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Former UP MLA Vijay Mishra Gets Life for 1980 Prayagraj Court-Campus Murder

The ruling crowns a trial revived through a reconstructed case file.

Austin Reaches $35 Million Settlement With Men Exonerated in 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders

Prosecutor Urges Annulment in Dany Leprince Case Ahead of Possible Retrial

Darmstadt Court Receives Bid to Reopen 1986 Weimar Double‑Murder Case

Allahabad High Court Acquits Nearly 100-Year-Old in 1982 Murder Case After Four-Decade Appeal

Kerala MLA Antony Raju Disqualified After Evidence‑Tampering Conviction

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

Mumbai Court Acquits 81-Year-Old in 1977 Attempted Murder Case After Survivor Says She Doesn’t Remember

Delhi Court Frames Cheating, Passport Charges Against Uphaar Convict Sushil Ansal

Jerome Kowalski Enters No-Contest Plea in 2008 Double Murder Case

Thane Sessions Court Acquits Five in 1992 Murder Citing Missing Records

Prosecutors Move to Vacate 1998 Murder Conviction After Key Witness Confesses

Río Negro Appeal Court Reverses Convictions in Otoño Uriarte Murder

San Rafael Judge Grants Home Detention to Julieta Silva With Electronic Monitor

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

Julieta Silva Faces Domestic Violence Charges Under Electronic House Arrest

Court of Appeal Clears Errol Campbell as Last Stockwell Six Defendant

New Eyewitness Testimony Prompts Appeal in Pablo Ibar’s 1994 Triple Murder Case

UK Court Overturns 38-Year Wrongful Conviction in Landmark Case

Peter Sullivan Freed After 38-Year Wrongful Conviction Overturned