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PC fined for assaulting woman in wrongful arrest
BBC via Yahoo News· 27 minutes agoShe was de-arrested at the scene after the force confirmed Ms Agyemang had paid her fare. Matt Twist, the Met's Assistant Commissioner, said after Lathwood's conviction that ...
City approves $50M settlement involving Chicago police framing of 'Marquette Park Four'
ABC 7 Chicago· 17 hours agoThe city of Chicago settled a major wrongful conviction case involving the police framing of the...
Chicago settles wrongful conviction lawsuits for $50 million
Courthouse News Service· 2 days agoThe men were between the ages of 15 and 19 at the time of their arrests and claimed Chicago police...
Suspect in fatal causeway crash has criminal history
ValleyCentral· 6 days agoSOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The suspect blamed for a fatal crash on the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway has previous convictions and...
A New California Bill Would Regulate Police Use of Facial Recognition. These Falsely Arrested Black...
KQED· 3 days agoEyewitness testimony has proven to be a leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States....
United Nations calls for action on behalf of alleged police torture victims in Chicago
CBS News· 4 days agoA local group fighting for justice for alleged victims of torture by Chicago Police has received a...
He Was ‘Mr. X’ Before a True Crime Podcast Stirred Investigators
New York Times· 18 hours agoIn exploring a possible wrongful conviction, the podcast “Murder, etc.” mentioned an unsolved murder...
Albany man wrongfully served two decades in prison
FOX 23 News Albany· 15 hours agoAn Albany man, who wrongfully served two decades in prison and walked away from a 50-year sentence as a free man in March, pleaded guilty to weapons...
Black and women lawyers' group to keep appointments to Indigent Defense Services Commission. Autopsy...
Winston-Salem Journal· 3 hours agoThe N.C. Senate has cleared a revamped House Bill 250 giving Republican legislative leaders the...
These wrongly arrested Black men say a California bill would letpolice misuse face recognition
San Jose Mercury News· 2 days agoIn 2019 and 2020, three Black men were accused of, and jailed for, crimes they didn’t commit after ...