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Suffolk Prosecutors Dismiss 1985 Murder Case Against Thomas Rosa After DNA Review

The DA's reinvestigation found the evidence no longer met the reasonable-doubt standard.

Brooklyn Judge Vacates 2007 Robbery Conviction, Freeing Kenneth Windley After 19 Years

Fargo Facial Recognition Misidentification Jailed Tennessee Woman for Nearly Six Months

Gujarat Constable Cleared in Rs 20 Bribe Case Dies a Day After High Court Acquittal

Baltimore Approves $14 Million Settlement in Gary Washington Wrongful-Conviction Case

Hamilton County Prosecutor Dismisses Elwood Jones Murder Case With Prejudice

Hearing Closes in Tommy Zeigler Case as Judge Weighs New DNA and Blood Evidence

Louisiana Death Row Prisoner Freed on Bond as High Court Weighs Overturned Conviction

Courts Halt ICE Deportation of Exonerated Pennsylvania Man After 43 Years in Prison

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

Former Death Row Inmate Iwao Hakamata Sues State and Shizuoka for ¥608 Million Over Fabricated Evidence

Quebec Crown Questions Fairness of 1994 Jolivet Murder Trial

Florida Father Freed After 13-Day Wrongful Arrest That Cost Him His Child’s Birth

Texas Death-Row Inmate Robert Roberson Declines Clemency, Seeks New Trial Before Oct. 16 Execution

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

Acquitted 7/11 Mumbai Blasts Accused Seeks Rs 9 Crore for Nine Years Wrongfully Jailed

Chicago Moves to Settle 176 Watts-Linked Cases for $90 Million

Minnesota Judge Vacates 1998 Murder Conviction, Freeing Bryan Hooper Sr. After 27 Years

Alberta Prosecutors Stay Murder Charge Against Roy Sobotiak

Exonerated Chicago Man Sues City, Police and Prosecutors Over Fabricated Evidence