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America June 22, 2025

Missouri Judge Hits St. Paul Insurance with $44 Million Ruling in Ryan Ferguson Wrongful Conviction Case

Case Insights Missouri judge orders St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. to pay nearly $44 million to Ryan Ferguson…

By Samuel Lopez

America June 15, 2025

1980 Cold Case Murder Solved Through DNA; Wrongfully Convicted Man Spent 20 Years in Prison

More than four decades after the brutal 1980 cold case murder of Katharina Reitz Brow, authorities in Massachusetts have identified…

By Jackie Allen

America December 7, 2024

Georgia Man Sues County and Police After Being Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

A Georgia man who spent over 26 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit has filed a federal…

By Rochdi Rais

America June 16, 2024

Judge Overturns Wrongful Conviction of Missouri Woman Imprisoned for 43 Years

In a landmark ruling, a judge has overturned the wrongful conviction of Sandra Hemme. The Missouri woman spent 43 years…

By Jackie Allen

America December 11, 2023

1960 Starved Rock Murders:  DNA Technology May Exonerate Chester Weger

New DNA technology may hold the key to potentially overturning the conviction of Chester Weger. He spent 60 years behind…

By Jackie Allen

America September 8, 2023

Innocence Project: DNA Proves Man Innocent after 47 Years, DNA tests that Excluded him at 1976 trial were ignored

In a landmark moment for justice, Leonard Mack, a Vietnam War veteran, was exonerated this week after spending nearly five…

By Jackie Allen

Pervis Payne The Innocense Project

Investigates September 17, 2020

Court orders DNA testing of crime scene evidence in Pervis Payne death penalty case

Pervis Payne, a Black man with intellectual disability convicted of a capital crime and is scheduled to be executed by…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

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