WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The son of a Memphis man who was wrongfully convicted of murder is speaking out after learning his father will be exonerated. Andrew Hayes spent nearly 20 years in jail for a crime he ...

A group of lawmakers and criminal justice advocates are reviving a proposal to lift the state's $1 million cap on compensation for those who've been wrongfully convicted. "There's no amount of money ...

A man, after serving 27 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, experiences playing a PlayStation 5 for the first time in a new viral video, and his reaction is heartwarming.

Joseph Bennett, a Boston man who was wrongfully convicted in connection with a 1997 murder, has hired prominent attorney Ben Crump and launched a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

On the morning of October 3, 2025, Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam finally walked out of prison after spending more than four decades wrongfully imprisoned. The 64-year-old man had spent nearly his entire ...

The Maryland father who was wrongfully deported to an El Salvador mega prison has asked a judge to send him home to his wife and three kids—and shield him from the Trump administration’s efforts to ...

Tampa Bay Republican Rep. Traci Koster has sponsored this same bill ever since she was elected to the House in 2020. Credit: Photo via Florida House of Representatives The Florida Legislature is ...

In most states, when someone has been wrongfully convicted, exonerated by a court and freed from prison — often after being incarcerated for decades — the state will compensate them for the years they ...

A bipartisan bill moving through the Wisconsin Legislature would significantly increase compensation for people wrongfully ...

A new true-crime stage play shares the harrowing stories of wrongfully convicted men. Six wrongfully convicted men are reclaiming their narratives by sharing their experiences in a new stage play they ...