The resources of the justice system are often stacked against poor defendants. Matters only become worse when a person is represented by an ineffective, incompetent or overburdened defense lawyer. The ...

Proponents of SBS have also insisted that short falls cannot cause this constellation of symptoms ... False accusation or perjury is the most common feature of wrongful convictions and has been a ...

Kuersten's students learn from her about the most common causes of wrongful conviction, then work on evaluating the requests from inmates who contact her claiming innocence. She has a backlog of 5,000 ...

“That should have made any prosecutor hesitant to bring charges because eyewitness identifications are often unreliable and one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions,” she said.

Sedillio's wrongful detainment highlights a broader issue in Texas' justice system; with the rate of wrongful convictions ...

The federal complaint, filed Tuesday, alleged the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office and Rochester Police Department ...

After spending nearly 24 years in prison for a wrongful conviction, a Black North Carolina ... stated that the settlement is not a cause for celebration but rather a day of reflection on how ...