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Wrongful Convictions
wrongful convictions
Sept. 10, 2015
8 Exonerated Prisoners on Their First Week Out
What does it feel like to get out of prison after serving a sentence for a crime you didn’t commit?
By
Jada Yuan
wrongful convictions
Sept. 10, 2015
8 Exonerated Prisoners on Their First Week Out
What does it feel like to get out of prison after serving a sentence for a crime you didn’t commit?
By
Jada Yuan
wrongful convictions
Oct. 16, 2014
Brooklyn Man Goes Free After Serving 29 Years for Murder He Didn’t Commit
His friend, whose conviction was also vacated, died in prison.
By
Margaret Hartmann
wrongful convictions
Sept. 3, 2014
After 30 Years in Prison, DNA Clears Brothers Convicted of Rape and Murder
And points to a man they befriended in jail.
By
Margaret Hartmann
bill de blasio’s new york
June 19, 2014
Central Park Five Settle With the City for $40 Million
The exonerated men will receive even more than expected.
By
Margaret Hartmann
crimes and misdemeanors
Apr. 9, 2014
Wrongfully Convicted Brooklyn Man Released After Serving 24 Years
He was out of town when the murder was committed.
By
Margaret Hartmann
wrongful convictions
Aug. 16, 2013
Man Cleared in Upper West Side Rape After Serving Fourteen-Year Sentence
Now he’s planning to sue.
By
Margaret Hartmann
crimes and misdemeanors
Apr. 12, 2013
Murder Convict Goes Free 40 Years After Bad Lawyer Let Him Confess
Lawyer doesn’t remember him.
By
Adam Martin
wrongful convictions
Feb. 20, 2013
Ken Burns Won’t Have to Turn Over
Central Park Five
Footage to the City
The judge finds that independent journalists can still express opinions.
By
Margaret Hartmann
crimes and misdemeanors
Jan. 23, 2013
Four Innocent Convicts Finally Left Prison Wednesday
They spent a total of 74 years inside, between them.
By
Adam Martin
crimes and misdemeanors
Jan. 17, 2013
Brooklyn Man Cleared of Murder After 23 Years in Prison
His legal challenge moved slow, but it got there.
By
Adam Martin
crimes and misdemeanors
Dec. 13, 2012
After Seventeen Years in Prison, Wrongfully Convicted Pair Is Finally Free
Three others were exonerated, but remain locked up.
By
Margaret Hartmann
crimes and misdemeanors
Oct. 25, 2012
Pair Wrongly Convicted of Cab Driver’s Murder Released After Seventeen Years
But they still aren’t totally free.
By
Margaret Hartmann
wrongful convictions
Oct. 3, 2012
The City Is Suddenly Interested in Ken Burns’s Central Park Jogger Film [Update]
And it’s issued a subpoena.
By
Margaret Hartmann
capital punishment
Dec. 2, 2010
Texas and the Death Penalty: Ur Doing It Wrong
Texas may rule the death penalty unconstitutional.
By
Nitasha Tiku