Tag Archives: False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments

The New York Times 5:01 am on February 14, 2023
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Secretive Network Rescues Russia’s Antiwar Dissidents in Nick of Time

Hundreds of people facing long prison sentences are being spirited out of the country by groups that arrange daring escapes, with one trip using six different cars over more than 4,000 miles.

#berlin-germany, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #draft-and-recruitment-military, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #kgb, #refugees-and-displaced-persons, #russia, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022

The New York Times 12:35 am on February 10, 2023
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Court Cases Now in Limbo in Wake of Memphis Police Abuses

The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office will review cases involving the five officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols and could look back at hundreds of others involving its now-disbanded Scorpion unit.

#false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #memphis-tenn, #nichols-tyre-d-2023, #police, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #police-department-memphis-tenn

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 28, 2023
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A Florida Judge Finds a New Job: Defending an Inmate

In a coda to the wrongful-conviction podcast “Bone Valley,” Judge Scott Cupp says he’ll step down to spring a man serving a life sentence for murder.

#false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #king-gilbert, #labor-and-jobs, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #podcasts, #prisons-and-prisoners

The New York Times 9:24 pm on January 19, 2023
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Ex-Detective Faces Perjury Trial, Accused of Lies That Sent 2 to Jail

Joseph Franco is charged with six counts of perjury after what authorities said were the wrongful arrests of five people. His involvement torpedoed hundreds of prosecutions in New York.

#ethics-and-official-misconduct, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #franco-joseph-e, #new-york-city, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #police-department-nyc

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 11, 2023
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They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now?

The three former Guantánamo prisoners who defeated George W. Bush at the Supreme Court in landmark cases are ensconced in family life. We caught up with two of them. One is a home-heating serviceman in central England; the other is an Uber driver in the French Riviera.

#boumediene-lakhdar, #england, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #france, #guantanamo-bay-naval-base-cuba, #habeas-corpus, #prisons-and-prisoners, #shafiq-rasul, #supreme-court-us, #vis-photo

The New York Times 10:58 am on December 23, 2022
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Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’ Is Hired by Georgetown University

The university said that Mr. Syed, who spent more than two decades in prison, will work with its Prisons and Justice Initiative to help wrongfully convicted people.

#colleges-and-universities, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #georgetown-university, #maryland, #prisons-and-prisoners, #syed-adnan

The New York Times 10:38 pm on December 2, 2022
Tags: False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, , , Watkins, Brian   

Man Exonerated in 1990 Subway Killing of Tourist to Get $18 Million

Johnny Hincapie was wrongly convicted in the fatal stabbing of Brian Watkins, who was in New York to watch the U.S. Open.

#false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #hincapie-johnny, #new-york-city, #watkins-brian

The New York Times 8:00 am on November 27, 2022
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Finance Companies Target Exonerated Prisoners With High Interest Advances

Many former prisoners are broke until state settlements arrive. Tiding them over has become a niche market for finance firms. An investment can reap 33 percent interest.

#blackstone-group-the, #credit-and-debt, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #national-registry-of-exonerations, #new-york-state, #private-equity

The New York Times 12:35 am on November 18, 2022
Tags: False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, , Shamel Capers   

He Was Wrongly Imprisoned at 16. Eight Years Later, He Walks Free.

Shamel Capers was convicted at the age of 16 of a murder he insisted he did not commit. On Thursday, the conviction was thrown out after the discovery of exonerating evidence.

#false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #queens-nyc, #shamel-capers

The New York Times 4:27 pm on November 17, 2022
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Manhattan DA Dismisses Nearly 200 Convictions Tied to Discredited NYPD Officers

The convictions were connected to eight members of the N.Y.P.D. who “abused their positions of power,” according to the Manhattan district attorney, and came amid hundreds of other dismissals by city prosecutors.

#bragg-alvin, #district-attorneys, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #police-department-nyc

The New York Times 5:17 pm on October 30, 2022
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New York to Pay $26 Million to Men Wrongly Convicted of Killing Malcolm X

Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam spent more than 20 years in prison after the civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965. He had broken with the Nation of Islam.

#assassinations-and-attempted-assassinations, #audubon-ballroom-nyc, #civil-rights-movement-1954-68, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #nation-of-islam, #washington-heights-manhattan-ny

The New York Times 10:16 am on September 20, 2022
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Sarah Koenig, the Host of ‘Serial,’ Talks About Adnan Syed’s Release

We talk with Sarah Koenig, host of the “Serial” podcast.

#false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #internal-storyline-no, #koenig-sarah, #podcasts, #syed-adnan

The New York Times 10:00 am on September 20, 2022
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‘Serial’ Investigates Why Adnan Syed Was Released From Prison

After decades of proclaiming his innocence and a podcast series dedicated to his case, a Mr. Syed won a reversal of his murder conviction.

#audio-neutral-informative, #baltimore-md, #decisions-and-verdicts, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prisons-and-prisoners

The New York Times 11:00 am on July 25, 2022
Tags: , , , , False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, McCray, Antron, , , , Reyes, Matias, Richardson, Kevin, Salaam, Yusef, Santana, Raymond, , , Wise, Kharey   

Sixth Teenager Charged in Central Park Jogger Case to Be Exonerated

Steven Lopez is expected to have a robbery charge linked to the 1989 attack cleared from his record.

#bragg-alvin, #central-park-manhattan-ny, #central-park-jogger-case-1989, #documentary-films-and-programs, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #mccray-antron, #morgenthau-robert-m, #police, #police-department-nyc, #reyes-matias, #richardson-kevin, #salaam-yusef, #santana-raymond, #sex-crimes, #trump-donald-j, #wise-kharey

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 22, 2022
Tags: Civil Rights Corps, , False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, , ,   

Court Win Bolsters Push to Highlight Prosecutors’ Misconduct

A group of law professors have tried to strengthen the disciplinary process for prosecuting attorneys by making complaints public.

#civil-rights-corps, #courts-and-the-judiciary, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #fordham-university, #legal-profession, #st-johns-university

The New York Times 4:00 pm on July 15, 2022
Tags: Ellerbe, Vincent, False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, Irons, James, Malik, Thomas, , ,   

3 Imprisoned for 1995 Subway Murder to Be Exonerated

James Irons, Thomas Malik and Vincent Ellerbe were convicted as teenagers after a New York police detective elicited false convictions, prosecutors say.

#ellerbe-vincent, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #irons-james, #malik-thomas, #metropolitan-transportation-authority, #new-york-city, #police-department-nyc

The New York Times 2:21 pm on July 14, 2022
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Man Exonerated in Malcolm X Murder Sues New York City After Talks Collapse

Muhammad A. Aziz filed the $40 million claim on Thursday, seeking redress for a conviction that overshadowed 55 years of his life.

#aziz-muhammad-a, #civil-rights-movement-1954-68, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #islam-khalil, #law-department-nyc, #malcolm-x, #nation-of-islam

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 29, 2022
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America’s Death Penalty Sentences Are Slowly Grinding to a Halt

The numbers of executions and death sentences are falling.

#capital-punishment, #civil-rights-and-liberties, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #law-and-legislation, #minorities, #naacp-legal-defense-fund, #polls-and-public-opinion, #sentences-criminal, #state-legislatures, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us, #united-states

The New York Times 9:03 am on June 20, 2022
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Autopsies Have a History of Costly Mistakes, Yet Change Is Slow

Disastrous errors by medical examiners have raised questions about whether they are influenced by prejudgments and a close relationship with the police.

#autopsies, #discrimination, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #forensic-science, #infant-mortality, #innocence-project, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 7, 2022
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Want to Get Out of Prison? Listen to Inmate No. 00A2303.

A group of convicted murderers came together to share knowledge on how to prove their innocence. It took decades, but it worked.

#amnesties-commutations-and-pardons, #dateline-tv-program, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #green-haven-correctional-facility, #hincapie-johnny, #prisons-and-prisoners, #sing-sing-correctional-facility, #slepian-dan, #velazquez-jon-adrian

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 5, 2022
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Shawn Williams, Falsely Accused of a Murder in Brooklyn, Wins $10.5 Million

Shawn Williams, falsely accused of a 1993 murder in Brooklyn, won the largest settlement so far thanks to the alleged misconduct of a once-renowned homicide detective.

#brooklyn-nyc, #chmil-stephen-w, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #police-department-nyc, #scarcella-louis, #williams-shawn-july-9-1993-murder

The New York Times 12:09 am on March 24, 2022
Tags: DeJesus, George, DeJesus, Melvin, False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, Gohagen, Brandon, , Midkiff, Margaret, , Pontiac (Mich),   

Michigan Brothers 1995 Murder Conviction Is Overturned

Prosecutors said that Melvin and George DeJesus were falsely accused of killing a woman in 1995 in what the Michigan attorney general called “a total miscarriage of justice.”

#dejesus-george, #dejesus-melvin, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #gohagen-brandon, #michigan, #midkiff-margaret, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #pontiac-mich, #prisons-and-prisoners

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 22, 2022
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This Database Stores the DNA of 31,000 New Yorkers. Is It Illegal?

The database used by the New York Police Department violates state law and the Constitution, the Legal Aid Society contends in a lawsuit.

#city-council-nyc, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #forensic-science, #legal-aid-society, #new-york-city, #office-of-the-chief-medical-examiner-of-the-city-of-new-york, #police-department-nyc, #privacy, #suits-and-litigation-civil

The New York Times 10:37 pm on March 11, 2022
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Court Declares Isaiah Andrews Wrongfully Imprisoned for 45 Years

The official declaration this week means that Isaiah Andrews, 84, can seek damages from the State of Ohio for spending more than half his life in prison after being wrongly convicted of killing his wife.

#cleveland-ohio, #cuyahoga-county-ohio, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #forensic-science, #innocence-project, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #ohio, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #prisons-and-prisoners, #witnesses

The New York Times 8:26 pm on March 10, 2022
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‘Serial’ Case: Prosecutors Agree to DNA Testing Sought by Adnan Syed

Adnan Syed, who is serving life in prison in Maryland for the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, still insists on his innocence and is seeking a sentence reduction.

#dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #forensic-science, #innocence-project, #lee-hae-min-1980-99, #mosby-marilyn-j-1980, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #podcasts, #serial-radio-program, #syed-adnan

The New York Times 2:35 am on February 24, 2022
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William Kuenzel, Who Claimed Innocence From Death Row, Dies at 60

When evidence emerged that might have exonerated him, his case drew the support of prominent legal figures, but the Supreme Court twice declined to review it.

#capital-punishment, #deaths-obituaries, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #kuenzel-william-ernest, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prosecutorial-misconduct

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 22, 2022
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How a Death-Row Inmate’s Embrace of Conservatism Led to His Release

In “Scoundrel,” Sarah Weinman examines the right-wing support network that helped free Edgar Smith from prison until he struck again.

#books-and-literature, #buckley-william-f-jr, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #national-review, #new-jersey, #news-and-news-media, #scoundrel-how-a-convicted-murderer-persuaded-the-women-who-loved-him-the-conservative-establishment-and-the-courts-to-set-him-free-book, #smith-edgar-h-jr, #weinman-sarah-1979

The New York Times 12:00 pm on February 12, 2022
Tags: , False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, Mahone, Shada (1989- ), , , Police Department (Allegheny County, Pa), Police Department (Pittsburgh, Pa), Powell, Brittany (1989- ), Powell, Chanetta (1990- ), Selton, Cheron, Shelton, Jerry (1980- ), Shelton, Tina L, , Thomas, Robert (March 9, 2016 Shooting), Wilkinsburg (Pa)   

Pennsylvania Police Are Sued After Murder Cases Collapse

Robert Thomas and Cheron Selton were charged in Allegheny County for killing five people. After four years of pretrial detention, one had charges dismissed and the other was acquitted at trial.

#allegheny-county-pa, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #mahone-shada-1989, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #police-department-allegheny-county-pa, #police-department-pittsburgh-pa, #powell-brittany-1989, #powell-chanetta-1990, #selton-cheron, #shelton-jerry-1980, #shelton-tina-l, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #thomas-robert-march-9-2016-shooting, #wilkinsburg-pa

The New York Times 4:48 pm on January 31, 2022
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Cyprus Overturns Conviction of Woman Who Accused Israelis of Rape

More than two years after a British woman was convicted of fabricating claims, Cyprus’s top court reversed the decision and said that she had not received a fair trial.

#cyprus, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #forensic-science, #great-britain, #israel, #sex-crimes, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 1:13 am on December 29, 2021
Tags: , False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, Lodzinski, Michelle, , , , Wiltsey, Timothy   

Michelle Lodzinski’s Murder Conviction Dismissed in ’91 Death of Son

Evidence didn’t support Michelle Lodzinski’s 2016 conviction for killing Timothy Wiltsey, who vanished in 1991, New Jersey’s highest court ruled.

#decisions-and-verdicts, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #lodzinski-michelle, #middlesex-county-nj, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #sayreville-nj, #wiltsey-timothy

The New York Times 7:04 pm on December 27, 2021
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How Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail

Thanks to “genetic genealogy,” solving crimes with genomic databases is becoming mainstream — with some uncomfortable implications for the future of privacy.

#dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #forensic-science, #genealogy, #genetics-and-heredity, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides

The New York Times 4:23 pm on December 15, 2021
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Anthony Broadwater Was Convicted of Raping Alice Sebold. Then the Case Unraveled.

Anthony Broadwater was exonerated in the 1981 rape of Ms. Sebold, now a best-selling author. When his lawyers saw the trial transcript, they could only wonder what took so long.

#black-people, #books-and-literature, #broadwater-anthony-j, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #lucky-book, #sebold-alice, #sex-crimes, #syracuse-ny, #syracuse-university

The New York Times 3:30 pm on December 14, 2021
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Man Exonerated in Malcolm X Murder Files Lawsuit Against New York State

Muhammad A. Aziz filed the claim on Tuesday, along with a notice seeking a settlement with the city, for the toll that being “unjustly branded as a convicted murderer” for 55 years took on his life.

#assassinations-and-attempted-assassinations, #aziz-muhammad-a, #civil-rights-movement-1954-68, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #islam-khalil, #malcolm-x, #nation-of-islam, #new-york-city, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #vance-cyrus-r-jr

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 6, 2021
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A Glimmer of Justice in Death Penalty States

The halting of executions and the guilty verdicts in the Ahmaud Arbery case have given us the slightest bit of hope for change.

#amnesties-commutations-and-pardons, #black-people, #capital-punishment, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #intellectual-disabilities, #oklahoma, #tennessee

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 3, 2021
Tags: , Burgess, Timothy M, False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, ,   

In Shinn v. Ramirez, the Supreme Court Should Reject Arizona’s Gambit

Two Arizona men who were appointed ineffective lawyers landed on death row. If Arizona has its way, the Supreme Court will close an already narrow avenue for relief. 

#arizona, #burgess-timothy-m, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #innocence-project, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 10:34 pm on December 1, 2021
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Woman Who Sued Walmart Over Shoplifting Arrest Is Awarded $2.1 Million

Lesleigh Nurse said she was wrongfully accused of stealing groceries from the Walmart in Semmes, Ala., in 2016. The retailer said it would appeal the verdict.

#alabama, #compensation-for-damages-law, #decisions-and-verdicts, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #mobile-ala, #nurse-lesleigh, #semmes-ala, #shoplifting-and-employee-theft-retail, #shopping-and-retail, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #walmart-stores-inc

The New York Times 11:51 pm on November 30, 2021
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Alice Sebold Apologizes to Man Wrongly Convicted of Raping Her

Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after the author identified him as her attacker in an assault she described in her memoir “Lucky.”

#apologies, #books-and-literature, #broadwater-anthony-j, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #lucky-book, #scribners-charles-sons, #sebold-alice, #sex-crimes, #syracuse-ny, #the-lovely-bones-book

The New York Times 1:53 pm on November 27, 2021
Tags: Black, Sherrie (d 1979), , False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, Ingram, Larry (d 1979), , , , , Strickland, Kevin (1959- ), Walker, John (d 1979)   

More Than $1 Million Raised to Help Kevin Strickland

More than 20,000 strangers have donated to an online fund-raiser to help Kevin Strickland’s re-entry to society.

#black-sherrie-d-1979, #decisions-and-verdicts, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #ingram-larry-d-1979, #kansas-city-mo, #missouri, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #philanthropy, #strickland-kevin-1959, #walker-john-d-1979

The New York Times 9:16 pm on November 24, 2021
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‘Justice Was Served’: Guilty Verdicts in the Ahmaud Arbery Case

Readers express relief. One calls it the “only rational and equitable verdict.” Also: A Covid Thanksgiving, and one in prison; children and grief.

#arbery-ahmaud-1994-2020, #black-people, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-fatalities, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #grief-emotion, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prisons-and-prisoners, #race-and-ethnicity, #thanksgiving-day

The New York Times 3:38 am on November 24, 2021
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Missouri Man Is Exonerated in 3 Killings After 43 Years in Prison

A judge set Kevin Strickland, 62, free on Tuesday, noting that there was no physical evidence tying him to the crimes and that the main witness against him had tried to recant her testimony.

#false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #innocence-project, #kansas-city-mo, #missouri, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #national-registry-of-exonerations

The New York Times 1:40 am on November 24, 2021
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Man Is Exonerated in Rape Case Described in Alice Sebold’s Memoir

Anthony J. Broadwater was convicted of the 1981 attack in Syracuse, N.Y., in a case the district attorney and a state judge agreed was flawed.

#broadwater-anthony-j, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #onondaga-county-ny, #sebold-alice, #sex-crimes, #syracuse-ny, #the-lovely-bones-book

The New York Times 1:35 am on November 23, 2021
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Lawyers Clash Over Whether Pursuit of Arbery Was Justified

In closing arguments on Monday, prosecutors also raised a racial motive for why the three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery began chasing him.

#arbery-ahmaud-1994-2020, #black-people, #brunswick-ga, #bryan-william-roddie, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #mcmichael-gregory-1955, #mcmichael-travis-1986, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #racial-profiling

The New York Times 10:30 pm on November 22, 2021
Tags: , , False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, , Greenlee, Charles, Irvin, Walter, , Padgett, Norma Lee, , Shepherd, Samuel, Thomas, Ernest   

Groveland Four Are Exonerated More Than 70 Years Later

The men, known as the Groveland Four, were cleared on Monday after a Florida prosecutor said “a complete breakdown of the criminal justice system” led to the charges in 1949.

#amnesties-commutations-and-pardons, #desantis-ron, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #florida, #greenlee-charles, #irvin-walter, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #padgett-norma-lee, #sex-crimes, #shepherd-samuel, #thomas-ernest

The New York Times 6:15 pm on November 20, 2021
Tags: False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, , , , Marchal, Ghislaine (d 1991), , , Raddad, Omar,   

A Socialite, a Gardener, a Message in Blood: The Murder That Still Grips France

The victim was a socialite. A message in her blood accused the gardener. But a grammatical error raised questions of class and language — and whether he was being framed.

#false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #forensic-science, #france, #french-language, #marchal-ghislaine-d-1991, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #politics-and-government, #raddad-omar, #suits-and-litigation-civil

The New York Times 12:11 am on November 19, 2021
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Exoneration Is ‘Bittersweet’ for Men Cleared in Malcolm X’s Murder

An emotional crowd burst into applause in a packed Manhattan courtroom Thursday after the judge threw out the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam.

#assassinations-and-attempted-assassinations, #aziz-muhammad-a, #black-people, #civil-rights-movement-1954-68, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #hoover-j-edgar, #innocence-project, #islam-khalil, #malcolm-x, #muslims-and-islam, #nation-of-islam, #new-york-city, #police-department-nyc, #scheck-barry, #vance-cyrus-r-jr

The New York Times 2:02 am on November 13, 2021
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Man Pardoned After Spending 24 Years in Prison for Murder

The pardon came after a North Carolina judge vacated the conviction of Montoyae Dontae Sharpe in 2019, ruling that a key witness had “entirely made up” her testimony.

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The New York Times 12:17 am on November 12, 2021
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John Artis, Convicted With Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, Dies at 75

He was the “forgotten man” in the triple murder case that was eventually overturned and that exposed flaws in the criminal justice system.

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The New York Times 10:52 pm on November 8, 2021
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60 Cases Are Thrown Out in Queens After Misconduct by 3 NYPD Detectives

The testimony of three New York Police Department detectives in dozens of cases in Queens was called into question after they were convicted of crimes or misconduct.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on November 3, 2021
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He Escaped Prison in 2015. Did He Kill a Young Mother Decades Before?

A bid to exonerate two men in a Buffalo-area murder centers on the possible role in the crime of Richard Matt, a notorious New York killer.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 27, 2021
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Is It So Wrong to Love True Crime?

The genre is a guilty pleasure for many. But just how guilty should we feel?

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