Tony Carruthers is scheduled for execution May 21, but there's now questions about DNA evidence the ACLU says doesn't match ...

Certificates of innocence can help exonerated people get jobs and housing. State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is making ...

Cook County prosecutors are contesting most certificates of innocence, keeping exonerees tied up in court and delaying ...

Tyrece Williams, who was exonerated in 2009 after spending 20 years in prison, is fighting for a certificate of innocence to ...

Calvin Duncan, who became a lawyer and an advocate for incarcerated people, was recently elected criminal court clerk in New ...

TORRANCE, Calif. -- A woman who was convicted of murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend has been exonerated after serving 17 years in prison. A Los Angeles County judge overturned Susan Mellen's ...

A man who spent 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit was elected as clerk of court in New Orleans. Then, state lawmakers eliminated his position.

In early October, after 43 years behind bars for a murder he apparently did not commit, Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam was ordered released. But a day later, before he had even set foot outside the ...

Stefon Morant was convicted for the 1990 murder of a former New Haven alderman, and his partner. He was exonerated in 2021.

Carmen Mejia, wrongfully convicted of murder in 2005 and sentenced to life in prison, was exonerated after 22 years. She recently met Art Guerrero, the retired bailiff who quietly initiated the legal ...