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City approves $50M settlement involving Chicago police framing of 'Marquette Park Four'
ABC 7 Chicago· 1 day 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...
He Was ‘Mr. X’ Before a True Crime Podcast Stirred Investigators
New York Times· 9 hours agoIn exploring a possible wrongful conviction, the podcast “Murder, etc.” mentioned an unsolved murder...
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· 2 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· 3 days agoA local group fighting for justice for alleged victims of torture by Chicago Police has received a...
Albany man wrongfully served two decades in prison
FOX 23 News Albany· 6 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...
Ohio Supreme Court will not consider reinstating conviction of Cleveland man after brother’s...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 1 day agoThe Ohio Supreme Court this week chose not to review the case of a man whose 2011 conviction was...
‘I’m not getting $14 million’: 12 questions with Robert DuBoise, a ‘Marked Man’ freed from prison
Tampa Bay Times· 18 hours agoTampa Bay Times reporters Dan Sullivan and Christopher Spata, who wrote The Marked Man, a four-part...
Chicago City Council OKs $50 million settlement with 4 men wrongfully convicted of 1995 murders
CBS News· 1 day agoThe Chicago City Council approved a $50 million settlement with four men who were wrongfully...