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Claimed he was 200 km away in Montreal at the time of the robbery. The Quebec Police Commission concluded in 1989 that Hinse was the victim of "a botched investigation". Acquitted by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1997 and paid C$13.1 million by the Quebec and Federal Governments—the largest wrongful conviction award in Canadian history.
The prosecution appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court, but the state's highest court rejected the appeal. The prosecution dismissed the charges on October 11, 2018. Jones' nearly 45 years in prison was the second longest time spent incarcerated after a known wrongful conviction in U.S. history at the time. [79] June 3, 1973: Chol Soo Lee: Murder
Antonio Mallet, right, delivers remarks as he had a wrongful murder conviction from 1990s overturned by Judge Alvin Yearwood at the Bronx Hall of Justice, Sept. 26, 2024.
In December 2014 Ronnie Bridgeman (who had taken the name Kwame Ajamu while still in prison) was also exonerated and his conviction was overturned. [1] After his release, Jackson was awarded $1 million dollars in 2015 in compensation by the state of Ohio for his decades in prison due to the wrongful conviction. [8]
In recent weeks, a series of overturned wrongful convictions – including one in Cook County, Illinois, and two in Los Angeles County, California – have been credited, in part, to the work of ...
Her wrongful conviction was a media spectacle that sensationalized every aspect of her life. In March 2024, Hulu announced an eight-episode limited series about Knox's story, with Knox joining ...
The state listed is that in which the conviction occurred, the year is that of release and the case is that which overturned the conviction. This list does not include: Posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950. Inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty.
For more than twenty-five years, I have reported on wrongful convictions, and I have followed the efforts of those newly-freed to return to the lives they left behind. ... Story produced by Liza ...