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DNA testing leads to exoneration of California man imprisoned nearly 3 decades on kidnapping and...
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter a California man spent nearly three decades in prison for kidnapping, sexual assault and...
$50M wrongful conviction case highlights decades of Chicago police forced confessions
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoCHICAGO — Four teenagers confess in 1995 to murders during grueling interrogations by city cops. Now, after growing up in prison, they’re getting $50 million for the decades they wrongly spent ...
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...
Supreme Court rules that death row inmate Rodney Reed can seek DNA testing as he tries to prove...
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoThe US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a man sentenced to death in Texas in 1998 can use DNA...
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...
'Never apologized to me.' Canton man rebuilding life after DNA clears him of sex crimes
The Repository via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCANTON − It's been some time now since Eric Brunner was in prison, but it's only recently that he...
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 test exonerates a Dallas man who spent 25 years in prison over Deep Ellum murder
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoMartin Santillan was 23 in 1998 when a jury sent him to prison for life for the murder of Damond...
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USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCorrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story had out-of-date information about...