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How Corrupt Prosecutors Get Away With Sending Innocent People to Jail

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. May 15, 2012.

Prosecutors are arguably the most powerful figures in the American criminal justice system, a system that is not equipped or willing to punish their crimes.

Wrongfully Convicted Exoneree Gets $1.45 Million Award After Student Journalists Reinvestigate His Case

Chester Soria, AlterNet. July 13, 2011.

One Texan exoneree was awarded money for a wrongful conviction, but what's next for the state with highest wrongful death penalty convictions?

Journalism Professor Who Helped Free 5 Innocent Men from Death Roll Has Been Sacked

Liliana Segura, LilianaSegura.com. March 18, 2011.

Days after the death penalty was abolished in Illinois, David Protess, a professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism for 29 years, has lost his job.

"They Have No Right to Kill Me": Is Texas Gearing Up to Execute An Innocent Man?

Brandi Grissom, The Texas Tribune. March 10, 2010.

Death row prisoner Hank Skinner swears DNA evidence will exonerate him, but prosecutors say the case is closed. He has two weeks to change their minds.

Proof That Texas Executed An Innocent Man Could Turn Tide On Death Penalty

Lucile Malandain, Agence France Presse. September 8, 2009.

Opponents of the death penalty hope the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas, will be a turning point towards abolition.

Texas Executed An Innocent Man

The Innocence Project, August 31, 2009.

The tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was falsely accused of setting a fire that killed his children -- and then executed for it.

Rape Survivor: Our System Failed By Convicting the Wrong Man of the Crime Against Me

Matt Kelley, The Innocence Blog. August 3, 2009.

Timothy Cole was convicted of raping a Texas student in 1985. He died in prison an innocent man. Now the victim in the case is speaking out.

The Top Reason Innocent People Land in Jail? False IDs

Matt Kelley, The Innocence Blog. July 20, 2009.

A new report from the Innocence Project reveals crucial ways prevent misidentification and wrongful convictions.

Government-Funded Study Calls for Major Overhaul of Nation's Crime Labs

delete, ProPublica. February 18, 2009.

A new report recommends taking forensics out of the hands of the DOJ and creating a new agency to police crime labs.

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Prisoners Have a Right to Post-Conviction DNA Tests

The Innocence BlogJanuary 28, 2009.

'Our Constitution gives every citizen the right to prove that he's innocent,' says Innocence Project Co-Director Peter Neufeld.

DNA Proves Texas Man Innocent Nine Years After he Died in Prison

The Innocence Project, The Innocence Blog. July 1, 2008.

Timothy Cole was serving 25 years for a rape he didn't commit.

Exonerations Continue Across the Country -- But Are Innocent Prisoners Ever Truly Free?

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. May 22, 2008.

On May 21, after nearly 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Michigan prisoner Walter Swift was finally released. But is he really free?

Innocent Man Released from Prison After 26 Years, Two Lawyers Kept His Innocence Secret

The Innocence Project, The Innocence Blog. April 22, 2008.

Attorneys waited for their client's death before admitting he was the real killer in the murder that sent Alton Logan to prison for half his life.

How Many Innocent People Are Really Behind Bars?

The Innocence Project, The Innocence Blog. March 27, 2008.

The honest answer: Nobody knows.