Decades of Exoneration Stats Show Blacks More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted
Everything from official misconduct to bad eyewitness identifications to false confessions played roles.
Innocence
Trump's Stubbornness on the Central Park Five's Guilt a Warning to Criminal Justice Reformers
Not even DNA evidence can get him to change his mind.
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."
Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Spent 30 Years on Death Row Not Entitled to Compensation, Court Says
"An over-technical interpretation of the law" leaves the late Glenn Ford's family with no remuneration for the life he spent behind bars.
Innocent Man Spent 30 Years in Prison, Died a Year After His Release. Now the State Might Finally Pay
Louisiana denied modest financial compensation to Glenn Ford because he couldn't prove his "factual innocence."
Are You a Fan of Making a Murderer? Check Out These Exoneration Figures for 2015
Another record year for proving some people behind bars are innocent.
The Dreadful Criminal Justice System That Destroyed Kalief Browder
Three years in prison without a trial, often in solitary, contributed to young man's suicide.
The FBI's Forensics Disaster
This latest failure of criminal science again highlights the need for massive reforms at law enforcement agencies.
Ex-prosecutor Apologizes to Exonerated Man He Put on Death Row
"I was arrogant, judgmental, narcissistic and very full of myself."
2014 Was Another Banner Year for Letting Innocent People Out of Jail
Last year 125 people were freed from prison due to innocence, including six on death row.
The Return of Moral Panic
A scholar tries—and fails—to rehabilitate the sex-abuse hysteria of the '80s.
As Two Exonerated Men Leave Prison, the Prosecutor Who Put Them There Is Unrepentant
The egregious Joe Freeman Britt.
When Satan Was Spotted at Head Start
A professor tries to rehabilitate ritual-abuse prosecutions of the 1980s and '90s.
Exonerations in United States at Highest Point in 25 Years
Prosecutors increasingly willing to reevaluate cases
2013 Was a Banner Year for Letting Innocent People Out of Jail
87 were released from prison in 2013 after proving they didn't do it
Last of Fabricated 'Satanic Ritual Abuse' Prisoners Finally Freed
Texas case went back to 1992
Man Claiming Torture from Chicago Police Freed After 30 Years in Jail
Says he was tormented into confessing to a rape he didn't commit
Texas Man Remains in Prison for Years after Conviction Overturned
A remarkable amount of foot-dragging by state's justice system
'San Antonio 4' Speak Out After Release from Prison
Spent years in jail over sexual assault charges based on faulty science
Four Texas Women May Be Freed from Prison over Discredited Expert Testimony
Have been in jail from sexual assault case dating back to 1994
Herman Wallace, Released Member of 'Angola Three,' Dies at 71
Freed after judge overruled conviction
Young NYC Man Spent Five Years in Jail Waiting for Murder Trial and Was Acquitted
Thanks to court delays
Chicago Pays $10M After Putting Innocent Man Away for 25 Years
Police beat a false confession from Eric Caine
Wyoming Lawmakers Consider Assistance for Wrongfully Convicted Inmates
Seems appropriate, since their laws put those people behind bars
Uncorrected Criminal Records Dog the Wrongfully Convicted
Governments are slow to fix their mistakes
Man Cleared of Rape by DNA Evidence Plans to Sue
Claim sheriff's department refused to perform test
Documentary Dissects False Arrests in High-Profile Crime
Five innocent kids were bulldozed
Washington Considers Compensation for the Wrongfully Convicted
This should be a no-brainer
Exonerations for the Wrongfully Convicted Continue To Add Up
National registry records 69 just last year
Exonerated After Five Years in Prison, Innocent Man Signs With Atlanta Falcons
A bit of compensation for what he lost
Man Proven Innocent After 20 Years, but Still Stuck in Prison
Problems over a parole violation 25 years ago
NY Prosecutor Seeks Release of Man Falsely Imprisoned for Rabbi's Murder
Convicted and jailed more than 20 years ago
IL Freed Man From Prison, But State Won't Clear His Record
He's still punished by a record of murder convictions that prosecutors couldn't prove
Wrongful Convictions Have D.C. Officials Making Changes
Trying to lock up fewer innocent people
Former Texas Prosecutor Denies Misconduct in Innocent Man's Conviction
Faces possible criminal charges of his own
