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“I never gave up hope,” the man, who was convicted in a 1975 rape case in New York, told a newspaper.

Andy Malkinson spent 17 years in a British prison for rape before DNA evidence connected another man to the crime and a court freed Malkinson. But under British law, Malkinson would have to pay the government for housing and feeding him for 17 years. Under the Criminal Appeal Act of 1995, prisoners who are freed…

An urgent review of compensation laws for wrongfully convicted prisoners was ordered by the Justice Secretary on Monday, as it emerged that Rishi Sunak believes it is unfair to force them to pay for accommodation and food costs.

Please join us on Monday, July 31st at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Brenda Kiehlmeier about the case of her son Joel Atkin who was arrested and charged with third degree homicide despite calling 911 and asking for help from a person he claimed was threatening him. From the Wrongfully Convicted Website: On April 25, 2009, Joel Atkin was

Joe Amrine cleans restrooms at Kauffman Stadium for about 16 bucks an hour. Don’t we owe him better? | Opinion

The #FreeOurPeople Rally for the Wrongfully Convicted steps off in September at Harlem and Grand. The La Matriz Bakery owner is promoting the protest.

In his powerful memoir, "What Set Me Free," Brian Banks opens up about his harrowing experience with the criminal justice system and the long fight for his

A man who spent 33 years in prison for a Baldwin Park shooting was proclaimed innocent Thursday by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.

Terry Cheek was 32 years old and a mother of two at the time of her death

Opinion: An acquittal is not enough to do justice to the wrongfully convicted, but it is a necessary first step