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Demetrius Smith who was wrongly convicted of murder and first-degree assault and spent more than five years in prison.

New book explores why political ideology impacts public opinions on wrongful convictions

Attorneys for Thomas Rosa are calling on a Massachusetts prosecutor to drop charges against him altogether, instead of trying the case again.

The Oregon Innocence Project on Wednesday accused the state of committing a "heinous injustice" in its handling of the case.

The last of 324 Bronx cases linked to ex-NYPD Detective Joseph Franco -- who was fired from the force for allegedly lying about drug busts -- have been tossed after an internal review by prosecutors, officials said Thursday.

Vietnam war veteran Leonard Mack had to live with the longest-standing wrongful conviction in US history

Eyewitness misidentification, like in Mack’s case, is the primary cause of erroneous convictions and played a role in 64% of […] The post Leonard Mack, wrongfully convicted of rape in 1976, exonerated by DNA evidence appeared first on TheGrio.

It’s been nearly two years since I did a deep analysis of the exoneration of Black people in this country. Although I haven’t written about it as much since it’s still a prominent occurrence for Black men in the country to be exonerated from prison because they were wrongfully convicted.

Three men who were imprisoned in two separate criminal cases in the 1990s had their wrongful convictions vacated last Thursday.New evidence came to light freeing Earl Walters, along with Armond

The 10th annual Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards will take place Saturday, Nov. 4, and boasts an esteemed panel of honorees. Here's what to know.