Glenn Ford Spent 30 Years on Death Row, Was Exonerated, Died, Yet is Still on Trial
A judge makes unfounded accusations against a dead man whose life was stolen to save the state from "automatic financial liability."
A judge makes unfounded accusations against a dead man whose life was stolen to save the state from "automatic financial liability."
"An over-technical interpretation of the law" leaves the late Glenn Ford's family with no remuneration for the life he spent behind bars.
Louisiana denied modest financial compensation to Glenn Ford because he couldn't prove his "factual innocence."
Another record year for proving some people behind bars are innocent.
Three years in prison without a trial, often in solitary, contributed to young man's suicide.
This latest failure of criminal science again highlights the need for massive reforms at law enforcement agencies.
"I was arrogant, judgmental, narcissistic and very full of myself."
Last year 125 people were freed from prison due to innocence, including six on death row.
A scholar tries—and fails—to rehabilitate the sex-abuse hysteria of the '80s.
The egregious Joe Freeman Britt.
A professor tries to rehabilitate ritual-abuse prosecutions of the 1980s and '90s.
Prosecutors increasingly willing to reevaluate cases
87 were released from prison in 2013 after proving they didn't do it
Texas case went back to 1992
Says he was tormented into confessing to a rape he didn't commit
A remarkable amount of foot-dragging by state's justice system
Spent years in jail over sexual assault charges based on faulty science
Have been in jail from sexual assault case dating back to 1994
Freed after judge overruled conviction
Thanks to court delays
Police beat a false confession from Eric Caine
Seems appropriate, since their laws put those people behind bars
Governments are slow to fix their mistakes
Claim sheriff's department refused to perform test
Five innocent kids were bulldozed
This should be a no-brainer
National registry records 69 just last year
A bit of compensation for what he lost
Problems over a parole violation 25 years ago
Convicted and jailed more than 20 years ago
He's still punished by a record of murder convictions that prosecutors couldn't prove
Trying to lock up fewer innocent people
Faces possible criminal charges of his own
Hardened criminals show a "lack of remorse"...and so do prisoners who didn't commit crimes at all.
One about a woman abandoned in a high-crime area and subsequently raped; the other about a man who served 26 years for a crime he didn't commit
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