innocence project
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60-Year-Old Philadelphia Man Exonerated After Wrongfully Spending Over 30 Years in Prison
Curtis Crosland spent years trying to prove his innocence. A review of his case found that the information proving his innocence was on file the whole time.
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Illinois Set to Become First State to Bar Police Officers From Lying to Minors to Coerce Confessions
The state of Illinois is on its way to becoming the first in the nation to bar police officers from lying to minors during interrogations. In an effort to prohibit the manipulative tactics cops often use to coerce confessions that often turn out to be false confessions—to which people under the age of 18 are…
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Georgia Man Free After Spending 2 Years in Jail for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
It’s really hard to have faith in a system that routinely allows cops to get away with things that would see the rest of us locked up, while at the same time incarcerating innocent people over weak cases with questionable evidence. A man in Augusta, Ga., spent two years in jail for a crime he…
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DNA Test in 1993 Arkansas Killing Reveals Genetic Material of Someone Other Than the Black Man Who Was Executed for the Crime
So many horrific things happen in America’s courts that’s it’s amazing so many people believe we have a fair, just and totally not racist legal system. We’ve seen countless stories about Black men serving time for decades only to be found innocent years later. In Arkansas, DNA testing has revealed genetic material of an “unknown…
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Black Man Who Spent 25 Years on Mississippi's Death Row Released From Prison After Evidence is Discredited
A Black man in Mississippi who spent over 25 years on death row has been freed after key evidence used in his conviction was discredited. According to the Associated Press, the now 67-year-old Eddie Lee Howard was convicted of capital murder multiple times in the 1992 stabbing death of 84-year-old Georgia Kemp. District Attorney Scott Colom…
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Richmond Black Man Granted Conditional Pardon After Over 20 Years in Prison for a Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit
Imagine being put in prison for a crime you didn’t commit and then being pardoned over 20 years later under the condition that you don’t raise complaints you may have against the arresting officers, prosecutors, or your imprisonment. This may very well be the story of 40-year-old Rojai Fentress from Richmond, Va., who has maintained…
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Late Charge: Judge Says Prosecutors’ Demand to Free ‘Innocent’ Man Jailed for Murder Comes 24 Years Too Late
Despite overwhelming evidence by prosecutors that a man sitting in a Missouri prison was wrongfully convicted of murder, a judge has denied a bid for a new trial saying, essentially, that the request comes 24 years too late. Twenty-four years is how long Lamar Johnson has been trapped in prison for what even prosecutors say…
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Innocent Man Released After 21 Years in Prison, Star Witness Confesses to Killing: 'I Can't Live With This on My Conscience'
After 21 years behind bars, one Pennsylvania man will finally resume the life he left behind. CNN reports that 44-year-old John Miller has been released from prison after David Williams, the star witness in a murder case that Miller was charged for, has confessed to committing the act himself. “I’m very happy and excited that…