Wrongful Convictions

MAY 17: Missouri Govern Mike Parson addresses the media on the last day of legislative session

Missouri Governor Pardons the Ignorant, But Not the Innocent

Prosecutors agree that Kevin Strickland and Lamar Johnson were erroneously convicted of murder, but they remain detained with no hope of a reprieve, VICE News reports.

Shani Saxon Aug 9, 2021 10:00AM EDT

Supreme Court building in Washington D.C.

SCOTUS to Rule on Challenge to Convictions Made Under (Racist) Non-Unanimous Jury Laws

Justices will decide whether those with finalized convictions under ‘Jim Crow’ jury laws have a right to a new trial.

Shani Saxon Dec 2, 2020 5:15PM EST

Brooklyn D.A. Determined to Overturn Wrongful Convictions

11 wrongful convictions named in less than a year

Carla Murphy Jan 7, 2015 5:33PM EST

Central Park Five Settle With New York City For $40 Million

The Five were wrongly convicted as teens for the brutal rape and assault of the Central Park Jogger

Carla Murphy Jun 20, 2014 10:02AM EDT

New York Man Cleared After 25 Years In Prison Plans $162M Suit

While murder happened he was at Disney World on a family trip

Carla Murphy Jun 18, 2014 12:34PM EDT

50 Percent of Those Exonerated in National Registry are Black

The University of the Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law have partnered to launch a National Registry of Exonerations that keeps an up to date list of all known exonerations in the United States since 1989.

Jorge Rivas May 22, 2012 11:15AM EDT