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Attorneys Seek Posthumous Pardon for Starved Rock Convict Chester Weger

The petition argues newly cited witness statements and a murder‑for‑hire theory undermine Weger’s disputed 1960 confession and make clemency the only remaining route to clear his name.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Order Texas to Rehear Death-Row Junk-Science Claim

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Documentary Releases New Evidence That Revives Scrutiny of Jeremy Bamber Conviction

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Paul Quinn Jailed for 24 Years for 2003 Salford Rape That Wrongly Sentenced Another Man

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Paul Quinn Denies 2003 Little Hulton Rape As DNA Match And Web Searches Scrutinized

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Amanda Knox Turns Her Ordeal Into Stand-Up, Drawing Support and Dissent

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LDP Split Over Japan Retrial Reform on Prosecutor Appeals

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Quinn Trial Hears 2004 Witness Was 'Absolutely No Doubt' Certain in ID That Jailed Malkinson

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Paul Quinn Trial Hears DNA Link and Web Searches in 2003 Rape Case That Wrongly Jailed Andrew Malkinson

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Frenchman Tom Félix Acquitted in Malaysia Drug Case After 30 Months in Detention

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Elwood Jones Defense Seeks Retraction After Coroner Reverses Hepatitis B Finding in 1994 Blue Ash Killing

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Barry George Appears by Videolink at Old Bailey on 1987 Child Sex Charges as Plea Hearing Set for February

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Baltimore Grand Jury Indicts Brandon Grimes in Alleged Fake Exoneration Scheme

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Tom Hayes Sues UBS for Over $400 Million Alleging Malicious Prosecution in Libor Case

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

Wrongful Convictions

Attorneys Seek Posthumous Pardon for Starved Rock Convict Chester Weger

Supreme Court Refuses to Order Texas to Rehear Death-Row Junk-Science Claim

Documentary Releases New Evidence That Revives Scrutiny of Jeremy Bamber Conviction

Paul Quinn Jailed for 24 Years for 2003 Salford Rape That Wrongly Sentenced Another Man

Japan Submits Retrial Reform Bill With Appeal Curb and New Evidence Limits

Judge Grants Bond to Richard Glossip, Freeing Him Before Third Trial

Supreme Court Acquits 12 in 2008 Assam Murder After 'Scripted' Probe Finding

Judge Vacates 1994 Harlem Murder Conviction of Harry Ruiz

Judge Vacates 2008 Minneapolis Murder Conviction After New Forensics

Paul Quinn Denies 2003 Little Hulton Rape As DNA Match And Web Searches Scrutinized

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Wrongful Convictions

Amanda Knox Turns Her Ordeal Into Stand-Up, Drawing Support and Dissent

LDP Split Over Japan Retrial Reform on Prosecutor Appeals

Quinn Trial Hears 2004 Witness Was 'Absolutely No Doubt' Certain in ID That Jailed Malkinson

Paul Quinn Trial Hears DNA Link and Web Searches in 2003 Rape Case That Wrongly Jailed Andrew Malkinson

Frenchman Tom Félix Acquitted in Malaysia Drug Case After 30 Months in Detention

Elwood Jones Defense Seeks Retraction After Coroner Reverses Hepatitis B Finding in 1994 Blue Ash Killing

Barry George Appears by Videolink at Old Bailey on 1987 Child Sex Charges as Plea Hearing Set for February

Baltimore Grand Jury Indicts Brandon Grimes in Alleged Fake Exoneration Scheme

Tom Hayes Sues UBS for Over $400 Million Alleging Malicious Prosecution in Libor Case

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

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