Jose Olivares Released After 13 Years of Wrongful Incarceration – Due to Misdiagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome
Los Angeles, CA – Jose Olivares walked out free on Wednesday, 13 years after being wrongly convicted…
Study: Time for Exoneration for Death Sentences Increases Past 20 Years
WASHINGTON, DC – The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released research studies about the length of time…
Wrongful Conviction Recently Overturned After 34 Years of Imprisonment for a Crime Man Did Not Commit
ST. LOUIS, MO.—The Midwest Innocence Project recently released an update regarding Christopher Dunn and his exoneration after…
Philly DA Announces Accused Exonerated after 22 Years Incarceration for Gunpoint Robbery
By Audrey Sawyer and Enola Gueta PHILADELPHIA, PA – District Attorney Larry Krasner announced Wednesday the exoneration…
Texas Second Court of Appeals Reverses Black Grandmother’s Conviction in Major Voting Rights Victory
By Cindy Chen FT WORTH, TX – The Second Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of…
Philly DA Won’t Retry Rice after Conviction Vacated Last November
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia – Larry Krasner announced on Monday at a press conference…
LA District Attorney Announces Exonerations of Two Men Wrongfully Convicted of Murder in 2001 in Downey
The men are being exonerated after collectively spending nearly 40 years in prison for a murder they…
Holiday ‘Feel Good’ Story – 2 More Men Released in Illinois after 42 Years – Part of Wave of Exonerations
By The Vanguard Staff CHICAGO, IL – It’s a holiday “feel good” story—two Illinois cousins were freed…
LOOKING BACK: The Holdout Etan Patz Juror Deserves an Ovation
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Innocence Project: After 33 Years of Being in Prison after Wrongful Conviction, Tyrone Day Exonerated
By Brinda Kalita and Leslie Garcia DALLAS, TX – One of the Innocence Project’s longest clients, Tyrone…
From Murder Exoneration to Advocate – the History of Peter Reilly in His Retelling
By Michael McCutcheon NORWALK, CT – Peter Reilly was just 18 years old when he was charged…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 190: The Exoneration of Andrew Krivak
Andrew Krivak was acquitted last week in a second trial, after spending 24 years in prison for…
LA Times Editorial Board Argues Wrongful Convictions ‘Stain’ on Justice System
By Leslie Acevedo LOS ANGELES, CA – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has found Maurice Hastings…
District Attorney Boudin’s Innocence Commission Agrees to Exonerate Man Jailed 32 Years for Crime He Didn’t Commit
By Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A man who spent more than 30 years in prison…
Registry Claims 3,000th Incarcerated Person Since 1989 Has Conviction Thrown Out
By Diana Quirarte and Michele Chadwick CHICAGO, IL – Reynaldo Munoz became the 3,000th incarcerated person whose…
Federal Court, Philly DA Office Agree Rights Violated of Man Convicted of Murder in 1984 – Conviction of Willie Stokes Vacated
By Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – A federal court here has agreed with prosecutors that the due…
23 Years Later, Devonia Inman Exonerated from Prison Life Sentence after Discovery of Evidence Never Disclosed by Prosecution
By Ava Schwartzapfel, Julia Urquizo and Jake Wylie AUGUSTA, GA— Devonia Inman—23 years later—has been released from…
New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years
(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the…
Krasner’s Conviction Integrity Unit Secures 20th Exoneration Since 2018
By Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA– The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas vacated the 2010 murder conviction and sentence…
‘We Need a Whole New System,’ Charges Termaine Hicks After 19 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated
By Carlin Ross PHILADELPHIA – The Innocence Project, a team that exonerates those wrongly convicted through DNA…
