Search results for 'Wrongful Convictions' (20)
Wrongful convictions are often defined by numbers: the number of lives upended, the number of years unjustly served, and the number of systemic failures that allowed such injustices.
In a surprise announcement, Lammy said the King has granted a conditional pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, after she was convicted of murdering her abusive lover.
Ohio’s capital punishment system has come into sharp focus with the release of two reports that examine the state’s death penalty record and draw starkly different conclusions about the future.
Rodney Reed faces execution in Texas despite mounting evidence of innocence. His execution was stayed this month by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Reed’s lawyers believe he is innocent.
Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan tell parliamentary inquiry they do not yet qualify for compensation despite having been exonerated of their alleged crimes.
The grandchildren of the last woman to be hanged in Britain are seeking a posthumous pardon, saying she was physically and emotionally abused by her partner before she killed him.
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