Jabar Walker and Wayne Gardine were convicted in an era of crime and corruption that has created a wave of exonerations years later.
Tag: Innocence Project
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Man, Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years, Is Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop
Leonard Allan Cure, who was exonerated in 2020 after being convicted of armed robbery, was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia.
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‘Nightmare’ Warehouse Fire Erases Evidence in Many Unsolved Cases
Lawyers say evidence in cold cases and bids for exoneration disappeared or was ruined when a Police Department storage facility in Brooklyn went up in flames.
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Autopsies Have a History of Costly Mistakes, Yet Change Is Slow
Disastrous errors by medical examiners have raised questions about whether they are influenced by prejudgments and a close relationship with the police.
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In Polarized Texas, Rare Agreement: Hispanic Mother, Melissa Lucio, Should Not Be Executed
The execution of Melissa Lucio would be the first of a Hispanic woman in Texas. New evidence casts doubt on her conviction.