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Judge Clears Israel Vallarta After Nearly 20 Years in Pretrial Detention

A federal tribunal ruled that key testimonies and records were invalid after a 2005 AFI televised montage tainted the evidence

Nagoya High Court Acquits Man Decades After 1986 Fukui Murder Conviction

UK Raises Miscarriage of Justice Compensation Caps to £1.3 Million

Judge Clears Two Men of 1994 Harlem Murder After Decades Behind Bars

CCRC Chief Executive Resigns Following Malkinson Scandal

Brooklyn Supreme Court Vacates 1988 Conviction of Brian Kendall

Chester Weger, Convicted Starved Rock Killer, Dies at 86

UK Announces Capture Redress Scheme for 1990s Postmasters

Wrongful conviction campaigner Sunny Jacobs dies in County Galway house fire

Peter Sullivan Freed After 38 Years as DNA Evidence Exposes UK’s Longest Miscarriage of Justice

Los Angeles Innocence Project Pushes to Overturn Scott Peterson Conviction with New Evidence

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

Leonard Peltier Released After Nearly 50 Years in Prison

Wrongly Convicted Man Faces Losing Social Housing After Compensation Payment

1983 Conviction of NFL Player's Father Overturned Due to Police Misconduct

Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years Awarded $34 Million

Conviction Overturned for Kansas Man After 15 Years in Prison

Bronx Woman Exonerated After 13 Years in Prison for 1999 Murder

Japanese Police Chief Apologizes to Man Acquitted After 50 Years on Death Row

Texas Board Rejects Clemency for Man Facing Execution in Shaken Baby Case