Wrongful Convictions

A Missouri man has been in prison for 33 years. A new hearing could determine if he was wrongfully convicted.

A hearing this week will determine if Missouri inmate Christopher Dunn should go free after spending...

us | 4 months ago

Missouri sets execution date for death row inmate Marcellus Williams, despite doubts over DNA evidence

Missouri has scheduled the execution of death row inmate Marcellus Williams, even though he was neve...

us | 4 months ago

Missouri woman's conviction for a murder her lawyers say a police officer committed overturned after 43 years

A Missouri woman who spent more than 43 years in prison for a murder her attorneys argue was committ...

us | 4 months ago

Russian state media say jailed U.S. soldier Gordon Black pleads "partially guilty" to theft charge

Moscow — A U.S. soldier held in Russia denied threatening a Russian woman with murder while also ple...

world | 3 months ago

Missouri Supreme Court clears way for release of woman imprisoned for library worker's 1980 murder

The Missouri Supreme Court has cleared the way for the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conv...

us | 2 months ago

Missouri judge overturns wrongful murder conviction of man imprisoned for over 30 years

A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30...

us | 2 months ago

Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man whose murder conviction was overturned

The Missouri Supreme Court halted the immediate release Wednesday of a man whose murder conviction w...

us | 2 months ago

Former boxer who served world's longest sentence on death row speaks out after murder acquittal: "Finally I have won"

The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "compl...

world | 2 weeks ago