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New York City
fromBrooklyn Paper
5 days ago

After 19 years in prison, Brooklyn man cleared in robbery case after DA review * Brooklyn Paper

Kenneth Windley was exonerated after 19 years in prison for a 2005 robbery conviction based on flawed eyewitness identification and circumstantial evidence linking him to stolen money orders.
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California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Murder suspect gets 8 years in case where Berkeley police repeatedly came under scrutiny

Claudel Moore pleaded to an eight-year sentence after investigators tied him to a 2022 homicide largely through a distinctive Cadillac and eyewitness identification.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Texas Is Planning to Put an Innocent Man to Death. Will the Supreme Court Even Take the Case?

Texas must be compelled to enforce laws letting death-row inmates prove actual innocence to ensure fair treatment and prevent racially biased or cruel executions.
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