Execution Reinstated for Innocent-Claiming Missouri Man after Court Vacates Stay
By Linh Nguyen MISSOURI — Missouri is maintaining their scheduled execution of 64-year-old Walter Barton for today…
Missouri to Carry Out First Execution Since COVID-19 on Man Despite New Evidence of Innocence
By Linh Nguyen MISSOURI — Despite the fact that many states postponed lethal injections amid the coronavirus…
Man Released after 27 Years for Wrongful Conviction on Three Counts of Attempted Murder
By Linh Nguyen LOS ANGELES– Los Angeles County man Quintin Morris, who was sentenced to three life…
My View: “Isn’t that Appalling to Justice?”
Is Justice Even Possible 44 Years Later? Innocent until proven guilty. That’s the hallmark of our…
Wrongly Convicted Man Gets a Hearing Before the Fourth Circuit After 44 Years
After 44 years, Ronnie Long, convicted—and many people, including Jamie Lau from the Duke Project for the…
Missouri Supreme Court in the Process of Deciding a Prosecutor’s Role in Reversing Wrongful Convictions
By Shellsea Lomeli ST. LOUIS, MO – The Missouri Supreme Court is currently considering a motion filed…
Netflix’s ‘Innocence Files’ Opens with Bite Mark Evidence Leading to Wrongful Convictions
By Nancy Martinez The first three episodes of Netflix’s The Innocence Files question the validity of forensic…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 59 – The Wrongful Conviction of Anand Jon Alexander
Anand Jon Alexander was a rising star in the fashion industry in 2007 when he was arrested…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 55 – Story of Joann Parks Wrongly Convicted of Arson Murder
In 1989 she was a young mother who lost her kids in a tragic fire. Except the…
Court Frees Man after 19 Years Behind Bars – Sacramento DA Made $919,800 Mistake
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Members of juries often wonder what information is not…
Anand Jon’s Path to Freedom: A San Diego Meeting with Assemblymember Weber
On February 19, 2020, I received an invitation from the American Justice Alliance organization to be part…
Max Harris Speaks about Ghost Ship Trial after Acquittal
By Lea Barrios One of the acquitted defendants from the Ghost Ship case has spoken for the…
Trump Justice Dept. Surprises, Won’t Retry Alleged Terror Suspect After 14 Years
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Trump Administration somehow managed to hold onto Hamid…
Overturned Death Row Conviction of an LAPD Officer Killing in 1983
By Nancy Martinez The Los Angeles Superior Court overturned the death row conviction of Kenneth Earl Gay…
Man Accused of Grisly Murder Proven Innocent by DNA Evidence
By Maxwell C. Myrhum After nearly 15 years, an El Dorado man wrongly convicted of a murder…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 39 – Tirpak Spends 25 Years Wrongly Imprisoned, Freed by SB 1437
Early in 2019, Michael Tirpak became the third person released from prison under SB 1437. He had…
Arkansas Cooperates with the Innocence Project and the ACLU to Conduct Testing for Ledell Lee’s Case
By Coco Wang Officials in Jacksonville, Arkansas, agreed to the DNA and fingerprint testing for Ledell Lee’s…
Five Jurists Said Donnie Lance Deserved a New Sentence, Georgia Executed Him Anyway
Three Supreme Court justices and others said competent counsel could have saved his life. By Kyle C….
Prosecutor at Fault for ‘Intentionally’ Deceiving Jurors, Who Sentenced an Innocent Man to Death
By Linh Nguyen New evidence shows that prosecutor Robert Heyman “intentionally deceived the jurors” at a murder…
Judge Rejects DA’s Attempt to Deny 1437 Hearing, Asks for Briefing on Prima Facie Showing
Judge Paul Richardson rejected a request from Deputy DA Ryan Couzens to rule that the SB 1437…