Exoneration News

Fred Steese, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995 and spent 21 years in prison, died of cancer at 62, just 13 years after his release. He was eventual

Michael Renteria, wrongfully convicted of two counts of attempted murder in 2013 due to witness misidentification, is set to be freed after a judge ruled him fa

Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, who spent 27 years on death row after being wrongfully convicted based on discredited bite mark analysis, was recently freed by the Louis

Nancy Smith, an Ohio bus driver, was exonerated by a judge after being convicted of child abuse, but prosecutors are now seeking to reverse the order that decla

The Met Police union chief, Paula Dodds, stated that the armed officer who shot Chris Kaba will likely not return to active firearms duty, despite being exonera

A man named Guy Miles, who was falsely imprisoned for 18 years, has been exonerated of an O.C. robbery conviction that was based on false eyewitness testimony.

Vietnam has defended its decision to not charge a former lawmaker in a fatal car crash, stating that the victim's family did not press charges.

Elvis Brooks, wrongfully imprisoned for 42 years in Louisiana, is being denied up to $480,000 in state compensation by Attorney General Liz Murrill, who has opp

Calvin Duncan, exonerated after studying law in prison, won a court clerk race in New Orleans but saw the role abolished three hours later in an act he describe

A new documentary on the 2002 murder case of Laci Peterson suggests there is evidence that could exonerate Scott Peterson. The film raises questions about his g

The Karnataka government has exonerated three IPS officers involved in the Chinnaswamy stampede case and closed their departmental inquiries.

A ProPublica investigation uncovered systemic failures by Syracuse police and Syracuse University in handling sexual assault cases, including the wrongful convi