A judge in Philadelphia cleared a man in an attempted murder case on Monday after he spent about a dozen years in prison related to a shooting for which officials said there was weak evidence and the prosecution did not meet the burden of proof. The decision ended a yearslong battle to overturn his conviction. […]
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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: A Grisly Theory and a Renewed Debate
Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s mug shot. The wooden electric chair where he was put to death. A sponge like the one that was dampened with salt water and placed on his head to conduct the deadly jolts of electricity. This grim assortment of relics is housed in a small museum in New Jersey, about 20 miles […]
Read MoreTwo Men Are Exonerated in Decades-Old Manhattan Murders
The killings happened eight blocks apart within nine months, near the height of New York City’s crack wars, in a Harlem precinct that was becoming synonymous with police corruption. As of Monday, the two otherwise unrelated murder cases have something else in common: The men who were convicted were exonerated at a Manhattan courthouse. They […]
Read MoreA Wrongfully Imprisoned Black Man’s Freedom Was Cut Short by A Georgia Deputy’s Fatal Shot
After being released from serving over a decade in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, a Florida man was cheated out of enjoying his freedom after a fatal encounter with a sheriff’s deputy. Damon Wayans Jr. Talks Raid The Cage & Which Family Members He Goes To For Advice Off English Leonard Allen Cure, […]
Read MoreMan, Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years, Is Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop
A man who was wrongfully convicted and spent more than 16 years in prison before being released in 2020 was fatally shot on Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, the authorities said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations, which is conducting an independent investigation of the shooting in Camden County, identified […]
Read MoreOklahoma Felon Becomes Third Black Man in a Month to Be Exonerated For A Crime He Didn’t Commit
Innocence Projects across the country have been hard at work to free innocent Black men who have been wrongfully convicted. Jaime Foxx In The Burial Is Our TV Pick of the Week Off English Last month, Jesse Johnson was freed from jail after being convicted of the 1998 murder of a Black woman in Oregon. […]
Read MoreLong Overdue Pay Day for Man Sent to Prison for a Murder He Didn’t Commit
The Maryland state board just paid Demetrius Smith over $300k in compensation with an apology on the side for his wrongful conviction that was overturned over ten years ago. He spent five years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The Bachelorette’s Charity Lawson Shares Details About Life After The Show With Fiancé Dotun […]
Read MoreAnother Day, Another Exoneration: See Why This Black Man Is Lucky To Be Alive After Decades In Prison
It’s been a good week for two Black men who spent a lot of their adult lives behind bars. On Tuesday, Leonard Mack was exonerated after DNA testing proved he was not the man responsible for a 1975 rape he was convicted of. Jon Basíl Tequila Is Not Your Average Spirit & It’s Co-founder Adamant […]
Read MoreNearly 50 years ago, He was Wrongfully Convicted Of A Crime, but Now He’s Free
It’s been nearly two years since I did a deep analysis of the exoneration of Black people in this country. Although I haven’t written about it as much since it’s still a prominent occurrence for Black men in the country to be exonerated from prison because they were wrongfully convicted. Jon Basíl Tequila Is Not […]
Read MoreNearly 50 years ago, He was Wrongfully Convicted Of A Crime, but Now He’s Free
It’s been nearly two years since I did a deep analysis of the exoneration of Black people in this country. Although I haven’t written about it as much since it’s still a prominent occurrence for Black men in the country to be exonerated from prison because they were wrongfully convicted. Jon Basíl Tequila Is Not […]
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