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Manhattan Judge Vacates 1994 Murder Conviction After New Evidence Points to Hired Shooter

A reinvestigation uncovered a murder-for-hire account that undercut the lone eyewitness.

Denver Judge Vacates Murder Conviction, Frees Stephen Martinez After 27 Years

Judge Vacates Detroit Man's Murder Conviction After 17 Years in Prison

Suffolk Prosecutors Drop 1985 Murder Case Against Thomas Rosa After DNA Undercuts Evidence

Exonerated Austin Mother Carmen Mejia Freed After 23 Years Following ICE Decision

Exonerated After 43 Years, Subu Vedam Remains in ICE Custody Under Old Deportation Order

After Exoneration, Subu Vedam Is Detained by ICE on a 1980s Deportation Order

Inglewood to Pay $25 Million to Maurice Hastings in Wrongful Conviction Settlement

Shiga Police Chief Delivers First Direct Apology to Exonerated Nurse’s Aide

Nagoya High Court Acquits Man Decades After 1986 Fukui Murder Conviction

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

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