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Where there is a political agenda to convict someone, anyone, of the crime. Where not a single witness actually saw the crime occur, much...

Patrick Pursley acquitted in Rockford murder retrial

rrstar.com ROCKFORD — Patrick Pursley, who spent 23 years in prison for the murder of Andy Ascher, was acquitted of the charges on Wednesday after...

‘They framed her’: 10 years after Melissa Calusinski was accused of Lincolnshire day care...

Chicago Tribune When Melissa Calusinski found Benjamin Kingan unresponsive in his bouncy chair at a suburban day care center on Jan. 14, 2009, his death...

Rockford man John Horton receives certificate of innocence

WIFR ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) -- John Horton, a Rockford man who spent more than 20 years in prison before he was exonerated​, received his certificate of innocence. Judge...

Changed opinions, new sentence: Ex-death row inmate in Mississippi gets life in baby death

clarionledger.com JACKSON, Miss. — A judge ruled Monday that a Mississippi man should spend the rest of his life in prison after the state Supreme...

Charles Erickson seeks release from prison in Heitholt homicide

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Five years after Ryan Ferguson walked out of prison after winning a lengthy court battle for his freedom, Charles Erickson is...

Rodney Lincoln’s sentence commuted after three decades in prison

FOX2now JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - On his last day as governor, Eric Greitens commuted sentences and issued pardons in what he said is the ability...

The 2018 Injustice Anywhere Spring Newsletter Is Now Online

According to the National Registry of Exonerations, courts in the United States overturned 139 wrongful convictions in 2017. Sixty percent of the exonerations in...

17 YEARS AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF A GRISLY MURDER IN VEGAS, KIRSTIN LOBATO SEES...

https://theintercept.com/2017/12/29/las-vegas-murder-kirstin-lobato-wrongful-conviction/ ON DECEMBER 29, more than a decade after she was first sent to prison in Nevada for a murder she did not commit, Kirstin Blaise...

Jamie Snow 7th Annual Postcards In The Park Event To Take Place This Sunday

The time has come once again for the annual Jamie Snow Postcards in the Park event. The event, which is now in its seventh...

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Texas death row inmate dies after December surgery for tumor

HOUSTON -- A man who had been on Texas’ death row for nearly 30 years after being convicted in the killings of his girlfriend and...

Charles Erickson released from prison after serving nearly 20 years for Kent Heitholt murder

Erickson, 38, was convicted in 2005 for the murder of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt. He originally confessed to killing Heitholt, but...

Book Recommendation: Trial By Liar: Meredith Kercher Rudy Guede Amanda Knox Raffaele Sollecito

Amazon.com: “Is Amanda Knox innocent? How do you know?” "I was asked these questions hundreds of times over the course of a decade by friends...

Brian Peixoto case update: Back in Court!

Written by Lisa Munger, M.Ed. Advocate Friends and supporters, we are thrilled to inform you all that we are officially back in court!  What is...

Snow Files Season 2 Episode 34: Andy the Juror

Andy, a juror from Susan Claycomb’s trial, joins Tam and Ray for an in-depth interview about deliberations from her trial. Jamie’s co-defendant, Susan Claycomb...

Murder in Hawaii: Why Wrongful Convictions Happen

A free 14-part documentary presented by Judges For Justice On Christmas Eve, 1991, 23-year-old Dana Ireland was run over while riding her bicycle on...

Snow Files Season Two: Forensics Edition

Snow Files season two is live! In the first episode, we will focus on the state of the body from the perspective of the...