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In May 2025, Judge Alvin Sharp of the 4th Judicial District in Ouachita Parish ruled that clear and convincing evidence proves Mr. Duncan is factually innocent in the alleged murder of Haley Oliveaux, ...

From reforming eyewitness identification to streamlining compensation for exonerees, the Innocence Project, exonerees, and our Innocence Network partners continue to advance major reforms across the ...

Illinois becomes first state in the U.S. to pass legislation prohibiting police from using deception with youth. “The Innocence Project’s initial foray into false confession reform was mandating the ...

On April 20, 2017, after 24 years in prison, Ledell Lee was executed for the 1993 murder of Debra Reese in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Lee always maintained his innocence — from the day he was arrested to ...

Last weekend marked the eighth International Wrongful Conviction Day. This year, the occasion, organized by the Innocence Network, was centered on the theme “The fight continues,” and brought ...

Do you want to know more about wrongful conviction, but you’re not sure where to look? No worries. You don’t need to sit in court or be a lawyer to learn more. Here are tv shows and movies that tell ...

A new documentary film recounts how a Los Angeles man narrowly avoided a death sentence for a murder he did not commit when footage from a taping of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm corroborated ...

State statute provides exonerees with a maximum of $140 per day of wrongful incarceration, including any time spent in custody prior to incarceration, as well as $70 per day served on parole or ...

Four years ago today, Robert DuBoise walked out of prison after serving nearly four decades for a rape and murder he did not commit. In 1985, at only 18, Mr. DuBoise was convicted and sentenced to ...