For years, the Chicago Police Department has been trying to move past a shameful chapter characterized by coercion and brutality, shelling out multimillion-dollar settlements to men who were tortured into confessing to serious crimes they didn’t commit. But as the …
A top Brooklyn, N.Y., politician pressed the state Tuesday to set up a special commission to investigate wrongful convictions and pinpoint the problems – and people – to blame. “Releasing innocent people is not the end. It is only the …
A state Senate committee unanimously approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday to dramatically increase the payout for people wrongly convicted of crimes in Wisconsin. Such payouts are now capped at $5,000 for year spent behind bars, with a maximum of $25,000. …
DUI results from across Tennessee may be in jeopardy after the firing a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation employee for mishandling evidence. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that former Special Agent Kyle Bayer handed 2,800 cases before being dismissed Monday …
A Mesa County, Colo., man who inspired a new law compensating the wrongly convicted is nearing a monetary settlement with the state. The Daily Sentinel reports that Colorado seeks to pay Robert Dewey about $1.2 million. The 52-year-old was convicted …
Some advocates for people who are wrongly convicted in Georgia courts say the state should come up with a system that would guide how they are compensated. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia is among almost two dozen states without …
People wrongly convicted of crimes would eligible for compensation from the state under a bill passed in the Colorado House with near unanimous support. The bill passed the House on a 60-2 vote Tuesday and now heads to the Senate. …
Ed Graf was given life in prison 25 years ago for killing his two stepsons by locking them in a backyard shed and setting it on fire. Two investigators used photos of the shed’s remains to persuade jurors that Graf …
State Supreme Court Justice Wallace Jefferson says a rash of wrongful convictions in Texas may raise questions about an overall deficit of justice statewide. Jefferson is chief judge of the state’s high civil court. Addressing the Legislature Wednesday, he said …