justice
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Can Justice Be 26 Years Too Late? New Missouri Law May Help Free a Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder
Lamar Johnson may finally get a new day in court after spending over two decades in prison thanks to a bill that goes into effect later this month.
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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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Massachusetts School District Suspends School Police Program After Cops Were Called on 6-Year-Old
I never understand the logic behind calling the police on a very young child. I can’t imagine looking at a 6-year-old and going “Fuck, I’m in danger.” Apparently, officials at a school in Somerville, Mass., didn’t feel the same way, and after an incident where the police were called on a 6-year-old Black and Latino…
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North Carolina Jury Awards $75 Million to Brothers Who Spent 3 Decades in Prison After Being Wrongfully Convicted
A federal civil rights trial in North Carolina ended with a jury awarding two Black, mentally challenged half-brothers $75 million on Friday. Both men were found wrongfully convicted after spending three decades in prison over the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. According to NBC News, Henry McCollum and Leon Brown were both…
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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…