Baltimore to pay $48 million to 3 men wrongfully convicted for murder and imprisoned for 36 years
Baltimore has agreed to pay $48 million to three men who were wrongfully convicted of murder as teenagers and spent 36 years in prison.
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Will Serial's Adnan Syed go back to jail?
A US appeals court will decide whether to send Syed back to prison or throw out his murder conviction.
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Federal judge upholds convictions of Oath Keeper associate
A federal judge on Tuesday upheld two federal convictions against a Navy veteran and Oath Keeper associate accused of helping the far-right group stash weapons outside Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
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'Bling Ring' suspect convicted in multimillion dollar burglaries of celebrities' homes
A Southern California man has been convicted on three counts related to the "Bling Ring," a group that burglarized the homes of celebrities in 2018, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
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How a former Trump official's conviction could echo in ex-president's cases
The swift conviction of Donald Trump's former trade adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress sent two warnings to the multiple co-defendants in the ex-president's approaching criminal trials.
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Federal appeals court upholds child pornography conviction of former reality star Josh Duggar
A federal appeals court upheld the child pornography conviction of former reality TV star Josh Duggar, rejecting his arguments for a new trial, court documents show.
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A Black man's drug conviction has been vacated after a White judge said the man 'looks like a criminal'
A Black man in Michigan had his drug conviction vacated due to a district court judge saying the man "looks like a criminal to me," according to a federal appellate court ruling.
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Supreme Court limits federal prisoners' ability to bring some post-conviction challenges
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a federal prisoner who argued he should be able to challenge his 27-year sentence for firearms possession based on changes in the law since his trial.
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Scott Johnson: Gay US student's killer jailed for 1988 manslaughter
A student's body was found at the base of cliffs amid a spate of attacks on gay men.
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Adnan Syed asks Maryland Supreme Court to review lower court's ruling that reversed his vacated murder conviction
Adnan Syed, the man who spent more than two decades behind bars for the 1999 killing of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, asked the Maryland Supreme Court on Wednesday to review a lower court's decision that reversed his vacated conviction, according to court documents.
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Patrick Brown is free after 29 years in prison for a crime prosecutors now say he didn't commit. His fight isn't over
When Patrick Brown walked out of a New Orleans courthouse last week a free man after spending 29 years in prison for a rape that even the victim says he didn't commit, he raised his hands toward the sky -- it was a moment of triumph.
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A man spent 29 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit. The survivor just helped free him
After spending 29 years in prison for the rape of his stepdaughter, a New Orleans man is free thanks to the help of the local district attorney's office and testimony from the victim herself, who has insisted for 20 years that he is not the man who raped her.
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