An explosive claim in the murder of a young mother outside Buffalo had led to theories of another possible culprit: Richard Matt, one of two escapees in one of New York’s most famous jailbreaks.
Tag: False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments
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Betty Tyson, Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned for Murder, Dies at 75
She was New York’s longest-serving female inmate when her conviction was overturned in 1998. She left prison 25 years to the day after her arrest.
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Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match
Porsha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology.
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The History of the Lynching Site Where Jason Aldean Filmed ‘Try That in a Small Town’
Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black man, was hanged outside the Maury County Courthouse in Tennessee in 1927 after he was falsely accused of attacking a white girl.
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From Cell to City Hall: Yusef Salaam’s Win Shows Shift in Politics of Crime
After a wrongful conviction in a notorious rape, Yusef Salaam was freed and won an election. His case was part of a wave of exonerations created by the discredited police tactics of a long-ago New York.