Harry Ruiz has maintained his innocence since his 1994 conviction for the fatal shooting of Emmanuel Felix. Now a judge has ...

Five states will receive $7.8 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Justice for post-conviction investigation of innocence claims through DNA evidence testing. Virginia received the largest ...

Attorney General Liz Murrill is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to review five death row post-conviction relief cases and develop standards for district courts to use.

Other evidence deemed eligible for post-conviction DNA testing includes a painter’s drop cloth recovered from the crime scene, a hunting knife, several ropes and swabs collected from those ropes, any ...