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Exoneration

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Texas Man Exonerated After 34 Years in Prison

A Dallas County judge dismissed charges against Benjamin Spencer, declaring him innocent in a wrongful conviction case from 1987.

Oklahoma City Settles for $7 Million with Exonerated Death Row Inmate

New DNA Evidence in 1991 Hawaii Murder Case Leads to Suspect's Suicide

C.J. Rice Exonerated and Freed After Over a Decade in Prison for Wrongful Conviction

Harold Staten Exonerated After Nearly 40 Years in Prison for 1984 Philadelphia Fire

Sandra Hemme's Attorneys Argue Innocence, Point to Former Police Officer as True Perpetrator

Wrongfully Convicted Brooklyn Man Exonerated After 14 Years in Prison

Wrongfully Convicted Michigan Man Awarded $1.75M After 35 Years in Prison

Glynn Simmons Exonerated After Serving Longest Wrongful Sentence in U.S. History

Wrongfully Convicted Men Exonerated After Decades in Prison

Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed After 35 Years in Illinois Prison

Marvin Haynes Released from Prison After Judge Overturns 2004 Murder Conviction

Kentucky City Pays $20 Million to Exonerated Men Framed for Murder by Corrupt Cop

Man wrongly imprisoned for 33 years freed after scathing review finds prosecutors withheld evidence, delayed justice