/tags/exonerations exonerations en-US Copyright Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-10-02/dallas-county-district-attorney-texas-exoneree-compensation-international-wrongful-conviction-day Texas has paid more than $50 million to compensate people wrongfully convicted of crimes in Dallas County. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-10-02/dallas-county-district-attorney-texas-exoneree-compensation-international-wrongful-conviction-day Toluwani Osibamowo /news/2024-08-29/delayed-justice-exoneration-for-benjamin-spencer-convicted-of-killing-a-man-in-1987 Ben Spencer was accused in part because of false testimony. He was formally exonerated in a Dallas court on Thursday. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:38:40 GMT /news/2024-08-29/delayed-justice-exoneration-for-benjamin-spencer-convicted-of-killing-a-man-in-1987 Ed Timms, Marina Trahan Martinez /news/2023-05-24/dallas-man-sexual-assault-innocent-dna-evidence Tyrone Day spent 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Wed, 24 May 2023 21:10:47 GMT /news/2023-05-24/dallas-man-sexual-assault-innocent-dna-evidence Pablo Arauz Peña /news/2019-10-24/exoneration-doesnt-pay-back-lost-time-but-it-helps Two decades in prison is a long time to go without a paycheck. For parents, that's also 20 years of missed childhood moments. Edward Ates feels the full… Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:30:22 GMT /news/2019-10-24/exoneration-doesnt-pay-back-lost-time-but-it-helps Courtney Collins /2019-01-03/released-from-prison-again-after-criminal-justice-reform-became-law Matthew Charles served two decades in prison, was released, but then was resentenced and sent back to prison for another decade. The new criminal justice reform law means he can be released again. Thu, 03 Jan 2019 22:13:00 GMT /2019-01-03/released-from-prison-again-after-criminal-justice-reform-became-law Julieta Martinelli /2018-12-17/art-series-captures-taste-and-color-of-prisoners-first-meal-after-exoneration Artist Julie Green, who also depicts the final meals of death row inmates, is now painting first meals of exonerees. The food is celebratory, but nothing compared to all those lost years, she says. Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:02:00 GMT /2018-12-17/art-series-captures-taste-and-color-of-prisoners-first-meal-after-exoneration Kristen Hartke /government/2018-12-11/race-and-incarceration-a-stark-reality The statistics are startling: If you’re a black man in America, you’re five times as likely to go to state prison as a white man. Latinos and African… Tue, 11 Dec 2018 20:20:13 GMT /government/2018-12-11/race-and-incarceration-a-stark-reality Stephanie Kuo /texas-news/2018-10-03/bedford-man-exonerated-after-nearly-20-years-in-prison-for-crime-he-didnt-commit A man who spent almost 19 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit was declared innocent in a Tarrant County courtroom on Wednesday.John Nolley, now… Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:53:03 GMT /texas-news/2018-10-03/bedford-man-exonerated-after-nearly-20-years-in-prison-for-crime-he-didnt-commit Christopher Connelly /2017-11-16/general-hospital-was-the-dope-in-prison-and-kept-him-out-of-trouble Christopher Scott served over a decade in prison, and there he developed a passion for soap operas. Now free, he still keeps his appointment with General Hospital. Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:02:00 GMT /2017-11-16/general-hospital-was-the-dope-in-prison-and-kept-him-out-of-trouble Dave Blanchard /news/2017-09-18/a-lying-jailhouse-snitch-sent-a-man-to-prison-texas-passed-a-law-to-prevent-that John Nolley always insisted he didn't kill his friend.He spent nearly 19 years locked up for the gruesome murder. Then, a judge released him from prison,… Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:40:32 GMT /news/2017-09-18/a-lying-jailhouse-snitch-sent-a-man-to-prison-texas-passed-a-law-to-prevent-that Christopher Connelly