exoneration
Exonerated man who spent nearly 50 years in prison receives multimillion-dollar settlement
An Oklahoma city has agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison.
Freed man who spent 12 years in prison for murder sues after key witness revealed to be blind
A Chicago man who spent 12 years in prison before he was exonerated in 2023 after investigators found evidence that key testimony in his murder trial came from a legally...
Mom of slain NYC teen 'knew' daughter's accused killer would be in jail again: 'He did this to somebody else'
Shadia Sands said she knew her teen daughter's accused killer would wind up back in jail after Queens prosecutors tossed his murder conviction -- and she was right.
Ex-con whose past murder rap was tossed now charged with gunning down 19-year-old less than 2 years later
A Queens ex-con whose murder conviction was tossed out by prosecutors is back behind bars -- this time charged in connection to a fatal shootout that left a 19-year-old man...
LA Innocence Project takes convicted wife-killer Scott Peterson's case, insists new evidence could exonerate him
Peterson, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Lacey Peterson, received renewed hope Thursday when the legal organization confirmed to outlets it had taken up his case.
Brooklyn man exonerated after 14 years in prison in another case investigated by crooked NYPD detective
A Brooklyn man who served 14 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit – in a case investigated by disgraced ex-NYPD Det. Louis Scarcella – had his conviction...
71-year-old man exonerated after 48 years in prison for murder he did not commit
A 71-year-old Oklahoma man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for a murder he did not commit was exonerated by a judge on Wednesday. Former death row inmate Glynn...
Two men have convictions cleared in decades-old Manhattan murders: 'Never lost faith'
"This whole time year – 25 years of waiting -- I never lost faith," Walker said on the sidewalk outside Manhattan Supreme Court.
Cop who fatally shot exonerated man was fired in 2017 for using excessive force during traffic stop
The Georgia deputy who fatally shot a black man who had served more than 16 years in prison on a wrongful robbery conviction was fired from a police department in...
Bodycam footage shows Georgia officer fatally shooting exonerated man during traffic stop
“I can only imagine what it’s like to know your son is innocent and watch him be sentenced to life in prison, to be exonerated and … then be told...
Exonerated man who spent 16 years in prison on wrongful conviction shot dead by Georgia deputy during traffic stop
Leonard Cure was killed during a Georgia traffic stop while en route to visit his mother in Florida.
Oklahoma man serving life sentence uses pandemic funds to prove his innocence in murder case
An Oklahoma man serving a life sentence in prison used his pandemic relief funds to hire a private investigator to help exonerate him for a 1997 murder he did not...
Man cleared of Westchester rape 47 years after wrongful conviction, hugs judge at emotional hearing
“Today has been a long time coming. I lost seven-and-a-half years of my life in prison for a crime I did not commit and I have lived with this injustice...
Daniel Saldana exonerated after spending 33 years behind bars for wrongful attempted murder conviction
Daniel Saldana, 55, walked free 33 years after he was convicted of trying to murder a group of six high school students.
Texas man previously exonerated in fatal stabbing arrested for fatal shooting
Lydell Grant was taken into custody Friday for allegedly shooting another driver dead after they got into a minor traffic accident, cops said.
NY agrees to pay $5.5M to man who spent 16 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in author Alice Sebold’s rape
New York State has agreed to pay $5.5 million to a man who was exonerated after spending 16 years in prison for the decades-old rape of novelist Alice Sebold.
NY man acquitted of raping, murdering 12-year-old girl after two decades in prison
"I think his words were ‘it’s finally over’ and that’s it, it’s finally over," the man's lawyer said.
Luxury magazine publisher Jason Binn cleared of groping charges
The 54-year-old publisher of DuJour Magazine was arrested in June after being accused of grabbing the 16-year-old girl’s rear end in February following a Valentine's Day dinner at Cipriani Downtown...
Forgotten sixth member of Central Park Five exonerated
Steven Lopez, the sixth man indicted in the infamous Central Park Five rape case, wept openly in court Monday as his 33-year-old guilty plea was vacated.
Forgotten sixth Central Park Five co-defendant to be exonerated
A sixth man indicted in the infamous 1989 Central Park rape case, Steven Lopez, is expected to have his conviction thrown out Monday, two decades after the exoneration of the...