For years, I followed the case of Fred Steese, who spent 21 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. When he died in August, it felt like the universe had dealt him yet another injustice.

“God doesn’t let innocent babies die for no reason. Somebody has to be punished.”

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Cynthia Mousseau sat in the front row of the gallery as lawmakers debated a bill that would let people convicted of crimes seek a new trial based on fresh evidence, even after the state’s current thre...

His time in a Missouri jail is a cautionary tale about the dangers of an overwhelmed system where vulnerable defendants and jailers await help.

The Post found a dozen examples of chatbot conversations being swept into criminal and civil legal proceedings.

Alexis Rodriguez claims technicians at the New York City medical examiner’s office fabricated DNA evidence, leading to his wrongful conviction in 2014 for attempted rape.

The 2026 P4P teams will receive up to $100,000 apiece to support access to community service, reproductive health, and clean water in Philadelphia.

A Georgia judge ordered a new trial for Danyel Smith, who was convicted of a crime that may have never occurred.

How did a criminologist get ChatGPT to admit to a crime it never committed? And what does it mean for human suspects?

For years, I reported on one man’s incarceration for a crime he didn’t commit—and ignored the stories of a grieving family who thought they had gotten justice.

The Penn Prosecution Lab is a multidisciplinary research center advancing evidence-based prosecution and criminal justice policy.

Jailhouse testimony can earn witnesses a lighter sentence. Is that a problem?

A body of research now suggests that the Reid Technique, first popularized when used in a 1955 Lincoln homicide investigation, can prompt false confessions from suspects. Law enforcement leaders say i...

Darryl Burton was exonerated, but found even more hurdles outside of prison trying to find housing and a job. Burton is the co-founder of Miracle of Innocence, a Missouri nonprofit that provides legal...

A repository of studies, surveys, and reports on the disparate ways white, Black, and Latino people are treated by police, prosecutors, courts, and prisons

Minnesota's Conviction Review Unit is shutting down after losing federal funding, the state's attorney general announced Wednesday.

Weeks before calling to abolish capital punishment in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine commuted the man’s death sentence to life in prison without parole.

Forensic science is undergoing rapid technological expansion driven by advances in artificial intelligence, automation, and data-intensive investigati…

The modern courthouse is increasingly digital, and the digital courthouse increasingly—and, now, predominantly—runs on software built by one company....

The new West Coast office of the Crime and Justice Policy Lab brings together Penn researchers and experienced violence-reduction practitioners, adding to the lab’s prior success in several large East...

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A few weeks ago, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice Spring Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania.I’m grateful t...