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Jailhouse informant testimony is one of the leading contributing factors of wrongful convictions nationally, playing a role in nearly one in five DNA-based exoneration cases. Now, a movement to put informants under a more powerful microscope before they testify is gaining traction around the country.
Lying prisoners: New laws crack down on jailhouse informants
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A movement to put jailhouse informants under a more powerful microscope before they testify is gaining traction around the country, a byproduct of new DNA testing technology...
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"As a kid, I wanted to come here, but quite honestly, I didn’t know if I would come out of prison."
Central Park 5 member sees his Syracuse University dream come true
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — For more than 30 years, Kevin Richardson had dreams of coming to Syracuse University. On Monday, Sept. 6, 2019, that dream became a reality. “It’s surre…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on whether prosecutors can argue conflicting theories of the same crime at separate trials -- but that's what happened to Toforest Johnson, an innocent man on Alabama's death row.
Opinion | An Alabama man has been on death row for 21 years. He is almost certainly innocent.
There's almost no evidence linking Toforest Johnson to the death of William Hardy. But prosecutors kept insisting the impossible.
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In New York City, a shocking 82,473 people's genetic information is in a DNA database. Most people have no idea their information is there.
N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database.
The city has 82,473 people in its database. Many of them have no idea their genetic information is there.
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Clarence Harrison Celebrates his Birthday Today
The Crime and Investigation Early on the morning of October 25, 1986, a 25-year-old woman was attacked as she walked in the rain to a bus stop in Decatur, Georgia. The assailant approached the
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Reminder: the shockingly high financial cost of incarceration impacts innocent people and their loved ones, too.
Fees, fees and more fees: the high cost of being a Georgia prisoner
When Elizabeth Sims entered Pulaski State Prison in 2012, she was given a bar of soap and a too...
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Trent taking his first steps as a free man since his conviction in 2007. He was wrongfully incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, and was officially exonerated, and released from prison, today. #Innocent #InnocencePA #Exonerate #LarryTrentRoberts https://t.co/aHVaz6ov2d
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Trent taking his first steps as a free man since his conviction in 2007. He was wrongfully incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, and was officially exonerated, and released from prison, today. #Innocent #InnocencePA #Exonerate #LarryTrentRoberts https://t.co/aHVaz6ov2d
“I have been enslaved, mentally as well as physically. I'm still traumatized. This fell upon us. They uprooted our life. When I say 'they,' meaning the system as a whole." - Terrance Lewis https://t.co/KwDwWiPrtX
“The story you heard tonight is not rare at all. It’s disturbingly common.” - GIP ED Clare Gilbert kicks off our panel, after the @brianbanksmovie screening
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Atlanta! Please join us for a screening of @brianbanksmovie, followed by a panel discussion, on Thursday, August 22! Just text ‘BANKS’ to 91999. Tickets are $9. See you there! https://t.co/Ha7W1KwIcN
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Atlanta! Please join us for a screening of @brianbanksmovie, followed by a panel discussion, on Thursday, August 22! Just text ‘BANKS’ to 91999. Tickets are $9. See you there! https://t.co/Ha7W1KwIcN