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Harvard Discovers Rare Original 1300 Magna Carta in Its Library

The manuscript, purchased for $27.50 in 1946, is now authenticated as one of only seven surviving originals from King Edward I’s final issue.

Peter Sullivan Freed After 38-Year Wrongful Conviction Overturned

Upcoming Film on Shah Bano Case Completes First Shooting Schedule

Iwao Hakamada Awarded Record $1.4 Million for Wrongful Conviction in Japan

Japan Awards Record $1.4 Million to Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

Louisiana Inmate Challenges Execution by Nitrogen Gas in Court

New Drama Revisits Ruth Ellis, the Last Woman Hanged in the UK

South Korean Woman Granted Retrial 60 Years After Self-Defense Against Alleged Rapist