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Wrongful Convictions Reveal the Flaws of the Criminal Justice System
Capital B via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDerrick Hamilton turned 18 behind bars. A few months later in 1983, he was sentenced to 25 years to...
He earned a full ride to college. He spent 15 years wrongly imprisoned instead.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA man who spent 15 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit shared his story with students at...
Georgia deputy shoots, kills man who spent 16 years in Florida prison on wrongful conviction
WFTV via Yahoo News· 8 months ago(AP) — Leonard Cure tried to make up for the 16 years he lost imprisoned in Florida after being...
Man freed after 48 years in Oklahoma prison seeks reform, compensation
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter spending nearly five decades in an Oklahoma prison for a murder he maintains he did not...
Black people are being falsely convicted of serious crimes at alarming rates, report finds
Yahoo News via AOL· 2 years agoBlack people in the U.S. are seven times more likely to be falsely convicted of a serious crime like...
5 takeaways as Suns cook from 3 in romp over Lakers without injured Devin Booker
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoenix certainly found the range from deep in Monday’s 130-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers...
Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown University after release from prison
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSyed, who was the subject of the "Serial" podcast, began taking Georgetown classes in prison. "For...
With presidential nominees certain, Illinois candidates make final push and hope against early...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoCHICAGO — Republican and Democratic voters go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots for their...
DNA testing excludes Dennis Dechaine from some key crime scene evidence
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 6—New, state-of-the-art DNA testing has failed to tie Dennis Dechaine to items used in the 1988 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old babysitter Sarah Cherry, prompting his defense team ...
'More time in prison and less time terrorizing people': Kansas cracks down on gun crimes
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRepeat violent criminals convicted of gun crimes could be spending more time in prison at increased taxpayer expense under a new Kansas law. The new law, House Bill 2010, makes various changes ...