Elwood Jones was exonerated from Ohio’s death row after Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich dismissed the case against him due to evidence that excluded him as the perpetrator and raised concerns about the integrity of the original prosecution.
The ACLU released a report Wednesday outlining how wrongful convictions, especially of Black men, remain a predictable outcome of the nation’s death penalty system, due to racism, human error and systemic failures.
IRVINE, CA – The 2024 Annual Report conducted by The National Registry of Exoneration (NRE) provides a…
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By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An analysis released last week by the Death Penalty Information Center…
(This is the third in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations…