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Bills meant to reform and direct more money to the state’s criminal justice system had some major wins and some major losses ...

"Blind Injustice" opera produced by Chagrin Arts in Cleveland draws local cast to share stories of six real-life men and ...

Hulu's upcoming limited series, 'The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox', stars Grace Van Patten as she tells the story of Knox's ...

Both Making an Exoneree and The Criminal Legal System focus on working toward the freedom of a person who is wrongfully convicted. While Making an Exoneree tasks undergraduates with creating ...

An exoneree and advocate for prison reform called for increased activism to combat wrongful convictions during a talk at Georgetown University on Dec. 4. Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, who was exonerated ...

While SPIA will not offer “Making an Exoneree” this spring, Maya Dimant will offer a new course in which students will immerse themselves in New Jersey’s criminal legal system while learning the ...

Exoneree advocates say the Department of Justice is simply re-traumatizing exonerees by dredging up the cases, rather than looking at what has already been decided in court, and trying to avoid ...

In 2022, Oregon lawmakers unanimously supported a bill to pay people who were wrongfully convicted in the state. Advocates say that isn't happening.

Judge reverses courthouse ban of exoneree turned clerk after long cellphone squabble A Cook County seal outside the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Jan. 23, 2023. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) ...

Last fall, an exoneree who is now employed by a high-profile law group was sitting in a Cook County courtroom with a cellphone, court documents say, when a deputy asked him to step outside to ask ...