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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.

Full Cast Set for Broadway’s The Fear of 13 as Ephraim Sykes Joins Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson

Amanda Knox Returns to Italy in Hulu Documentary Featuring Rare Meeting With Giuliano Mignini

Ontario Court Quashes Timothy Rees’s 1990 Murder Conviction, Orders New Trial

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

CCRC Sends First Post Office Capture Conviction to Court of Appeal

Justice Minister Orders First Post‑Mortem Appeal in Russell Woodhouse Case

Prosecutors Move to Vacate 1998 Murder Conviction After Key Witness Confesses

UK Raises Miscarriage of Justice Compensation Caps to £1.3 Million

UK Announces Capture Redress Scheme for 1990s Postmasters

Roy Allan Sobotiak Released on Bail After Decades-Old Murder Conviction Quashed

Spanish Supreme Court Overturns Third Rape Conviction of Ahmed Tommouhi

Post Office Faces Backlash Over £600m Spent on Faulty IT System

Los Angeles Innocence Project Pushes to Overturn Scott Peterson Conviction with New Evidence

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

Wrongly Convicted Man Faces Losing Social Housing After Compensation Payment

Native Hawaiian Brothers Sue, Claim Police Framed Them in 1991 Tourist Murder

Jeremy Hunt Apologizes for Delayed Implementation of NHS Medical Examiners

Philadelphia Man Freed After 41 Years in 'Sex for Lies' Scandal Review

Texas Judge Recommends Overturning Melissa Lucio's Death Row Conviction