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Apr 03, 2020

2019 Exoneration Report: Official Misconduct and Perjury Remain Leading Causes of Wrongful Homicide Convictions

Official misconduct and perjury or false accusation continue to be the main reasons innocent men and women are wrongfully convicted in America, according to the 2019 annual report by the National Registry of Exonerations. That mis…

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Innocence

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Feb 01, 2019

42 Years After Death Sentence, Federal Appeals Court Says Charles Ray Finch ‘Actually Innocent’

A federal appeals court has found 80-year-old Charles Ray Finch (pictured) “actually innocent” of the murder for which he was convicted and sentenced to death in North Carolina 42 years ago. The pronouncement came…

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Prosecutorial Accountability

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Race

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Jun 26, 2019

Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166^th Death-Row Exoneree as North Carolina Prosecutor Formally Drops All Charges

In July 1976, false forensic testimony and an eyewitness identification manipulated by police misconduct sent Charles Ray Finch to North Carolina’s death row. Forty-three years later, he has become the 166^th

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Innocence

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Prosecutorial Accountability

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May 24, 2019

Former North Carolina Death-Row Prisoner Charles Ray Finch Freed After 43 Years

A North Carolina man wrongly convicted and sentenced to death based upon false forensic testimony and an eyewitness identification manipulated by police misconduct has been freed from prison after 43 years. On May 23, 2019, federa…

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Innocence

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Time on Death Row

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Sep 22, 2021

Nevada Supreme Court Finds Samuel Howard Innocent of the Death Penalty 40 Years After He Was Sent to Death Row

The Nevada Supreme Court has found that a prisoner who has been on the state’s death row for more than forty years is “actually innocent” of the death penalty and must be resentenced. In a

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Policy Issues

2019 Exoneration Report: Official Misconduct and Perjury Remain Leading Causes of Wrongful Homicide Convictions

Policy Issues

42 Years After Death Sentence, Federal Appeals Court Says Charles Ray Finch ​‘Actually Innocent’

Policy Issues

Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166th Death-Row Exoneree as North Carolina Prosecutor Formally Drops All Charges

Policy Issues

Former North Carolina Death-Row Prisoner Charles Ray Finch Freed After 43 Years

Policy Issues

Nevada Supreme Court Finds Samuel Howard Innocent of the Death Penalty 40 Years After He Was Sent to Death Row

42 Years After Death Sentence, Federal Appeals Court Says Charles Ray Finch ‘Actually Innocent’

Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166^th Death-Row Exoneree as North Carolina Prosecutor Formally Drops All Charges