All Stories for: Innocence Cases

• May 04, 2008 - "60 Minutes" Tonight Features Innocence Project and Wrongfully Convicted
• May 01, 2008 - Dallas County Sets Wrongful Conviction Records
• April 29, 2008 - TX Plans Summit on Wrongfully Convicted as Another Inmate Freed
• April 20, 2008 - Alton Logan Free After 26 Years in Prison
• April 18, 2008 - "Black Widow" Murder Conviction Overturned
• April 16, 2008 - Innocent Texas Man to Be Freed After 23 Years
• March 17, 2008 - No New Trial for Troy Davis in Georgia
• February 22, 2008 - Playing the Blame Game to Excuse Wrongful Conviction
• February 16, 2008 - DNA Frees Two, Wrongfully Convicted in Mississippi
• January 22, 2008 - Tim Masters Freed
• January 10, 2008 - PA. Death Row Exoneree to Get $4 Million
• January 04, 2008 - Another Wrongful Conviction in Texas
• December 05, 2007 - State Ordered to Pay Georgia Thompson's Legal Fees
• December 05, 2007 - Innocence: Fla. Man Freed After 14 Years
• December 05, 2007 - Jury Acquits Man Who Spent 15 Years on Death Row
• November 24, 2007 - Struggles of the Exonerated to Rebuild Their Lives
• October 30, 2007 - Habeas Filing Challenges 'West Memphis 3' Convictions
• October 12, 2007 - DOJ Hasn't Used Money Allotted to Test DNA Innocence Claims
• October 10, 2007 - Innocent Texas Man Freed After Serving 12 Years
• October 01, 2007 - States Explore Wrongful Convictions
• September 07, 2007 - Did TX Execute an Innocent Man? We May Find Out
• September 06, 2007 - DA To Retry Defendant Even Though Cleared by DNA
• August 13, 2007 - False Confessions in CT
• July 26, 2007 - Justice Dept. on Wrongful Convictions: "Not Our Problem"
• July 25, 2007 - Floyd Brown's Story
• June 27, 2007 - Three Wrongful Conviction Bills Introduced in California
• May 28, 2007 - MT Attorney General Asserts Guilt Despite DNA Exoneration
• May 16, 2007 - DNA Frees Man After 19 Years in Prison
• May 11, 2007 - Another Wrongful Conviction on Death Row, Inmate Released
• May 08, 2007 - Memo to Florida: Pay Crotzer
• May 03, 2007 - New York to Introduce Wrongful Conviction Legislation Today
• April 23, 2007 - DNA Clears 200th Person
• April 20, 2007 - The Desire to Win v. The Desire for Fairness
• April 15, 2007 - A Second Kick at Jimmy Lee Page
• April 01, 2007 - After 22 Years , Wrongfully Convicted Man to Be Freed
• March 29, 2007 - Help Gary Tyler
• January 29, 2007 - Innocence Commissions: A First Step
• January 28, 2007 - Bike Path Rapist Arrest Leads to Questions About Earlier Convictions
• January 28, 2007 - Questioning Bite Mark Evidence
• January 23, 2007 - 8th New York Inmate in 13 Mos. Freed by DNA
• January 23, 2007 - DNA Frees Georgia Prisoner
• January 18, 2007 - 12th Dallas Inmate Exonerated by DNA
• December 26, 2006 - The Fugitive II
• December 01, 2006 - DNA Frees Another Innocent Man
• November 22, 2006 - Another Wrongful Conviction in Santa Clara County
• October 31, 2006 - DNA Frees Misidentified Man
• October 08, 2006 - $13.6M Damages For Wrongful Conviction
• October 06, 2006 - DNA Frees Innocent Man ... Again
• October 06, 2006 - Killer Commits Second Murder After Wrong Man Convicted
• September 09, 2006 - Remembering Post-9/11 'Patriotism'
• August 22, 2006 - A Worthy Experiment
• August 13, 2006 - A Pittance for 27 Years of Lost Freedom
• August 03, 2006 - North Carolina Becomes First State With an Innocence Commission
• July 25, 2006 - False Confessions in Norfolk?
• July 22, 2006 - Dunagan Update
• July 09, 2006 - N.C. Senate Comm. Approves Innocence Commission
• July 06, 2006 - 22 Years for a Rape He Didn't Commit
• June 25, 2006 - Was the Wrong Man Executed in Texas?
• June 11, 2006 - Remembering The Hurricane
• June 07, 2006 - DNA Frees Conn. Inmate
• June 06, 2006 - Police Induce False Confession Leading to Wrongful Conviction
• May 31, 2006 - Charges (Finally) Dropped Against Larry Peterson
• May 24, 2006 - Post-Conviction DNA Testing Should Be a Right
• May 24, 2006 - Fool Wants Kennard Conviction Reinstated
• May 23, 2006 - The Fugitive: The Sequel
• May 18, 2006 - Kennard Conviction Vacated
• May 11, 2006 - Wrongfully Convicted Man Graduates From Law School, Aims to be Prosecutor
• May 06, 2006 - Jury Awards $2.25 Million to Exonerated Inmate
• May 04, 2006 - Barbour Refuses to Pardon Innocent Man
• May 03, 2006 - Experts: Texas Executed an Innocent Man
• April 24, 2006 - Herman Atkins' New Life
• April 15, 2006 - DNA Reform in Florida Encounters Resistance
• April 10, 2006 - A Bigger Question
• April 09, 2006 - Hello, My Name Is....The Faces of Wrongful Conviction
• April 07, 2006 - Questions Raised About West Memphis Convictions
• March 26, 2006 - Wrongly Accused Student Commits Suicide
• March 21, 2006 - DNA Frees Texas Man After 18 Years
• January 31, 2006 - Unanswered Questions in Dedge Case
• January 29, 2006 - Withheld Evidence and Poor Investigation Lead to Wrongful Conviction
• January 26, 2006 - Prosecutor Discounts Reality of Wrongful Convictions
• January 20, 2006 - Compensation Awarded to Innocent Man
• January 14, 2006 - DNA Testing Frees Another Innocent Man
• January 03, 2006 - False Confessor Seeks New Trial
• December 31, 2005 - Surviving Justice: 13 Exonerees Describe Their Ordeals
• December 29, 2005 - Woman Sues After Arrest For Carrying Flour in Condoms
• December 19, 2005 - North Texas Innocence Project Begins
• December 14, 2005 - Gov. Warner Orders DNA Testing of Old Cases to Determine and Free the Innocent
• December 09, 2005 - Dedge Will Be Compensated
• December 08, 2005 - Freed by DNA After 24 Years in Prison
• December 04, 2005 - Missouri to Release Dale Helmig
• December 01, 2005 - Wrongful Convictions in France
• November 07, 2005 - Bone Marrow Transplant Can Cause Wrongful Conviction
• November 02, 2005 - Police Detective Sues for Wrongful Conviction
• October 28, 2005 - Is Gregory Dunagan Innocent?
• October 11, 2005 - Wrongfully Convicted Man Dies
• September 29, 2005 - Update: Dale Helmig's Conviction Overturned
• September 23, 2005 - It's Time to Free Elkins
• September 21, 2005 - Wrongful Convictions in Canada
• September 20, 2005 - False Arrest Settlement in Chicago
• September 16, 2005 - Documentary Questions Murder Conviction
• August 29, 2005 - Lawsuit Filed Over Wrongful Conviction
• August 27, 2005 - Murder Convictions Challenged in Texas
• August 18, 2005 - Innocent Man Pardoned
• August 03, 2005 - And Another ...
• August 01, 2005 - Another Innocent Accused Set Free By DNA
• July 28, 2005 - Free Larry Peterson
• July 28, 2005 - Eyewitness Errors Lead to False Arrests
• July 25, 2005 - New Trial Prompted by DNA
• July 20, 2005 - Cheating Prosecutors, Lying Cops, and Wrongful Convictions
• July 13, 2005 - Was Larry Griffin Wrongfully Executed?
• July 12, 2005 - New Trial For Ralph Armstrong
• July 05, 2005 - Hearing Tomorrow in Palladium Murder Case
• June 25, 2005 - New Trial Denied For Herbert Whitlock
• June 18, 2005 - DNA Clears Father of Murder of His Child
• June 03, 2005 - Another Call For Justice in Dedge Case
• June 01, 2005 - DNA Points to Another Wrongful Conviction
• May 21, 2005 - Bruce Lisker: Is He Innocent?
• May 17, 2005 - Questions Persist About Unfair Trial
• May 17, 2005 - Wilton Dedge: The Injustice Continues
• May 11, 2005 - Police Chief to Reopen Six Wayne Williams' Cases
• May 07, 2005 - Is Wayne Williams Innocent?
• April 26, 2005 - Mistaken Arrest in Memphis
• April 22, 2005 - Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction
• April 19, 2005 - DNA Tests Sought for Texecution Under Bush's Watch
• April 14, 2005 - Questions Surround Ronald Bell Conviction
• April 04, 2005 - Killer Freed When Victim Turns Up Alive
• March 30, 2005 - How Much is 8,000 days of Your Life Worth?
• March 23, 2005 - Freed Inmate Ordered to Pay $100k in Court Costs
• March 12, 2005 - DNA Frees Inmate, Imprisoned Since Age 16
• March 10, 2005 - Grisham to Write True Story of Innocent Man Condemned to Death
• March 07, 2005 - Innocent Man to be Released After 24 Years
• March 06, 2005 - Canadian Murder Conviction Overturned
• March 06, 2005 - Documentary Tells Story of Darnell Williams
• March 06, 2005 - Helping Wrongfully Convicted Inmates in FL
• March 05, 2005 - The Price of Freedom
• February 13, 2005 - Florida Moves to Compensate the Wrongly Convicted
• February 07, 2005 - Palladium Murder: Case of Wrongful Conviction?
• February 04, 2005 - Max Soffar's New Lawyers
• February 03, 2005 - Bush Invokes DNA Testing for the Innocent
• February 02, 2005 - Kinky Friedman: Max Soffar, A Jew on Death Row
• January 30, 2005 - Interview with Ken Richey, Exonerated Scot Inmate
• January 28, 2005 - Idaho Man Coerced Into Entering Guilty Plea
• January 27, 2005 - Canada : New Report on Wrongful Convictions
• January 25, 2005 - Innocence Films Making Their Mark
• January 25, 2005 - Jury Awards $6 Mil to Man Framed by FBI
• January 13, 2005 - Is the Wrong Man on Death Row?
• January 11, 2005 - Chicago Settles Wrongful Arrest Case for $2 Million
• December 22, 2004 - Wrongful Conviction Vacated - 16 Years in Prison Served
• December 06, 2004 - Texas Appeals Court to Support Innocence Clinic
• November 14, 2004 - Wrongful Conviction Exposed in San Diego
• November 14, 2004 - Re-Adjusting to Life As a Free Man: Followup
• November 09, 2004 - DNA Frees Another Inmate
• November 07, 2004 - Wrongful Conviction Examined
• November 06, 2004 - Innocent Man Released After 20 Years
• October 23, 2004 - DNA Points to Truth After Wrongful Conviction
• October 14, 2004 - Boston Police Shut Down Fingerprint Unit
• October 12, 2004 - La. Man Freed After 19 Years
• October 06, 2004 - Texas Death Row Inmate Freed After 17 Years
• September 26, 2004 - Snitch System Undermines Justice
• September 24, 2004 - Police Lineup Reform Comes to Chicago
• September 19, 2004 - Molestation Abuse Hysteria
• September 07, 2004 - $1Million Grant for Innocence Law Center
• August 26, 2004 - Jurors React to News of DNA Freeing Man They Convicted
• August 23, 2004 - Calls to Take a Proseuctor's License
• August 18, 2004 - Newly Freed Man Filled With Anger
• August 12, 2004 - Freed After 41 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment
• August 12, 2004 - DNA Frees Inmate After 22 Years in Prison
• August 11, 2004 - Is This a Case of Injustice?
• July 20, 2004 - DNA Frees Innocent Man Imprisoned Due to False Confession
• July 20, 2004 - New Evidence in Murder Case May Result in New Trial
• July 19, 2004 - Tulia Defendants Collect Settlement
• July 19, 2004 - Man Facing Execution Tonight Denied DNA Test
• July 14, 2004 - Pardon Requested For First Black Heavyweight Champ
• July 08, 2004 - Woman Freed from Prison, Goes Directly to Jail
• June 25, 2004 - New Evidence of Bernard Baran's Innocence and of John Ashcroft's Guilt
• June 22, 2004 - Doubts Grow About Guilt of Man Scheduled For Execution
• June 21, 2004 - Starting Over
• June 18, 2004 - Man Seeks New Trial in Daycare Case
• June 08, 2004 - Cleveland to Reopen 100 Conviction Cases
• June 06, 2004 - Accused Molester Fights For His Freedom
• June 05, 2004 - DNA Testing and Hearing Ordered in Cooper Case
• June 04, 2004 - Wrongfully Convicted Man Sues Boston Police
• June 02, 2004 - HBO Show Helps Free Innocent Man
• May 29, 2004 - Falsely Arrested Man Settles Case, May Sue FBI
• May 28, 2004 - Wrongly Convicted Man Freed in IL
• May 27, 2004 - Roadblocks to Proving Innocence
• May 25, 2004 - DNA Raises Questions About David Boyce's Guilt
• May 14, 2004 - Sutton Pardoned
• May 09, 2004 - Learning Lessons
• May 07, 2004 - Wrongfully Convicted Series
• May 06, 2004 - 22 Wrongfully Jailed in Mass.
• May 05, 2004 - Hunter T. Seeks Justice for Lisl Auman
• April 30, 2004 - Innocent Man To Be Released From CA Prison
• April 19, 2004 - New Study: Thousands in Prison Are Innocent
• April 12, 2004 - Justice for Josiah Sutton
• April 12, 2004 - Darryl Hunt Asks For Pardon
• April 04, 2004 - Police Lie Leads to False Confession
• April 02, 2004 - Wrongfully Convicted Former Marine Freed After 24 Years
• March 29, 2004 - Praise for a Prosecutor
• March 22, 2004 - Wrongfully Convicted Man Gets $1.6 Million Settlement
• March 11, 2004 - Fla. Bill to Mandate Videotaping Interrogations Advances
• March 05, 2004 - Falsely Accused Man Released From Jail
• February 27, 2004 - 60 Minutes to Feature False Confessions
• February 23, 2004 - Drifter Set Free After False Accusation
• February 09, 2004 - Freed by DNA After 21 Years
• February 07, 2004 - Ashcroft and Darrell Rice
• February 07, 2004 - DNA Frees Innocent Man
• February 05, 2004 - Death Row Inmate Gets Website
• February 03, 2004 - Murder Conviction Based on Jailhouse Snitch Testimony Tossed
• February 02, 2004 - Life Tough for the Exonerated in Free World
• January 25, 2004 - Falsely Accused Yale Lecturer Seeks Redemption
• January 17, 2004 - Nick Yarris Free After 22 Years on Death Row
• January 17, 2004 - Injustice to Marcus Dixon
• January 14, 2004 - Death Row Inmate to be Released
• December 27, 2003 - Courts Should Allow Expert Testimony on False Confessions
• December 24, 2003 - Merry Christmas to Darryl Hunt
• December 16, 2003 - NY Man Receives Record $5 Million for Wrongful Conviction
• December 15, 2003 - Ex-Death Row Inmate Running for Congress
• December 09, 2003 - 112th Innocent Released From Death Row
• December 07, 2003 - Central Park Jogger Defendants to Sue New York
• November 19, 2003 - Documentary: After Innocence, Lives of the Exonerated
• November 02, 2003 - Live From Death Row: Aaron Patterson
• November 02, 2003 - Live From Death Row: Aaron Patterson
• November 02, 2003 - How Much is 27 Years Worth?
• November 02, 2003 - How Much is 27 Years Worth?
• October 27, 2003 - Report: After Exoneration, Hunt for True Killer Rare
• October 27, 2003 - Report: After Exoneration, Hunt for True Killer Rare
• October 01, 2003 - State-Sanctioned Murder
• September 27, 2003 - Philly Ponies Up $1.9 Million to 4 Wrongfully Detained Men
• September 26, 2003 - Time Running Out for DNA Testing in Florida
• September 23, 2003 - Ohio to Pay Largest Award Ever to Wrongfully Convicted Man
• September 16, 2003 - In the Words of One Who Was Exonerated
• September 16, 2003 - Chrysler Rehires Exonerated Inmate
• September 05, 2003 - Miami Prosecutor Fights Dismissal Despite DNA Clearing
• August 25, 2003 - DNA Frees Another Inmate - After 17 Years
• August 22, 2003 - Report Clears Cops of Deliberate Wrongdoing in Ford Heights Case
• August 04, 2003 - Mississippi Gets an Innocence Project
• August 04, 2003 - Inmates vs. DNA Deadline
• July 30, 2003 - Chicago to Pay $1.5 Million to Wrongfully Convicted Man
• July 28, 2003 - PA Death Row Inmate Cleared by DNA Testing
• July 23, 2003 - DNA Test Sought for Man on Death Row
• July 18, 2003 - Hearing on Innocence Protection Act
• July 06, 2003 - 25 Exonerated on Florida's Death Row
• July 03, 2003 - The Exonerated
• June 27, 2003 - Former Illinois Death Row Inmate Sues for $30 Million
• June 11, 2003 - DNA Frees Three After Seventeen Years in Jail
• June 10, 2003 - Hanged Man's Conviction Overturned
• June 10, 2003 - Innocent Man Released From Prison After Twelve Years
• June 07, 2003 - Criminal Justice System Needs An Overhaul
• June 06, 2003 - DNA is not Foolproof
• May 30, 2003 - Freed Death Row Inmate Sues, Alleging Torture
• May 24, 2003 - DNA Frees Two Inmates After 27 Years in Jail
• May 19, 2003 - DNA Clears New York Inmate of Rape
• May 19, 2003 - Wrongfully Convicted in Florida? Here's a Hundred Bucks
• May 16, 2003 - Taryn Simon and the Innocents
• May 11, 2003 - Life After Exoneration Project
• April 15, 2003 - Virginia Inmate Has Backing of Prosecutor and Detective in Innocence Claim
• April 03, 2003 - Rape Inmate Exonerated and Freed After 19 Years
• March 16, 2003 - End the DNA Debacle
• March 16, 2003 - Houston Crime Lab Scandal: After DNA Proves Innocence
• March 16, 2003 - Family of Executed Black Maid Seeks Exoneration
• March 14, 2003 - Five in Central Park Jogger Case to Sue NYC
• March 11, 2003 - Ashcroft Unveils DNA Testing Proposal
• March 11, 2003 - DNA Frees Another: Joshua Sutton Exonerated
• March 09, 2003 - DNA Sets Another Man Free
• March 01, 2003 - How Do You Prove Your Innocence?
• February 25, 2003 - Website for Inmate Asserting His Innocence
• February 25, 2003 - Defense Seeks Disqualification of Chicago Judges
• February 17, 2003 - Effect of Wrongful Convictions on Jurors
• February 16, 2003 - Recent False Memory Experiments
• February 12, 2003 - Freeing the Wrongfully Convicted
• February 09, 2003 - The Innocence Defense
• January 26, 2003 - Freedom Row: Those Freed by DNA Evidence
• January 23, 2003 - Ex-Prosecutor Leads Charge to Free Men He Convicted
• January 23, 2003 - Freeing Offenders With Science
• January 12, 2003 - Virginia: Blocking Inmates From the Court
• January 11, 2003 - The Wrongfully Convicted
• January 10, 2003 - Governor Ryan's Sincerity Hard to Doubt
• January 08, 2003 - DNA Clears Man Who Killed Himself
• January 03, 2003 - S.D. Governor Pardons Russell Means
• December 24, 2002 - Review Commission for Innocence Cases
• December 23, 2002 - Miami Herald Slams Police Interrogations
• December 23, 2002 - Last of Central Park Jogger Defendants to Be Freed by Christmas
• December 20, 2002 - More on the Central Park Jogger ruling
• December 19, 2002 - Three Wrongfully Convicted Pardoned
• December 19, 2002 - Judge Vacates Central Park Jogger Convictions
• December 17, 2002 - Death Penalty Foes March to Chicago
• December 13, 2002 - False Confessions and Plea Bargains
• December 13, 2002 - Egyptian Student Sues Over False 9/11 Confession
• December 12, 2002 - Innocents on Death Row
• December 11, 2002 - Indigent Defendants and Wrongful Convictions
• December 11, 2002 - Challenging Convictions In Virgina
• December 08, 2002 - Death of Lying Chemist Fred Zain
• December 07, 2002 - Why People Falsely Confess
• December 05, 2002 - Central Park Jogger Case
• December 01, 2002 - Judges Recommend Clemency in Illinois
• November 27, 2002 - Convicting a Mother for a Boyfriend's Crime?
• November 22, 2002 - Wrongful Convictions Make People Magazine
• November 19, 2002 - 115th DNA Exoneration: Rape Case
• November 07, 2002 - DNA Frees Maryland Inmate
• November 06, 2002 - Central Park Jogger Youths Speak Out
• October 31, 2002 - Send an Exoneree To Chicago
• October 24, 2002 - The Taint Builds in Central Park Jogger Case
• October 20, 2002 - False Confessions in the Central Park Jogger Case
• October 17, 2002 - Illinois Governor Pardons 4 Wrongfully Convicted Men
• October 16, 2002 - Central Park Jogger Case News
• October 15, 2002 - Clemency Hearings Begin In Illinois
• October 05, 2002 - Explosive New Evidence in Central Park Jogger Case
• October 01, 2002 - Death Penalty and Innocence Editorials
• October 01, 2002 - DNA Clears Montana Man After 15 Years in Jail
• September 29, 2002 - Faulty Eyewitness Testimony
• September 25, 2002 - Why Do the Innocent Confess?
• September 15, 2002 - Compensating the Wrongfully Convicted
• September 15, 2002 - Innocence and Injustice
• September 15, 2002 - DNA Testing Bill Heads to the House
• September 12, 2002 - An Innocent Man: In His Own Words
• September 11, 2002 - Update on Central Park Jogger Case
• September 09, 2002 - Exonerated Rape Convict Sues Prosecutor and Cops
• September 09, 2002 - Inquiry Called for in Central Park Jogger Case
• September 04, 2002 - Ill. System Breaks Down (again)
• August 30, 2002 - More on the Innocence Protection Act
• August 28, 2002 - Death Penalty Statistics
• August 26, 2002 - More on False Confessions
• August 26, 2002 - DNA Exposes Another False Confession
• August 25, 2002 - FBI To Be Sued for $300 million
• August 20, 2002 - DNA and Innocence News
• August 02, 2002 - Another Innocent Released From Death Row
• July 30, 2002 - Free At Last: 18 Years Served
• July 28, 2002 - Another Mistaken Conviction