Betty Tyson, Exonerated After 25 Years In Prison, Dies at 75
It was not until May 1998 that Tyson had her conviction overturned, because the police kept secret a report that contradicted one of its key...
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New Orleans Man Contemplates Life After Spending 40 Years Behind Bars For A Crime He Did Not Commit
A newly exonerated New Orleans man, Jerry Davis, is reflecting on spending 40 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit....
Formerly Incarcerated Man Who Spent 42 Years On Death Row Opens Art Exhibit ‘We Are the Willing’ In Detroit
A prisoner who was falsely accused of murdering a white student in 1974 and spent a little over four decades behind bars has channeled his...
Innocent Brooklyn Man Released from Prison After 18 Years, District Attorney States Conviction Was ‘Fundamentally Unfair’
Spending more than 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Sheldon Thomas conviction is vacated....
North Carolina Brothers Awarded $75 Million for Wrongful Conviction in Girl’s Murder
Two Black half-brothers, who spent several decades in prison due to being wrongfully convicted of the murder of an 11-year-old girl, have been awarded $75...