Brandon Pugh was exonerated after 16 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. But stepping out of the Georgia prison proved not to be the end of his uphill battle.

Since 1989, some 200 criminal convicts have been exonerated by DNA testing, some within days of execution. In 75 percent of those cases, the major flaw was eyewitness identification. Many of those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. District Attorney Jose Garza speaks at a news conference after the exoneration hearing for four men wrongfully accused in the 1991 ...

Federal funding cuts have forced the Midwest Innocence Project to slash staff and threaten its future operations in Iowa and other states.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders case once again took center stage inside an Austin courtroom Thursday morning. But this time, the ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Timothy Cole was convicted of raping a woman in March of 1985. A Lubbock jury sentenced him to 25 years in prison on Constitution Day of 1986 in a trial filled with questions ...

LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - Three Michigan men took the spotlight at Cooley Law School in Lansing today, sharing stories of their wrongful conviction and exoneration. Dell Crawford, along with George ...

The attorney for Robert Springsteen, one of the wrongfully convicted men, said her client maintained his innocence from the very beginning. But when he was convicted and sentenced to death row, she ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders case once again took center stage inside an Austin courtroom Thursday morning. But this time, the outcome was much different. An exoneration hearing was ...