A jury in Atlantic City convicted Harris Jacobs of knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal crash that killed 76-year-old Orlando Fraga-Seruti in September 2022. The timing of Gov. Phil Murphy’s pardon is disputed: Jacobs’s attorney said Murphy issued it around…
North Carolina’s highest court will not allow a man to withdraw a more than 20-year-old guilty plea he made before fleeing the state to avoid sentencing. Sticking to the plea will mean a longer prison sentence than the defendant would…
A federal jury awarded $3 million to James Lucien for spending 26 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, all because a Boston cop lied. At 21 years old, Lucien was convicted for the June 25, 1994, shooting murder of Ryan Edwards as…
Nicholas Stanley, the man convicted of murdering his family member’s molester, on Thursday received an 80-year prison sentence. Stanley’s attorney says he’ll appeal within 30 days. In a hearing that lasted about 45 minutes, Stanley thanked his supporters, while the victim’s mother…
Enter to Win: Fly First-Class to Your Dream Destination At the Race and Wrongful Conviction Symposium on Wrongful Conviction Day, exonerees, scholars, and Tommy Lee Walker's son traced how racism shapes a criminal case at every stage, from the first…
The fatal encounter unfolded at the three-way intersection of Goochland, Chapel, and Proescher streets near Huntersville Park, according to the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. Zephir approached Dukes' vehicle, threatened him, then shot him multiple times in the head and neck. Prosecutors…
Atlanta News First Conyers man accused of spreading HIV avoids murder trial with 15-year plea deal Newnan dealer issues tag, drops $3,300 warranty charge after ANF investigates 8-year-old boy killed after ATV veers off road, deputies say
Nicholas Curtis was jailed alongside his brother for the murder of Glenda Jackson A man who was jailed along with his brother for murdering a woman after she reported homophobic abuse by some of their associates is to have his…
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a sentencing of convicted murderer Ryan S. Uopasarn earlier this year in Switzerland County Circuit Court. “The Indiana Court of Appeals has confirmed that Ryan Uopasarn’s trial was fair and the sentence handed down…
A Portsmouth man was sentenced Friday afternoon by a Virginia Beach judge to 23 years in prison for fatally shooting one man and injuring another at his cousin’s ugly sweater Christmas party in 2023. Marquise Bunn, 40, was found guilty in June of…
Innocent people convicted, the innocence projects and new evidence that free them, and the compensation fights that follow.
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