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Criminal Justice, Mass Incarceration

Black Man Spent 27 Years in Prison for Murder He Didn’t Commit

By the time he came home, his daughter was 27 years old - the age he was when he was arrested.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

June 3, 2022
Criminal Justice, News

Thomas Raynard James Exonerated After 32 Years in Prison for Murder Conviction

A Florida judge vacated his life sentence after it was found he never committed the crime.

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

May 2, 2022
News

Supreme Court Agrees To Review Rodney Reed Case On DNA Testing

The justices who will take up the case in the fall will decide if the death row inmate waited too long to ask for DNA testing

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

April 25, 2022
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

Exonerated Black Man in Kentucky Dies Before Wrongful Conviction Suit Goes to Trial

William Virgil passed away before he could finally have his day in court

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

March 30, 2022
Criminal Justice, News

Black Woman Who Served 26 Years for Murder Battles to Clear Her Name

Laquanda “Faye” Jacobs was arrested in 1992 and released in 2016 after accepting a deal from prosecutors

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

February 4, 2022
Criminal Justice, Social Justice

74-Year-Old Black Woman Exonerated for the Murder of Her Niece After Spending 27 Years in Prison

Joyce Watkins and her then boyfriend were convicted of rape and murder in 1987

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

January 18, 2022
Criminal Justice, Social Justice

Wrongfully Accused: The Exoneration of Black People

Experts explain why we 're seeing so many high-profile exonerations of Black people in the United States during the last few decades.

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

December 31, 2021
Criminal Justice, Social Justice

Black Man in Georgia Exonerated After Spending 23 Years in Prison For Wrongful Conviction

Devonia Inman was sentenced to life without parole for the 1998 murder of a Taco Bell night manager in Adel, Georgia

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

December 28, 2021
Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement

Jay-Z’s Team Roc Raises $1 Million to Help Investigate Wrongful Conviction Cases in Kansas City

The Grammy award-winning mogul and Team Roc recently filed a lawsuit against the KCPD in September, citing multiple abuse complaints.

By

Shanelle Genai

Published

October 13, 2021
News

Black Man’s Murder Conviction Reversed After 20 Years on Death Row

The jury never heard that a witness, the victim’s neighbor, saw a white man running from the crime scene.

By

Rachel Pilgrim

Published

October 8, 2021