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Man Released After 34 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated Following Eyewitness Misidentification

Posted by Belen Avelar
|Date: March 15, 2023
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Man Released After 34 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated Following Eyewitness Misidentification

By Belen Avelar FT LAUDERDALE, FL - After an intensive two-and-a-half-year collaborative investigation w ...

By Belen Avelar FT LAUDERDALE, FL - After an intensive two-and-a-half-year collaborative investigation with the Innocence Project of Florida (IPF), the Conviction Review Unit (CRU) in the Broward Cou ...

March 15, 2023
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Walter Ogrod, Death Row Inmate, Exonerated after 28 Years

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|Date: June 17, 2021
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Walter Ogrod, Death Row Inmate, Exonerated after 28 Years

By Peter Eibert and Ankita Joshi (Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what ...

By Peter Eibert and Ankita Joshi (Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the work of the CIU, which in fewer than four years has helped secur ...

June 17, 2021
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Two Prosecutors Running for LA District Attorney Clash over Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: October 09, 2020
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Two Prosecutors Running for LA District Attorney Clash over Criminal Justice Reform

By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her office face more critic ...

By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her office face more criticism from her primary Democratic challenger, George Gascón, who described her and her office's r ...

October 09, 2020
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‘Factually Innocent’ Man Exonerated after Spending 7 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery

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|Date: October 07, 2020
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‘Factually Innocent’ Man Exonerated after Spending 7 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – After seven years in prison, Derek Harris was exonerated and released Tuesd ...

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – After seven years in prison, Derek Harris was exonerated and released Tuesday. Director of the California Innocence Project Justin Brooks stated, “This is the way exonera ...

October 07, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: A Tale of Two County DAs on Wrongful Convictions…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: A Tale of Two County DAs on Wrongful Convictions…

By David M. Greenwald This week, Chesa Boudin, the San Francisco DA, unveiled his plans for a Post Convic ...

By David M. Greenwald This week, Chesa Boudin, the San Francisco DA, unveiled his plans for a Post Conviction Unit. At least in structure, it may well be the most groundbreaking in the country—of cou ...

September 20, 2020
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Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit Frees Man after 8 Years in Prison

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|Date: August 09, 2020
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Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit Frees Man after 8 Years in Prison

By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – Sonny Dawson’s conviction for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second De ...

By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – Sonny Dawson’s conviction for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree was finally overturned by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) af ...

August 09, 2020
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It Took 27 Years, but Man Gets Justice after Probe by Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit

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|Date: August 01, 2020
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It Took 27 Years, but Man Gets Justice after Probe by Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit

By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving 27 years for murder in the second degree, Ethan Hart finally got ...

By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving 27 years for murder in the second degree, Ethan Hart finally got justice: the Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) decided to vacate his conviction becau ...

August 01, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Brian Davidson’ (1987)

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|Date: July 24, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Brian Davidson’ (1987)

30 Years Later, Man’s Conviction for Vicious Rape Fully Vacated By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN -- After spendin ...

30 Years Later, Man’s Conviction for Vicious Rape Fully Vacated By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN -- After spending 30 years in prison, Brian Davidson was finally released as a result of the work of the Brookl ...

July 24, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Robert Hicks’ (1991)

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|Date: July 23, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Robert Hicks’ (1991)

Man Served 20.5 Years in Prison Over a False Witness Testimony By Claudia Gutierrez BROOKLYN, NY – False ...

Man Served 20.5 Years in Prison Over a False Witness Testimony By Claudia Gutierrez BROOKLYN, NY – False witness testimony and a lack of review of medical and scientific evidence led Robert Hicks (not ...

July 23, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Miguel Foster’ (2007)

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|Date: July 22, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Miguel Foster’ (2007)

‘Obviously Fake’ Confession Among Other Errors Exonerates Brooklyn Man of Murder By Nicholas Gardner BROO ...

‘Obviously Fake’ Confession Among Other Errors Exonerates Brooklyn Man of Murder By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – Kings County District Attorney’s Office along with The Innocence Project and WilmerHale ...

July 22, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nelson Lewis’ (1997)

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|Date: July 21, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nelson Lewis’ (1997)

Implausible Witness Testimony Lead to Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – In 1997, an individ ...

Implausible Witness Testimony Lead to Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – In 1997, an individual fired his gun into an apartment, killing one and leaving four others unharmed. After receiv ...

July 21, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Spencer Mitchell (2005)

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|Date: July 20, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Spencer Mitchell (2005)

Spencer Mitchell Received Life Sentence Without Evidence Implicating Him By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – E ...

Spencer Mitchell Received Life Sentence Without Evidence Implicating Him By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – Earlier in July, the Kings County District Attorney’s Office along with The Innocence Project an ...

July 20, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nicholas Warren’ (1986)

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|Date: July 19, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nicholas Warren’ (1986)

‘Significant Witness Credibility Issues,’ Recantation Frees Man 34 Years Later By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – ...

‘Significant Witness Credibility Issues,’ Recantation Frees Man 34 Years Later By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving his time, defendant Nicholas Warren finally got his conviction of robbery vacate ...

July 19, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Zander Wright’ (1995)

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|Date: July 18, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Zander Wright’ (1995)

Prosecutor’s “Hearsay” Evidence Causes Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – A robbery-gone-wro ...

Prosecutor’s “Hearsay” Evidence Causes Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – A robbery-gone-wrong resulted in four injured victims, one burned victim, and one homicide—and Zander Wright, a p ...

July 18, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Alan Anderson & Nathan Jones (1985)

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|Date: July 17, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Alan Anderson & Nathan Jones (1985)

Brooklyn DA’s Office Finds Defendants Denied a Fair Trial in 1985 Murder Case By Linh Nguyen BROOKLYN -- ...

Brooklyn DA’s Office Finds Defendants Denied a Fair Trial in 1985 Murder Case By Linh Nguyen BROOKLYN -- In 1985, Alan Anderson and Nathan Jones were convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to ...

July 17, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Kevin Harrison Case (1991)

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|Date: July 16, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: Kevin Harrison Case (1991)

Man Charged With Brooklyn Park Murder Wrongfully Convicted By Claudia Gutierrez (The Kings County Distric ...

Man Charged With Brooklyn Park Murder Wrongfully Convicted By Claudia Gutierrez (The Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, in concert with The Innocence Project and WilmerHale Law Firm, ...

July 16, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: The Case of Jeremy Alvarez (2001)

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 15, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: The Case of Jeremy Alvarez (2001)

By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – The Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, in concert with T ...

By Nicholas Gardner BROOKLYN – The Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, in concert with The Innocence Project and WilmerHale Law Firm, released a 100-page report in July—“426 Years: An ...

July 15, 2020
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Report by Brooklyn DA Office Reveals 25 Wrongful Convictions: The ’63 Case of Dylan Gold

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|Date: July 14, 2020
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Report by Brooklyn DA Office Reveals 25 Wrongful Convictions: The ’63 Case of Dylan Gold

By Linh Nguyen BROOKLYN – Eric Gonzalez, the Kings County District Attorney in New York, compiled a repor ...

By Linh Nguyen BROOKLYN – Eric Gonzalez, the Kings County District Attorney in New York, compiled a report detailing the first 25 wrongful convictions identified by the Conviction Review Unit (CRU) si ...

July 14, 2020
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Report by Brooklyn DA Office Reveals 25 Wrongful Convictions: Man Who Served 24.5 Years for a Murder He Did Not Commit

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|Date: July 13, 2020
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Report by Brooklyn DA Office Reveals 25 Wrongful Convictions: Man Who Served 24.5 Years for a Murder He Did Not Commit

By Claudia Gutierrez BROOKLYN – On Thursday, July 9, 2020, the Kings County District Attorney’s Office al ...

By Claudia Gutierrez BROOKLYN – On Thursday, July 9, 2020, the Kings County District Attorney’s Office along with The Innocence Project and WilmerHale Law Firm, released a 100-page report titled “426 ...

July 13, 2020
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DNA Evidence Exonerates Triple-Homicide Men after 22 Years

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 12, 2020
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DNA Evidence Exonerates Triple-Homicide Men after 22 Years

By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – After three bodies were found in a Brooklyn apartment in 1992, defendants Jul ...

By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – After three bodies were found in a Brooklyn apartment in 1992, defendants Julian Yeats, 18, and Curtis Watson, 15—not their real names—were convicted of three homicides eac ...

July 12, 2020
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