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Wrongful Conviction

Member of 'Exonerated Five' making run at City Council seat

  • May 2, 2025

Father of NFL lineman gets 1983 robbery conviction overturned

  • Dec 27, 2024
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'Central Park 5' members sue Donald Trump over debate comments

  • Oct 21, 2024

Judge vacates murder conviction of man who spent 20+ years in prison

  • Sep 30, 2024

DA moves to vacate man's conviction in 1998 slay of retired NYPD cop

  • Sep 29, 2024

Man wrongly convicted of 2008 Brooklyn murder exonerated

  • Aug 9, 2024

Paterson renames street after men wrongfully convicted of murder

  • May 6, 2024

Lawyers 'eager' to begin investigation in Scott Peterson case

  • Mar 13, 2024

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Judge vacates murder conviction of man who spent 20+ years in prison

  • Sep 30, 2024
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Judge vacates conviction of a man who served nearly 24 years in prison, due to new evidence

  • Sep 30, 2024
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Man wrongly convicted of 2008 Brooklyn murder goes free after 16 years in prison

  • Aug 9, 2024
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Street in Paterson renamed for wrongfully convicted men

  • May 6, 2024
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Street in Paterson renamed for wrongfully convicted men

  • May 6, 2024
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Manhattan DA moves to vacate wrongful convictions of 2 men

  • Nov 27, 2023
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Man wrongfully imprisoned seeks judgement against ex-LIRR detectives

  • May 3, 2023
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NYC man wrongfully convicted of murder set to have conviction vacated

  • Mar 16, 2023

Latest Stories

Judge vacates convictions of two childhood friends in 1987 Times Square New Year's Day murder

A Manhattan judge on Thursday vacated the murder convictions of two childhood friends accused of killing a French tourist on New Year's Day 1987.

  • Jan 31, 2024

New York prosecutors move to vacate unjust convictions of 2 men after nearly 3 decades

The Manhattan District Attorney announced plans to vacate two unjust homicide convictions for two men on Monday after they spent nearly three decades in prison.

  • Nov 27, 2023

Man convicted of murdering his wife in 2019 wants conviction overturned

A man convicted of murdering his wife on the Upper West Side in 2009 is attempting to have his murder conviction overturned and spoke in prison with Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter Kristin Thorne.

  • Sep 13, 2023

Final cases tied to former NYPD detective charged with perjury thrown out

On Thursday, a Bronx Supreme Court threw out 67 remaining low-level drug cases tied to Joseph Franco.

  • Sep 8, 2023

Bronx DA dismissing 133 convictions after former NYPD detective charged with perjury

More than 130 convictions relying on the testimony of a former undercover NYPD detective accused of lying and framing innocent people have been thrown out.

  • Sep 8, 2023