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On April 20th the Innocence Project at UVA’s law school will hold a public celebration of sorts – hosting six of the nine prison inmates who were pardoned during the last six months of the Northam Administration. It was a record, and the group fears it could be some years before other cases of wrongful conviction are resolved. Sandy Hausman has that story.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a Kansas City man who has been serving a life sentence for a 2003 murder, should be freed and his convictions set aside.

Lamonte McIntyre says a detective framed him after making sexual advances on his mother.

Derrick Hamilton spent 21 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

The Kansas City-based nonprofit Miracle of Innocence announced a new executive director Thursday. Rev. Laura Guy has been hired by the nonprofit — which was founded by two wrongfully convicted, imprisoned and eventually exonerated men, Daryl Burton and Lamonte McIntyre.

A Manitoba man’s $16 million lawsuit over his wrongful murder conviction has been dealt a lega...

Ryan Ferguson, once wrongfully convicted of murder and freed after spending 10 years in prison, spoke with "48 Hours'" Erin Moriarty, who has covered his story from the beginning.

Joyce Watkins wrongfully accused of first-degree murder and aggravated rape in 1988

A Missouri state representative has prefiled a bill to change the state's restitution law for people wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for crimes they didn't commit.

The KC Freedom Project organized a rally Monday outside the Missouri attorney general's office.