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Michelle Mbekeani leaving Cook County state's attorney's office after 6 months
Chicago Sun-Times· 11 hours agoThe controversial head of the wrongful conviction unit at the Cook County state’s attorney’s office...
Cook County prosecutors’ Conviction Review Unit head plans to step down in July
Chicago Tribune· 5 hours agoThe recently-appointed head of a unit that reviews potential wrongful convictions for the Cook...
San Jose may settle wrongful conviction claims for $12M
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoSan Jose officials Tuesday will decide whether to approve a $12 million agreement to end the ...
After A Wrongful Conviction Caused A Black Man To Spend 24 Years In Prison, He's Getting Paid
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAfter spending 24 years in prison due to a wrongful conviction, Darryl Anthony Howard will finally...
Missouri woman's conviction for a murder her lawyers say a police officer committed overturned after...
CBS News· 4 days agoIf released, Sandra Hemme's prison term will mark the longest known wrongful conviction of a woman...
$50M wrongful conviction case highlights decades of Chicago police forced confessions
USA Today· 5 days agoIllinois has been dubbed by the Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal organization that's helped to...
Man convicted for arson fire that killed 2, has conviction vacated after 11 years
FOX 2 News Detroit· 1 day agoA Detroit man accused in an arson which killed two people will be released from prison after 11...
Trial canceled in case seeking damages in deadly Tucson hotel fire
Arizona Daily Star· 10 hours agoThe trial date, which had been set for July 8, has been vacated pending a decision on Louis Taylor's...
Gurnee man freed after tossed murder conviction granted Certificate Of Innocence
WGN TV Chicago· 24 hours agoLawyers on behalf of Williams filed a wrongful conviction lawsuit in August 2023.
Paula Vennells tried to steer investigators away from wrongful convictions, Post Office inquiry told
Daily Telegraph· 1 day agoMr Henderson also said this work in a scheme which sought to mediate cases was “probably the most...