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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 ...
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 ...
This Friday, Anthony “Tony” Mills became the second person to be released from prison after participating in Princeton’s Making an Exoneree program. The course tasks undergraduates with ...
In 2022, Oregon lawmakers unanimously supported a bill to pay people who were wrongfully convicted in the state. Advocates say that isn't happening.
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 ...
“We appreciate the yard work the volunteers have done and they also have shown their care for the Exoneree community,” Kelly McLaughlin, with X-Freedom Studio said.
Glen Edward Chapman spent 13 years on Death Row for murder charges that the legal system ultimately threw out. He’s asked for a pardon since 2011.
“Central Park Five” exoneree Raymond Santana called former President Trump’s verdict in his hush-money case “karma.” “For me, it was about karma,” Santana said during his Saturday ...