Philadelphia DA’s Office CIU Leads to Two Wrong Convictions Being Overturned
Special to the Vanguard Curtis Kingwood to Be Freed After Convictions Tainted by Former Det. Nordo Overturned…
New York Cop Corruption Probe Leads to 27 Vacated Convictions and Charges – But No Officers Criminally Charged
By The Vanguard Staff WHITE PLAINS, NY – The work of the Conviction Review Unit here at…
Man Released After 34 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated Following Eyewitness Misidentification
By Belen Avelar FT LAUDERDALE, FL – After an intensive two-and-a-half-year collaborative investigation with the Innocence Project…
Walter Ogrod, Death Row Inmate, Exonerated after 28 Years
By Peter Eibert and Ankita Joshi (Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what…
Two Prosecutors Running for LA District Attorney Clash over Criminal Justice Reform
By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her office face more…
‘Factually Innocent’ Man Exonerated after Spending 7 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery
By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – After seven years in prison, Derek Harris was exonerated and released…
Sunday Commentary: A Tale of Two County DAs on Wrongful Convictions…
By David M. Greenwald This week, Chesa Boudin, the San Francisco DA, unveiled his plans for a…
Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit Frees Man after 8 Years in Prison
By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – Sonny Dawson’s conviction for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second…
It Took 27 Years, but Man Gets Justice after Probe by Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit
By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving 27 years for murder in the second degree, Ethan Hart…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Brian Davidson’ (1987)
30 Years Later, Man’s Conviction for Vicious Rape Fully Vacated By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN — After spending…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Robert Hicks’ (1991)
Man Served 20.5 Years in Prison Over a False Witness Testimony By Claudia Gutierrez BROOKLYN, NY –…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Miguel Foster’ (2007)
‘Obviously Fake’ Confession Among Other Errors Exonerates Brooklyn Man of Murder By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – Kings…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nelson Lewis’ (1997)
Implausible Witness Testimony Lead to Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – In 1997, an individual fired…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Spencer Mitchell (2005)
Spencer Mitchell Received Life Sentence Without Evidence Implicating Him By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – Earlier in July,…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nicholas Warren’ (1986)
‘Significant Witness Credibility Issues,’ Recantation Frees Man 34 Years Later By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Zander Wright’ (1995)
Prosecutor’s “Hearsay” Evidence Causes Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – A robbery-gone-wrong resulted in four injured…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Alan Anderson & Nathan Jones (1985)
Brooklyn DA’s Office Finds Defendants Denied a Fair Trial in 1985 Murder Case By Linh Nguyen BROOKLYN…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Kevin Harrison Case (1991)
Man Charged With Brooklyn Park Murder Wrongfully Convicted By Claudia Gutierrez (The Kings County District Attorney’s Office…
BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: The Case of Jeremy Alvarez (2001)
By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – The Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, in concert with The…
Report by Brooklyn DA Office Reveals 25 Wrongful Convictions: The ’63 Case of Dylan Gold
By Linh Nguyen BROOKLYN – Eric Gonzalez, the Kings County District Attorney in New York, compiled a…
