Nov 20
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A Black man from Queens has been released from prison after being incarcerated for 25 years for a crime he didn’t…
Nov 13
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After spending 15 years in a Nashville, Tenn., prison, a Black man was exonerated of a brutal murder after a judge…
Apr 25
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2 Black Men Released From Prison After Serving Over 17 Years for a Crime They Say They Didn't Commit
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Two Detroit-area black men locked up for the better part of 20 years for crimes they say they didn’t commit were…
Mar 9
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Two years ago, Maya Moore made the surprising choice to put her WNBA career on hold to advocate for 39-year-old…
Mar 9
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A federal court has refused the defendant’s request to dismiss Lamonte McIntyre’s claims against a Kansas City,…
Mar 3
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When I was 16, my mother and my next-door neighbor, who we called “Crow,” dropped me off for my first year of…
Feb 13
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It’s an unfortunate reality that failings in the American judicial system often result in people being imprisoned…
Oct 17 2019
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A New Orleans man who has long maintained he was wrongly convicted of murder experienced freedom for the first time…
Oct 15 2019
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John E. Reid and Associates, the firm behind the controversial police interrogation method the Reid Technique, has…
Jun 6 2019
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In 1971, when Wilbert Jones was just 19 years old, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping a nurse at gunpoint…
Mar 20 2019
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A San Francisco man will receive a $13.1-million settlement after being framed by police and spending years in…
Jun 6 2018
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Warning: This story is not about America’s criminal-justice system.
May 30 2018
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At the modern intersection of Islamophobia and the Black Lives Matter movement resides Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H.…
May 25 2018
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One hundred and ten years.
May 14 2018
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David Robinson has already spent almost 20 years of his life in prison for a murder he did not commit.
Mar 24 2018
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Lawrence McKinney, 61, was given $1 million in compensation Wednesday after DNA evidence cleared him of a wrongful…
Feb 2 2018
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Malcolm Alexander, who was just 21 years old when he was wrongfully convicted of aggravated rape and sentenced to…
Dec 21 2017
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Thirty years ago, three men broke into a Brooklyn, N.Y., Burger King, robbing the store and gang-raping an…
Nov 23 2017
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A federal jury awarded a Baltimore man $15 million after he spent more than two decades wrongly incarcerated for…
Nov 15 2017
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Updated Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, 5:35 p.m. EST: Many of you have asked how you can help Wilbert Jones. This…