A federal jury awarded $80 million to the estate of a Black man who was wrongly convicted of a 1976 murder in Buffalo, New ...

On the morning of Oct. 3, 2025, Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam walked out of Huntingdon State Correctional Institution, the Pennsylvania prison that had confined him for more than four decades. The ...

The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a state law that can require wrongfully imprisoned people to pay back damages they've been awarded by the state.

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - A mother marches for justice after a her son was sentenced to life plus 5 years in 2023. Family members say Travis Graham, Jr. was a 20-year-old homeowner, student, and business ...

MORE THAN SEVEN MONTHS AFTER BEING WRONGFULLY DETAINED WHILE VISITING FAMILY IN VENEZUELA, A BALTIMORE MEDIA EXECUTIVE IS SPEAKING PUBLICLY ABOUT HIS ORDEAL. EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY GRATEFUL. WITH THIS ...

When Frankie Benitez walked out of an Illinois prison after more than 30 years behind bars, he carried little with him—except the weight of a lifetime stolen. N ...

More than four decades after he was convicted of rape, Richard Luna was declared innocent in Ventura County Superior Court because of DNA evidence.

On the morning of Oct. 3, 2025, Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam walked out of Huntingdon State Correctional Institution, the Pennsylvania prison that had confined him for more than four decades. The ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – More Ohioans who were wrongfully incarcerated may soon be able to apply for financial compensation under a recently introduced Statehouse bill. Under current state law, ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- After serving more than two decades behind bars, a man who was convicted of a 1998 murder that he did not commit has been released from state prison. The California Innocence ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian state government’s decision to pay 2 million Australian dollars ($1.3 million) compensation to a woman who spent 20 years in prison after being wrongfully ...