Rust' shooting investigation is 'ongoing' after Alec Baldwin claimed he was exonerated in the deadly shooting
The Santa Fe sheriff's office released a trove of new photos and videos, but their site crashed soo…
Lauren Frias
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This Chart Shows The Real Reason More Innocent Prisoners Are Being Freed Than Ever In The US
Of the 87 exonerations in 2013, 17%, a record number, occurred in cases in which the defendants ple…
Christina Sterbenz
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Malcolm X's daughter says 'vindication' has finally been rendered for the 2 men exonerated in her father's murder
"Full justice will not be served until all parties involved in the orchestrated killing of our fath…
DeArbea Walker
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Exonerated 'Central Park 5' member mimics Trump's 1980s ad that called for the return of the death penalty
"Over 30 years ago, Donald Trump took out full-page ads calling for my execution," Yusef Salaam, a …
Isobel van Hagen
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A North Carolina man spent 24 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. He was just pardoned and is seeking compensation.
Dontae Sharpe was exonerated in 2019 after he served 24 years in prison for first-degree murder.
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Trump responds to Mueller report summary: 'Total EXONERATION'
The completion of Mueller's report does not mark the end of the Russia investigation altogether; th…
David Choi
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Trump blasts Comey's exoneration of Clinton as part of a 'rigged system'
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham released a statement on …
Alex Lockie
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The House Judiciary Committee will call Attorney General William Barr to testify about the Mueller report
"In light of the very concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the Justice Department …
Grace Panetta
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Delayed justice for Kevin Strickland, the Groveland 4 highlight a racial reckoning in criminal justice
Kevin Strickland was released from prison days after the Groveland four were exonerated. Experts se…
DeArbea Walker
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In A Record Year For Exonerations, This Bar Owner Has One Of The Most Outrageous Stories Of All
The conviction was particularly egregious because building's insurer, Mt. Morris Mutual Insurance C…
Erin Fuchs
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A man who was in prison for 34 years was exonerated after an investigation found evidence of police misconduct
A Philly man was released after 34 years in prison for murder after evidence emerged that informant…
Gabby Landsverk
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Merrick Garland says he's concerned about 'randomness' of death penalty and its 'disparate' impact on Black Americans
Since 1973, 185 people have been exonerated after being wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death…
John Haltiwanger
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Making a Murderer' convict Steven Avery's lawyer is confident he'll be exonerated by new evidence in 'months
When asked what new evidence makes Avery and his attorney so confident, Busse answered: "Phone…
Jethro Nededog
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A man wrongfully convicted of murder is suing Hertz for not locating a receipt that proved his innocence
Herbert Alford was in jail for nearly five years before being exonerated after Hertz found the rece…
Kelsey Vlamis
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'Now we FIGHT BACK!': The Trump re-election campaign is fundraising using the attorney general's Mueller report summary
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler announced he will call Barr to testify before the c…
Grace Panetta
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2 men convicted of assassinating Malcolm X have been officially exonerated
A new investigation alleged the FBI and NYPD hid evidence that proved the innocence of two men conv…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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An exonerated Missouri man who was released from prison after 43 years isn't eligible for compensation from the state. Donors have now raised over $1.4 million on GoFundMe.
Missouri law only allows compensation from the state if an individual's innocence is proven as a re…