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Hit in DNA database exonerates man 47 years after wrongful rape conviction
CBS News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA New York man was officially exonerated on Tuesday 47 years after he was found guilty of rape in...
DNA exonerates 72-year-old, overturns longest wrongful conviction in US, officials say
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOfficers in search of a rape suspect arrested Leonard Mack 48 years ago — when he matched the...
DNA evidence likely key part of U of I murder case. How does testing, use in court work?
Idaho Statesman McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoInvestigators got DNA from a knife sheath left at the crime scene and referenced testing on that...
Nearly 5 decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape in New York, new DNA testing exonerates...
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNearly five decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape, a New York judge has overturned the...
DNA test exonerates a Dallas man who spent 25 years in prison over Deep Ellum murder
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMartin Santillan was 23 in 1998 when a jury sent him to prison for life for the murder of Damond...
For wrongfully convicted Black men, exoneration can be just as traumatizing as prison
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen 56-year-old Herman Atkins went just about anywhere, he had a routine: stop at a convenience...
Leonard Mack, wrongfully convicted of rape in 1976, exonerated by DNA evidence
theGrio via AOL· 9 months agoEyewitness misidentification, like in Mack’s case, is the primary cause of erroneous convictions and...
Arkansas Supreme Court reverses West Memphis Three ruling, allows for DNA testing
Arkansas Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Arkansas Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to reverse a circuit court’s ruling could lead to...
DNA evidence clears Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case; murder charges dropped, prosecutors say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEight years after the shaky case against Adnan Syed became the center of the hit podcast "Serial,"...
What's the value of decades lost in prison? Adnan Syed could get millions, but exonerated people...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCorrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story had out-of-date information about...