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The state already offered to pay Gable $2 million plus attorney fees to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit he filed against Oregon. Now the state must pay another $99,665.85 to also compensate him f...

Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...

Calvin Duncan studied law in prison to free himself and won his court clerk race in a landslide. Three hours in, the role was abolished in an act of ‘white supremacy’

Tony Carruthers is set to be executed in May for a triple kidnapping and murder in 1994.

The state of Texas plans to execute James Broadnax on April 30, 2026 for a double murder that he did not commit. The actual shooter, James's cousin, Demarius Cummings, was sentenced to life without pa...

An Oregon man is free from prison nearly 17 years after he was sentenced to life for a murder he consistently denied having any part of.

Four men have officially been exonerated, decades after their arrests in the infamous Austin, Texas, yogurt shop killings.

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Dallas County Commissioners Court posthumously proclaimed Mr. Walker’s innocence in the 1954 racially-fueled capital murder case.

A man wrongfully convicted of murdering three people decades ago in Salem has received a certificate of innocence and compensation for his wrongful incarceration.

Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.

His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.

Lawyers allege Washington County prosecutors failed to disclose key evidence in case against Nicholas Sias

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Adam Gregg accepted a plea deal to avoid a lengthier sentence in an alleged fatal overdose, only to later discover his alleged victim never died.

In addition to seeking any opportunity to present new evidence in court, the appeals also included allegations of judicial bias and misconduct during Robert...