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
,Race
,Sep 13, 2021
Former Mississippi death-row prisoner Curtis Flowers (pictured), who was exonerated in 2020, is suing the officials whose misconduct led to his arrest and repeated wrongful conviction. Flowers was tried six times…
Innocence
,Oct 06, 2021
Innocence
,Sep 28, 2021
Two men exonerated from death row, one in Ohio and one in Oklahoma, have received million ‑dollar payouts for their wrongful convictions and death sentences. Both were tried and convicted in counties with long his…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Sep 10, 2020
Eight years after his exoneration from death row, an Ohio trial court judge has declared that Joe D’Ambrosio (pictured) was “wrongfully imprisoned.” The August 31, 2020 ruling by Cuyahoga County C…
Innocence
,Oct 15, 2021
Death-row exoneree Robert DuBoise (pictured) is suing the City of Tampa, four Tampa police officers, and the forensic odontologist who falsely testified against him, alleging that they fabricated evidence that led to his wrongful …
Innocence
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Jun 11, 2020
Florida death-row exoneree Clifford Williams, Jr. (pictured), who was freed in 2…
Costs
,Innocence
,Jun 24, 2022
The city of Idaho Falls, Idaho has agreed to a settlement of $11.7 million with an exoneree who spent 20 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit. Christopher Tapp (pictured, center, with St…
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…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Oct 20, 2020
In his first interview since his September 24, 2020 exoneration, former Mississippi death-row prison…
