Illinois lawmakers are considering reinstating voting rights for people currently serving a felony sentence.
Author: Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY
‘I feel free’: Chicago teen framed for 1985 murder becomes 3,000th person exonerated in US
Reynaldo Munoz served 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Now his case is the 3,000th known exoneration in the U.S.
After 43 years in prison on a wrongful conviction, Kevin Strickland is getting no restitution. He’s not alone.
After 43 years, Kevin Strickland was cleared of murder and left prison with nothing from Missouri, revealing wide gaps in restitution between states.
At ‘ground zero for modern civil rights,’ will vote on future of police reverberate across US?
Minneapolis, home of George Floyd, may vote to dramatically change police on Nov. 2. How will this change reverberate across the US?
At 14, he found his mother murdered. Police suspected him because he was ‘acting normal.’ His case gets a new look.
Did officers’ hunches and bad evidence about a traumatized 14-year-old lead to a wrongful murder conviction? The Missouri Supreme Court will decide.
Derek Chauvin will likely appeal his guilty verdict in George Floyd’s murder. But the odds aren’t good.
Derek Chauvin is now in jail, guilty of murder and manslaughter. Experts say overturning the convictions on appeal is a long shot.
Eric Nelson isn’t working alone to defend Derek Chauvin. A police legal fund is backing him up with a dozen lawyers and $1 million.
The largest federation of officers and unions in Minnesota is supporting Eric Nelson’s defense with a dozen lawyers and a million dollars.