wrongful convictions
Idaho man gets life for 1996 rape, murder that sent innocent man to prison
Dripps was arrested in May 2019 after investigators linked his DNA to the murder scene.
Man wrongfully convicted of Michigan murder released 32 years later
A man who spent nearly 32 years in a Michigan prison on a wrongful murder conviction has been cleared by DNA evidence, authorities said. Gilbert Lee Poole Jr., 56, walked...
Man imprisoned for 43 years over triple murder is innocent: prosecutors
If ultimately exonerated, Kevin Strickland will have served the longest wrongful conviction imprisonment in Missouri history.
Private eye tried to 'shake down' client after murder exoneration: prosecutors
A retired NYPD detective-turned-private eye was indicted Monday in an alleged failed "shakedown" of a former client whose murder conviction he helped overturn, prosecutors said.
Michigan man sues Hertz over receipt that would have cleared him of murder
A Michigan man filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against a car rental company for failing to produce a receipt that would have proved his innocence after being wrongfully convicted for...
Judge rules men locked up for 1996 double murder were wrongfully convicted
Three men who spent the past 24 years behind bars for the double slaying of an off-duty NYPD cop and Queens businessman were ordered freed from prison Friday -- after...
Man pleads guilty in 1996 slaying that led to wrongful conviction
An Idaho man has admitted to raping and murdering an 18-year-old woman in a cold-case slaying that sent another man to prison for nearly 20 years. Brian Dripps Sr., 55,...
Man wrongfully convicted of murder released after 26 years
A Detroit man who spent more than 26 years behind bars for murder -- despite a lack of evidence connecting him to the case -- had his charges dismissed and...
Man convicted in murder freed after nearly 40 years when witness recants
An Michigan man who spent nearly four decades behind bars for murder has been released after a key witness recounted her testimony, according to a new report. Walter Forbes, now...
Army vet's murder conviction overturned after serving 25 years in prison
A Queens judge Thursday overturned the murder conviction of an Army veteran and USPS mailman who spent 25 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. ”I'm very, very...
Tennessee man walks free after 1998 murder conviction is overturned
A Tennessee man was wrongfully convicted in connection to a 1998 Nashville slaying, and has been released from prison, authorities said this week. Joseph Webster, 41, was let go Tuesday...
Man who spent 29 years behind bars for Brooklyn slaying gets conviction tossed
A man who spent 29 years behind bars for murder had his conviction overturned Friday — after the Brooklyn DA’s Office admitted a prosecutor withheld key information from his defense....
Woman wrongfully convicted of murdering parents freed after 17 years
An Asian-American woman wrongfully convicted of arson and the murder of her parents has been freed after spending 17 years in prison when evidence emerged that prosecutors had exchanged “racially...
Brooklyn DA says police misconduct played role in most wrongful convictions
“The magnitude of years lost to wrongful imprisonment in these cases is almost unbearable—together, they add up to 426 years spent in prison,” wrote DA Eric Gonzalez.
Wrongfully convicted Queens man exonerated after serving 25 years for murder
In an emotional hearing, a judge Tuesday vacated the murder conviction of a Queens man who served 25 years in prison for a 1994 execution-style shooting he didn’t commit. "To...
'Making a Murderer' star contracts coronavirus
Steven Avery, the subject of true-crime series "Making a Murderer," has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Wednesday. "Steven Avery has tested positive for COVID-19, and is confined to...
Prosecutors review 50 murder convictions of men allegedly framed by cop
Chicago prosecutors are reviewing more than 50 murder convictions of mainly Latino men who may have been framed by one detective decades ago. The cases were all handled by now-retired...
Wrongly convicted man feels grass for the first time in 35 years
Paul Hildwin is a free man after spending 35 years at the Hernando County Detention Center in Brooksville, Florida — 29 of those years on death row. Hildwin was proven...
After 23 years, prosecutors admit man on death row for killing girl, 4, 'likely innocent'
The assertion that Walter Ogrod beat the girl with a weight bar is “demonstrably false,” prosecutors said.
Brooklyn man cleared in murder case after nearly 25 years behind bars
A Brooklyn man who spent nearly 25 years behind bars for murder walked out of court a free man Tuesday, when a judge tossed his 1996 conviction. Christian Pacheco, 42,...