Innocence
,Mar 04, 2019
Death-row exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown (pictured) was declared “actually innocent” by Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on March 1, 2019, making Brown eligible for state …
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Apr 15, 2020
Beginning April 15, 2020, two television series — one a new program from Netflix and the other new episodes of a returning series from CNN — will highlight stories of wrongful convictions, including some death-penalty cases. The new Netfl…
Innocence
,Representation
,Crimes Punishable by Death
,United States Supreme Court
,Dec 21, 2020
NEWS (12/18/20) — Texas: The Texas Supreme Court has overturned a ruling by the state’s comptroller that had denied death-row exoneree Alfred Dew…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Jun 10, 2019
A special prosecutor in Harris County, Texas, has filed a complaint with the Texas State Bar Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel against former Assistant District Attorney Daniel Rizzo, alleging …
Innocence
,May 06, 2019
A Texas trial court judge has formally declared Alfred Dewayne Brown (pictured) “actually innocent” of the murder charges that led to his wrongful conviction an…
Innocence
,Apr 13, 2016
Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar has rejected an application for compensation filed by death-row exoneree Alfred DeWayne Brown, asserting that the court p…
Innocence
,Jun 27, 2019
The Texas State Comptroller has denied compensation to death-row exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown (pictured), despite a formal court declaration that he is “actually innocent” of the murders of a store clerk and a Houston
Innocence
,Dec 22, 2020
The Texas Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the state’s comptroller had no authority to deny death-row exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown’s application for compensation after a trial court had declared him “actu…
