A Texas Man Was Found Innocent 70 Years After the State Executed Him
By Victoria Valenzuela / Substack In 1953, Tommy Lee Walker was 19 years old when he was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, executed by the state of Texas less…
With Robert Roberson’s Execution Hours Away, Supporters Hope Desperate Measures Will Spare Him
A Texas House panel issued an unprecedented subpoena for the death row inmate in last-ditch effort to halt his execution in alleged shaken baby case.
New Quattrone Center Report Shows Use of Presumptive Field Tests in Drug Arrests is One of Largest Known Contributing Factors to Wrongful Arrests, Convictions
A pathbreaking Quattrone Center report shows that the use of presumptive field tests in drug arrests is one of largest known contributing factors to wrongful arrests and convictions.
Exonerated Wrongful Convictions Clinic Client Ronnie Long Receives $25 Million Settlement
Long will receive the second largest wrongful conviction settlement ever recorded after the City of Concord, N.C., admitted “significant errors in judgment and willful misconduct" resulted in his imprisonment for…
Five Victories Against Wrongful Convictions in the First Week of the Year
The new year has been off to a great start with four exonerations in just five days — but what does that say about our criminal justice system’s conviction practices…
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being…
They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite Michigan Law.
The state can provide the wrongfully convicted compensation of $50,000 for each year of incarceration, but the law’s narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility leave former prisoners facing another system…
Old-School Hair Analysis Is Junk Science. But It Still Keeps People Behind Bars
The technique, developed before DNA testing, can’t definitively tie suspects to crime scenes.Try explaining that to juries — or some judges.
NY Governor Hochul Vetoes Wrongful Conviction, Immigrant Rights Bills
"Innocent New Yorkers will continue to sit in our jails and prisons, or remain saddled with an unlawful criminal record in our communities, unable to clear their names," warned one…
In 2022, Exonerations Hit a Record High in the U.S.
Globally, potential innocence has long outweighed potential guilt. That philosophy of justice may not be one that the majority of Americans endorse.
After 46 Years of Imprisonment, It’s Time to Free Leonard Peltier
Today marks Global Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier.
[rewind] Kevin Sharp: It’s Time to Free Leonard Peltier, America’s Longest Serving Political Prisoner
The Native American activist’s attorney tells Robert Scheer why Peltier’s imprisonment is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has ever seen.
Dirty NYPD Detective Responsible for 15 False Convictions Back on the Stand as Judge Reviews 1988 Murder Conviction
Louis Scarcella spread the blame for questionable arrests in which he participated.
‘Perverse’ Supreme Court Ruling ‘Effectively Ensures That Innocent People Will Remain Imprisoned’
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that incarcerated people can't present new evidence in federal court to prove a violation of their Sixth Amendment rights.