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CCRC Undergoes Root-and-Branch Reform as Exoneree’s Interim Pay Jeopardises Housing

The interim six-figure payment has been treated as income under social housing rules, exposing flaws in the UK’s compensation framework.

France’s Assembly Unanimously Approves Dreyfus’s Posthumous Promotion to Brigadier General

B.C. Court of Appeal orders Ivan Henry to escrow $232,000 and flags $1.8 million shortfall

Chicago Faces $62M in New Police Misconduct Settlements as Cook County Finalizes $48M Payout

Peter Sullivan Freed After 38-Year Wrongful Conviction Overturned

UK Court Overturns 38-Year Wrongful Conviction in Landmark Case

Peter Sullivan Freed After 38-Year Wrongful Conviction Overturned

Spanish Supreme Court Overturns Third Rape Conviction of Ahmed Tommouhi

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

Matlock’s Latest Episode Unveils Major Turning Point as Olympia Confronts Matty

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

Iwao Hakamada Awarded Record Compensation After 47 Years Wrongfully Spent on Death Row

Iwao Hakamada Awarded Maximum Compensation After 46 Years Wrongfully Spent on Death Row

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

Hawaii Man Freed After 30 Years in Prison as New DNA Evidence Overturns Conviction

Native Hawaiian Brothers Sue, Claim Police Framed Them in 1991 Tourist Murder

1996 Double Murder Case Reopened as New Suspects Identified

Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years Awarded $34 Million

Conviction Overturned for Kansas Man After 15 Years in Prison

Manfred Genditzki Seeks €750,000 Compensation After 13 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment