Wrongful convictions
We Asked an Exoneration Expert About 'Making a Murderer' and America's True Crime Obsession
Samuel Gross, law professor and editor of the National Registry of Exonerations, explains how pervasive misconduct is in America's criminal justice system.
How a Wrongful Conviction Traumatized a Canadian Family for Generations
Tanya Olivares was nine when her father went to prison. She wouldn't see him again for 27 years.
The Intellectually Disabled Man Who Spent Over 25 Years in Prison for a Wrongful Murder Conviction
Richard Lapointe was never tied to his wife's grandmother's brutal murder by forensic evidence, and even now that he's free, prosecutors won't admit they messed up.
Do Prosecutors Care More About Convictions Than Executing the Right Person?
In 2001, 20-year-old Marlon Howell was found guilty in a racially-charged murder trial that shook New Albany, Mississippi. Fourteen years later, he continues to maintain his innocence.
UK University Students Got an Innocent Man’s Murder Conviction Overturned
After serving 13 years in prison, Dwaine George's legal team managed to have his conviction quashed at London's Court of Appeal.
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