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2/13/20

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Man Convicted of Double Murder 25 Years Ago Is Free After New Evidence Emerges

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10/17/19

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Criminal Justice10/17/19

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Innocence Project New Orleans: A Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years Is Forced to Trade the Truth for His Freedom

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10/15/19

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Police Interrogation Firm Sues Ava DuVernay and Netflix, Claiming Defamation for When They See Us

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6/6/19

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New Louisiana Law Allows Expert Testimony on the Flaws of Eyewitness Accounts of Crimes

Monique Judge

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3/20/19

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Police Brutality3/20/19

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San Francisco Man Gets $13M Settlement After Being Falsely Framed for Murder by Police

Angela Helm

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6/6/18

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6/6/18

‘Evilest White Woman on Earth’: The Criminal Injustice of Terra Morehead

Michael Harriot

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5/30/18

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5/30/18

The Unofficial Gag Order of Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown): 16 Years in Prison, Still Not Allowed to Speak

Obaid H. Siddiqui

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5/25/18

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5/25/18

Stacey Abrams’ Sister Is Engaged to a Man Incarcerated 26 Years for a Rape and Robbery He Didn’t Commit

Michael Harriot

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5/14/18

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5/14/18

A Missouri Man Has Already Served Almost 2 Decades in Prison for a Murder He Didn’t Commit, but He Still Has Not Been Freed

Breanna Edwards

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3/24/18

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3/24/18

Innocent Man Awarded $1 Million After Spending 31 Years in Prison for Crime He Didn’t Commit

Terrell Jermaine Starr

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2/2/18

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The Movement2/2/18

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Louisiana Man Exonerated by DNA Evidence After Serving Nearly 38 Years in Prison for Rape He Didn’t Commit

Kirsten West Savali

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12/21/17

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12/21/17

NYC Man Exonerated After Serving 30 Years for Rape He Didn’t Commit

Anne Branigin

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11/23/17

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11/23/17

Jury Awards Man $15 Million for Spending 20 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

Michael Harriot

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11/15/17

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11/15/17

Black Man in Louisiana to Be Freed From Prison After Judge Overturned 1974 Conviction, but He Still Has to Pay $2,000 Bail

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8/25/17

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8/25/17

Detroit Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years, Claims in New Lawsuit That Police Deliberately Set Him Up to Take the Fall

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8/18/17

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The Root Reviews8/18/17

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Crown Heights Exposes a Very Common American Problem: Wrongful Conviction

Danielle Young

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6/16/17

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6/16/17

Detroit Man, Convicted Based on a Single Hair, Released After 41 Years in Prison

Breanna Edwards

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6/2/17

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6/2/17

Prosecutors Drop All Charges Against Detroit Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison in Murder Case

Breanna Edwards

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5/25/17

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5/25/17

Innocent Philly Man Freed After Spending 24 Years in Prison

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4/19/17

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4/19/17

Fla. Apologizes to ‘Groveland Four,’ Men Wrongly Convicted of Rape in 1949

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A Racist Judge, An Alleged Affair and N-Word Laced Text Messages Put 8 Years of Cases Under Review

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Man Convicted of Double Murder 25 Years Ago Is Free After New Evidence Emerges

Innocence Project New Orleans: A Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years Is Forced to Trade the Truth for His Freedom

Police Interrogation Firm Sues Ava DuVernay and Netflix, Claiming Defamation for When They See Us

New Louisiana Law Allows Expert Testimony on the Flaws of Eyewitness Accounts of Crimes

San Francisco Man Gets $13M Settlement After Being Falsely Framed for Murder by Police

‘Evilest White Woman on Earth’: The Criminal Injustice of Terra Morehead

The Unofficial Gag Order of Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown): 16 Years in Prison, Still Not Allowed to Speak

Stacey Abrams’ Sister Is Engaged to a Man Incarcerated 26 Years for a Rape and Robbery He Didn’t Commit

A Missouri Man Has Already Served Almost 2 Decades in Prison for a Murder He Didn’t Commit, but He Still Has Not Been Freed

Innocent Man Awarded $1 Million After Spending 31 Years in Prison for Crime He Didn’t Commit

Louisiana Man Exonerated by DNA Evidence After Serving Nearly 38 Years in Prison for Rape He Didn’t Commit

NYC Man Exonerated After Serving 30 Years for Rape He Didn’t Commit

Jury Awards Man $15 Million for Spending 20 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

Black Man in Louisiana to Be Freed From Prison After Judge Overturned 1974 Conviction, but He Still Has to Pay $2,000 Bail

Detroit Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years, Claims in New Lawsuit That Police Deliberately Set Him Up to Take the Fall

Crown Heights Exposes a Very Common American Problem: Wrongful Conviction

Detroit Man, Convicted Based on a Single Hair, Released After 41 Years in Prison

Prosecutors Drop All Charges Against Detroit Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison in Murder Case

Innocent Philly Man Freed After Spending 24 Years in Prison

Fla. Apologizes to ‘Groveland Four,’ Men Wrongly Convicted of Rape in 1949

After Confessing To Playing 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild, St. Vincent Realizes She's Played 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild

This Tesla Model X Has Driven Over 400,000 Miles. Here Are All The Parts That Had To Be Replaced

Nobody Knows Why A Random NPC In Red Dead Redemption II Suddenly Became A Murderer

Man Convicted of Double Murder 25 Years Ago Is Free After New Evidence Emerges

Innocence Project New Orleans: A Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years Is Forced to Trade the Truth for His Freedom

Police Interrogation Firm Sues Ava DuVernay and Netflix, Claiming Defamation for When They See Us

New Louisiana Law Allows Expert Testimony on the Flaws of Eyewitness Accounts of Crimes

San Francisco Man Gets $13M Settlement After Being Falsely Framed for Murder by Police

‘Evilest White Woman on Earth’: The Criminal Injustice of Terra Morehead

The Unofficial Gag Order of Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown): 16 Years in Prison, Still Not Allowed to Speak

Stacey Abrams’ Sister Is Engaged to a Man Incarcerated 26 Years for a Rape and Robbery He Didn’t Commit

A Missouri Man Has Already Served Almost 2 Decades in Prison for a Murder He Didn’t Commit, but He Still Has Not Been Freed

Innocent Man Awarded $1 Million After Spending 31 Years in Prison for Crime He Didn’t Commit

Louisiana Man Exonerated by DNA Evidence After Serving Nearly 38 Years in Prison for Rape He Didn’t Commit

NYC Man Exonerated After Serving 30 Years for Rape He Didn’t Commit

Jury Awards Man $15 Million for Spending 20 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

Black Man in Louisiana to Be Freed From Prison After Judge Overturned 1974 Conviction, but He Still Has to Pay $2,000 Bail

Detroit Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years, Claims in New Lawsuit That Police Deliberately Set Him Up to Take the Fall

Crown Heights Exposes a Very Common American Problem: Wrongful Conviction

Detroit Man, Convicted Based on a Single Hair, Released After 41 Years in Prison

Prosecutors Drop All Charges Against Detroit Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison in Murder Case

Innocent Philly Man Freed After Spending 24 Years in Prison

Fla. Apologizes to ‘Groveland Four,’ Men Wrongly Convicted of Rape in 1949