Antonio Yarbough and Sharrif Wilson of Brooklyn, New York, were exonerated Thursday after spending more than 21 years behind bars for three murders they did not commit. In 1992, Yarbough’s mother, sister, and another girl were stabbed and strangled to…
Bite mark evidence is the latest forensic science technique coming under fire, after a New Jersey man’s murder conviction was overturned based on DNA evidence. Gerald Richardson was convicted of a brutal murder in 1995 after a forensic dentist testified…
30 years after wrongfully convicting Timothy Cole or rape, the city of Lubbock, Texas has installed a statue of Cole in an effort to honor Cole and recognize and remember the miscarriage of justice that sent him to prison. Cole…
Prosecutors have agreed that the murder conviction of Cleveland Wright, 55, should be dismissed due to DNA testing that exonerated his co-defendant in 2012. In 1978, Wright and his childhood friend Santae Tribble were accused and charged for murdering two…
Washington state legislatures will consider two measures designed to preserve DNA evidence in felony cases. Senate Bill 6310 and House Bill 2468 sponsored by Sen. Jeannie Darneille and Rep. Tina Orwall, would establish an 18 month moratorium on destroying DNA…
A 34-year court employee in Kansas City was recently fired for giving a public document to a prison inmate that showed him how to properly seek DNA tests. The man, who then filed a motion seeking DNA testing which subsequently…
Joseph Frey was exonerated with the help of attorneys at the Wisconsin Innocence Project after spending nearly 20 years in prison for a wrongful conviction. In 1994, Frey was convicted of sexually assaulting a female college student at knifepoint and…
Andrew Johnson, client of the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center (RMIC), was officially exonerated last Friday when a Wyoming judge dismissed him of all charges due to newly discovered DNA evidence. In 1989, Johnson was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and…
After serving nine years in prison and being placed on death row for a crime he did not commit, Kirk Bloodsworth was exonerated in 1993. In 1984, due to faulty eyewitness identification, Bloodsworth was convicted in the rape and murder…
On June 24th, Uriah Courtney was exonerated after serving eight years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In 2004, a 16-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped near San Diego. Although the girl could not clearly identify the…
