Wrongful Conviction

A man on Long Island has been freed 30 years after he was wrongfully convicted of a murder.

Carlton Roman to be exonerated of a Queens murder after spending more than 30 years behind bars. Sarah Wallace reports.

A man who served 23 years for a murder in Staten Island had his conviction vacated after exculpatory evidence about the case was uncovered, the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Richmond County District Attorney Michael McMahon said that after an investigation by his office’s Conviction Integrity Review Unit he has agreed to vacate the 1997 murder conviction of…

A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl

A private investigator from Nassau County is accused of attempting to extort his client — a man who spent 17 years in prison for the murders of his parents before his conviction was overthrown. Jay Salpeter, 69, of Glen Cove, was arraigned and charged Monday with attempted grand larceny in the second degree by extortion, attempted grand larceny in the…

A Michigan man is suing a car rental company for failing to produce in a timely manner a receipt that would have proved his innocence long before he was convicted of a 2011 murder

After spending decades behind bars for a double murder in New York City in 1996, three men will walk free Friday after having their wrongful convictions vacated. Chris Glorioso reports.

A judge is ordering Mississippi to pay $500,000 to a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned more than 22 years.

Booking photos taken by police when a person is arrested are often made public, but some experts say releasing someone’s mug shot can undermine the presumption of innocence, perpetuate racial stereotypes and leave an indelible stain on a person’s life

Two and a half years after the I-Team first revealed problems with the police line-up that led to Jaythan Kendrick’s arrest for murder, a Queens judge threw out his conviction and apologized on behalf of the justice system

After a man was wrongfuly convicted, the Innocence Project helped him be set free after 25 years in prison, Chris Glorioso reports.

A Massachusetts man who spent 34 years behind bars for a killing he maintains he did not commit has been freed while the courts determine whether he should get a new trial.

A witness statement, never shared with his attorneys, connected another man to the crime. The I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Robert Majors always insisted he did not rob an armored truck on the streets of Flushing in 1997. It took him more than 22 years, but he finally proved to a judge that he was wrongfully convicted. On Wednesday, Majors walked out of Green Haven Correctional Facility a free man.  He promptly hugged his niece with watery eyes. “I didn’t…

More than 1,000 tainted cases were tallied in a new nationwide study by the registry that measures the role of government misconduct in wrongful convictions — and how that misconduct falls heaviest on Black exonerees. The study, published Tuesday, examined 2,400 cases from 1989 through February 2019 in which people were absolved of criminal convictions, and it found that 54...

For Terrance Lewis, the last year has been “breathtaking,” but also a bit bittersweet.

A Kansas man who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit was granted more than $1.5 million in compensation under the state’s mistaken-conviction statute.

Fred Clay spent 38 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. After being released, he is looking to educate others. Clay was wrongfully convicted in the 1979 murder of a cab driver in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood. Wednesday, the AMC Boston Common showcased much more than a film. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins joined Clay for a public…

A New York man who spent 17 years in prison for the murders of his parents before his conviction was thrown out is expected to be sworn in as a lawyer

The longtime friends were convicted of mugging and killing a French tourist near Times Square 33 years ago. After allegations of police and prosecutorial misconduct, the the friends were hopeful they could have their convictions overturned, but a judge disagreed and ruled the convictions will stand. The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reports.