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Reynaldo Munoz served 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Now his case is the 3,000th known exoneration in the U.S.

Its a great time of year to be a Des Moines Register subscriber, to keep up with action at the state Legislature and high school sports tournaments.

Three cases show how laws can block citizens from suing police and officials, making it harder to "clamp down on rogue officers."

Criminal justice reform advocates are taking another crack at passing a law that would compensate wrongfully convicted Oregonians — this time, with the Department of Justice's support. The Oregon Just...

A 65-year-old Iowa man who won a $100,000 lottery prize after pleading guilty to molesting his granddaughter now faces new charges of sexual abuse.

Des Moines and other cities had high homicide totals in 2020, which saw the largest recorded yearly increase in on record in the U.S.

I believe ... theyre still alive: On 20th anniversary of Bradley sisters disappearance, family keeps hope Grace Hauck and Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY © Max Herman, For USA TODAY Sheila Bradley-Smith holds a balloon release on the 35th Street Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday before a vigil for her nieces, Tionda and Diamond Bradley, who disappeared 20 years ago. CHICAGO — As they have for the past two decades, Tionda and Diamond Bradleys relatives gathered on Chicagos South Side...

Des Moines Register The man charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mollie Tibbetts testified Wednesday that he didnt kill Tibbetts. Instead, he pointed blame at two unknown masked men — one armed with a gun, another with a knife — who surprised him at his home on the Yarrabee Farms property in rural Poweshiek County the night Tibbetts disappeared. The men, according to Cristhian Bahena Rivera, forced him to get into his car July 18, 2018, and drive around near Brooklyn, Iowa,...

Des Moines Register The man charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mollie Tibbetts testified Wednesday that he didnt kill Tibbetts. Instead, he pointed blame at two unknown masked men — one armed with a gun, another with a knife — who surprised him at his home on the Yarrabee Farms property in rural Poweshiek County the night Tibbetts disappeared. The men, according to Cristhian Bahena Rivera, forced him to get into his car July 18, 2018, and drive around near Brooklyn, Iowa,...