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Virginia Exonerates Man After 45 Years in Prison
New York Times· 2 days agoLawyers said Marvin Grimm Jr. had falsely confessed to the 1975 murder of a 3-year-old boy, and served more time in prison than any client exonerated with the help of the Innocence& ...
She was convicted of murder in 1981. A judge just ruled her innocent.
Washington Post· 4 days agoWhen Missouri police were searching for a suspect in a gruesome killing in 1980, they interviewed...
Missouri attorney general says not so fast on freeing woman jailed for 43 years in 1980 killing
WJTV Jackson· 2 days agoMissouri top prosecutor asked a court Tuesday to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in...
$50M wrongful conviction case highlights decades of Chicago police forced confessions
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIllinois has been dubbed by the Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal organization that's helped to successfully overturn over 300 convictions nationwide ...
‘It’s bittersweet’: Attorneys weigh in after a Richmond man sentenced to life is proven innocent
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 15 hours agoA Richmond man who was convicted of abducting, raping and murdering a 3-year-old boy in 1975 has...
Missouri woman’s murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it. -...
The Boston Globe· 5 days agoHemme was shackled in leather wrist restraints and so heavily sedated that she “could not hold her...
Missouri woman found innocent of murder after 43 years in prison
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"We are grateful to the court for acknowledging the grave injustice Ms. Hemme has endured for more...
A woman may be freed after 43 years for a grisly murder. Was a police officer the real killer?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA Missouri woman has spent 43 years in prison for a grisly 1980 murder that her lawyers say was...
Missouri woman’s murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it
KLAS Las Vegas· 5 days agoA judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she...
Missouri woman’s murder conviction overturned after 43 years in prison
WSB Radio· 4 days agoA Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a woman accused of killing a St. Joseph library worker in 1980, citing “clear and convincing” evidence of her innocence. Livingston County Circuit ...