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Criminal Justice, News

3 Black Men Released From New York Prison After 24 Years. Judge Determined That Prosecutors Withheld Evidence of Their Innocence

It seems like not more than a few weeks ever passes before The Root covers another story about wrongly convicted Black men being released from prison after spending years and even decades behind bars for crimes they did not commit due to the wilful negligence and indifference of law enforcement and courts. In 1996, George Bell, Rohan…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 6, 2021
Criminal Justice, News

Black Man Who Spent 25 Years Incarcerated for a Murder He Didn’t Commit Has Been Exonerated

A Black man from Queens has been released from prison after being incarcerated for 25 years for a crime he didn’t commit. According to ABC 7, Jaythan Kendrick was exonerated on Thursday and released from incarceration. Kendrick, who is now 62, maintained his innocence from the start, and it took years of support from his…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

November 20, 2020
News

Tenn. Man Wrongly Imprisoned Says Money Awarded to Him Isn’t Enough

Clark McMillan, 59, of Memphis, Tenn., was wrongly convicted for the robbery and rape of a 16-year-old girl back in 1980. In 2002, DNA evidence cleared him and he was released from prison. And while he was awarded over $800,000, he says that it hasn’t been enough, USA Today reports. Because of his imprisonment, McMillan has…

By

The Root Staff

Published

September 26, 2016