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Former Albuquerque police officer Kenneth Skeens charged with felonies after alleged unlawful arrest of man with disabilities at Target.

After his wrongful conviction as one of the Central Park Five was overturned, Mr. Salaam found it hard to rebuild his life. Now he stands to take office next year.

Mr. Salaam was one of the Central Park Five who were wrongly convicted and then exonerated in the rape and assault of a jogger in Central Park in 1989.

Yusef Salaam, exonerated as part of the Central Park 5 in 2002, appeared to be heading toward a City Council victory as voters embraced more moderate candidates.

A Chicago mom and her son have filed a lawsuit after all charges were dropped against them concerning a fatal shooting at a restaurant on the city's South Side.

A Brevard County real estate investor has filed a lawsuit against the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office after he and his brother were arrested for burglary while surveying a house.

A judge overturned Barry Jones’s conviction on charges that he sexually assaulted and murdered his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter in 1994.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office sought the dismissals because of due process violations.

Readers respond to an essay by a Central Park birder. Also: A worker shortage; wrongful convictions; politicized courts; reparations and tax relief.

Jay Salpeter cracked a high-profile case to help exonerate Martin Tankleff. It was a blessing and a curse. For both of them.