While advances in forensic science have helped convict many guilty people, the FBI is finding that in some instances the science has been overstated
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The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices.
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Darryl Fulton got a check for nearly $170,000 after he spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. But his bank wouldn't accept it.
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One weakness in the identification system still remains: Eyewitnesses are more likely to misidentify someone of a race other than their own.
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Fifteen men who claim they were framed by a corrupt former Chicago police officer and members of his unit have filed federal lawsuits.
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Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree urged the commission to fund a Conviction Integrity Unit, which would help exonerate innocent people
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Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law has spared a white man from criminal charges after he shot and killed a black father in front of his young children over a parking spot. https://t.co/G4mXA7P3wz
.@MaddowBlog: After treating Trump as something close to a punch-line, Dan Coats now wants everyone to know he didn't intend to show "disrespect" for the president. https://t.co/omML54JBw6