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

The Shizuoka District Court grants €1.2 million to the 89-year-old, highlighting systemic flaws in Japan's judicial system.

Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years Awarded $34 Million

Massachusetts Man Exonerated After 27 Years in Prison Awarded $13 Million

Chicago Man Awarded $50 Million After 10 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment

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

Missouri AG Faces Backlash Over Efforts to Block Innocence Hearings

Missouri Judge Orders Release of Wrongfully Convicted Man After 33 Years

California Court Exonerates Deceased Woman Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

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

Ronald Johnson Exonerated After 34 Years in Prison for 1990 Philadelphia Murder