Nicole Baukus was 24 years old when she pled guilty in the middle of her trial…
Category: Wrongful Conviction Cases
20 Recent Justice Reform Measures to Celebrate
From New Mexico to Maryland, 20 policies were passed in 16 states. Last weekend marked the…
“My 14-year-old son was jailed for murdering his girlfriend & mutilating her body – but I believe he is innocent”
WHEN teenager Jodi Jones went missing near her home in Dalkeith, Scotland, boyfriend Luke Mitchell was…
The Prisoners Who Were Convicted by Hung Juries
In Louisiana, at least 1,601 people are still incarcerated on the basis of a Jim Crow–era…
Texas Prosecutor Who Sent Man to Death Row Was Simultaneously Clerking for the Presiding Judge
A Texas man convicted of double murder asked the state criminal appeals court in Midland County…
Innocence Project Client Robert DuBoise Released After Nearly 37 Years in Prison for 1983 Tampa Murder
DNA testing excludes DuBoise in a case that rested on unreliable bite mark evidence and jailhouse…
Ronnie Long set free after 44 years in prison
Ronnie Long has been released from prison as a court has ruled to vacate his 1976…
Murder case dismissed against California man who served 25 years
A California man who spent 25 years in prison for a 1994 killing had his murder…
Rodney Reed’s Case
Stacey Stites died in April 1996. Nearly one year later, Bastrop Sheriffs arrested a 29-year-old black…
Pervis Payne Has Been on Death Row for 32 Years
Pervis Payne lives with an intellectual disability and is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on…
About wrongful conviction
A miscarriage of justice, also known as a failure of justice, occurs when a person is convicted and punished for…
Justice for Julius Jones: Wrongfully Convicted and Awaiting His Death
At the age of nineteen, Julius Jones was convicted of a murder he did not commit;…