A 37-year-old rural Missouri man imprisoned much of his life for killing a neighbor was the victim of “manifest injustice” and his conviction should be thrown out, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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New York Attorney General Creates Bureau to Review Possible Wrongful Convictions
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has created a new bureau to investigate possible cases of wrongful convictions.
Convicted Defendants Left Uninformed of Forensic Flaws Found By Justice Dept.
Justice Department officials have known for years that flawed forensic work might have led to the convictions of potentially innocent people, but prosecutors failed to notify defendants or their attorneys even in many cases they knew were trouble
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