Explore reporting on individual prosecutions, appeals, exonerations, and challenges to the evidence used in criminal cases. This collection brings related case coverage into one place so readers can compare the records, arguments, and procedural histories.
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For each case, consider the original charge, the evidence presented, the court’s ruling, and any later developments. A reversal, dismissal, and exoneration describe different outcomes. Our editorial standards require those distinctions to remain clear.
Recent case coverage
- Michael Morton Exonerated After Nearly 25 Years: Inside the Evidence a Prosecutor Kept Hidden
- Dell Crawford: When DNA Testing Failed Twice — Once at the Lab, Once in the Courtroom
- Carmen Mejia Exonerated After 22 Years for an Accident That Was Never a Crime
- Sonny Bharadia: How DNA Overturned a 22-Year Conviction
- Frank Drew Exonerated After 24 Years in Prison
- Ray Krone: How Junk Science and Bite-Mark Evidence Led to a Wrongful Death Row Conviction
- Framed by the Science: How Secondary DNA Transfer Nearly Sent Lukis Anderson to Death Row
- People v. Exford: New York Appellate Court Orders New Trial After Circumstantial Evidence Instruction Error
- Glossip v. Oklahoma: The Supreme Court Orders A New Trial After Evidence Disclosures And A Confession Of Error
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