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Cleared Of Murder After 19 Yrs, Now Charged With Sex Abuse

AP | Posted 09.28.2011

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GREECE, N.Y. -- A former truck driver who spent nearly 19 years behind bars for a 1988 slaying he didn't commit has appeared in an upstate New York co...

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Conviction: Sister's Long Struggle Against Injustice

Pat Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pat Nolan

There is already a great deal of Oscar buzz about Swank's portrayal of Betty Anne Waters' eighteen year struggle against the injustice suffered by her brother. But such instances of injustice need to be a larger part of the real-life public discussion as well.

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A Win Is a Win

John Hollway | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Hollway

I know a lot of people who have grown up with a lot more advantages than John Thompson who don't have as much perspective as he does. I hope he wins his legal battle -- but John Thompson is a winner either way, and a win's a win.

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Canadian Acquitted Of Murder After 14 years In Jail

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A Canadian man who spent 13 years in prison for the murder of a teenage girl in 1990 was acquitted Friday. A judge acquitt...

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DNA: The Freedom Fighter (Part II of III)

Cari Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cari Shane

As we countdown the top stories of 2009, for a small group of Americans there's no top-100 list, top-20 or top-10 list. For these few dozen Americans there's only one story worth recapping: their exoneration.

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James Bain, Florida Man, Exonerated After 35 Years Behind Bars

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BARTOW, Fla. — James Bain used a cell phone for the first time Thursday, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been freed after 35 years...

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