Most notably, it would delete part of Florida Statute 961.04 that denies payment to exonerees with more than one nonviolent ...

The L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup is here. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, this year's festival will feature Chelsea ...

Thankfully, State Rep. Traci Koster and State Sen. Jennifer Bradley have introduced bills this session that would make these ...

Illinois’ prison population continues to shrink, with facilities now having a 26% vacancy rate, leading some of those inside ...

A pair of state legislators are introducing a bill to ban deception in police interrogations – a practice that, though ...

Florida could be poised to erase a provision in state law which keeps dozens of people from qualifying for compensation after ...

How much money is a year of your life worth? That’s the math lawmakers at the Georgia Capitol are grappling with this week as ...

This year’s lineup includes “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu, comedian Chelsea Handler, exoneree Amanda Knox, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, politician Stacey Abrams and poet ...

Changes to Oregon’s law would require the state Department of Justice to consider new evidence pointing to people’s innocence. The concept of a 2022 bill to address wrongful convictions in ...

A Baltimore judge issued her written decision on Adnan Syed's request to reduce his sentence to time served. The judge ruled that Syed will not serve more time for his conviction. His sentence was ...

OpEd: The General Assemby should pass House Bill 206 to help exonerated Kentuckians receive financial help to rebuild their ...

Lawmakers, advocates and exonerees say implementation of a 2022 bill meant to compensate the wrongfully convicted has failed.