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The reality for many wrongly convicted Georgians is that after spending decades locked away by the state, they are released without a financial safety net of any kind. So, getting absolved of guilt provides only a bit of solace.

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ATLANTA — The harsh reality for many wrongly convicted Georgians is that after spending decades locked away by the state, they are released without a financial safety net of any

The first-degree murder case of John Wakefield, who was convicted in 2015 of strangling...

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Robert Xie loses appeal against convictions over brutal Lin family murders Posted SunSunday 14 updated MonMonday 15 FebFebruary 2021 at 1:31am Robert Xies appeal against his five murder convictions has been dismissed in the NSW Court of Appeal. ( Print text only Cancel Former doctor Robert Xie has lost an appeal against his convictions for violently murdering five members of his family in their Sydney home. Key points: Three of his grounds of appeal involved DNA evidence found in his garage Xi...

Robert Xie lost his appeal against his murder convictions and will die in prison Killed five family members in their Sydney home including two young children Murdered three adults and two children with a hammer-like object in 2009 NSW Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed his conviction challenges on Monday Xie, 57, will spend the rest of his life behind bars as his wife claims hes innocent

N.J. court gives suspect ‘trade secret’ access to DNA software allegedly linking him to murder [nj.com] A state appeals court has ruled that a Hudson County murder suspect should be given access to the source codes of the cutting-edge DNA software that prosecutors say links his saliva to evidence in a 2017 shooting that killed a man and injured a child. It’s the first time New Jersey courts have discussed the emerging field of probabilistic genotyping, which mathematically analyzes DNA sa...

Law Beat: Court of Appeals next stop for True Allele murder case FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6John Wakefield is sentenced to life in prison on May 27, 2015, in Schenectady County Court. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union) Show MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6Buy PhotoJudge Eugene Fahey testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on his nomination to the New York State Court of Appeals Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union ar...