Death row prisoners and wrongfully convicted individuals are gaining freedom through innocence project reviews that challenge flawed evidence and convictions. Courts are exonerating men after decades in prison while some jurisdictions close units examining potential wrongful convictions.
·Louisiana Supreme Court freed a death row prisoner, calling the evidence against him scientifically indefensible
·Three men exonerated in Philadelphia after 28 years of wrongful conviction
·Innocence Project lawyer hired to review Hamilton County convictions for potential wrongful cases
·Minnesota closes unit that examined potential wrongful convictions
·Cooley Innocence Project marks 25 years with 10 men freed from 6,000 cases reviewed
drawn from ProPublica, University of Cincinnati, Innocence Project, Star Tribune · updated 2d ago