wrongfully imprisoned
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Detroit Man, Convicted Based on a Single Hair, Released After 41 Years in Prison
Ledura Watkins has spent his entire adult life in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. On Thursday, after some 41 years behind bars, Watkins, now 61, walked out of Michigan’s Wayne County Jail after his conviction was overturned. According to the Washington Post, Watkins was freed after prosecutors agreed that his murder conviction in…
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Mike Pence Didn’t Pardon a Wrongfully Convicted Innocent Man, so His Replacement Did
Keith Cooper was wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit 20 years ago, and he patiently waited three years for then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to use his executive power to issue a pardon and remove the mark from his record, to no avail. On Thursday, Pence’s replacement, Republican Eric Holcomb, got the job…
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2 Wrongfully Imprisoned NYC Men Open Restaurant, Work to Help Wrongfully Convicted
It’s been a long way home for two New York City men who were wrongfully imprisoned for murders they didn’t commit. However, as CBS News reports, far from being bitter, the men have now become business partners in a new Brooklyn, N.Y., restaurant while working full time to help the wrongfully convicted. According to the…