Wrongful convictions

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21,587 drug cases headed for dismissal after Mass. chemist falsified evidence for years

04.19.17

By Rex Santus
Identity

Amanda Knox: Why Do Innocent Women Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit?

12.13.16

By Amanda Marie Knox
What It’s Like to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

10.21.16

By Cassie Aylward
Was an Innocent Man Sent to Prison for Killing a Cop 46 Years Ago?

08.16.16

By Charlotte Silver
Music

How Canada’s Record of Wrongful Imprisonment Has Changed Since ‘Wheat Kings’

08.16.16

By Dorian Geiger
What It’s Like to Get Exonerated of Murder After 21 Years in Prison

06.01.16

By Alison Flowers
When Your Job Is to Help Free a Wrongfully Convicted Murderer

05.27.16

By Lorea Gillespie
What It’s Like to Be Falsely Branded a Satanic Child Molester

04.21.16

By Chase Madar
Entertainment

What Life Is Like After 46 Years on Death Row

04.19.16

By Cherry Casey
What Happens When the Government Takes 20 Years of Your Life

04.12.16

By Jarrett Adams
How a Broken System Kept an Innocent Man Behind Bars for 25 Years

03.11.16

By Allie Conti
An Alabama Man’s Long, Nightmarish Quest for a New Murder Trial

01.25.16

By Eric Forman

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