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fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago
Law

When Sexual Exploitation Is Fundamental to Police Corruption

Lamonte McIntyre, seventeen, was rapidly arrested and convicted based on eyewitness identification and a rushed police investigation, receiving two consecutive life sentences.
fromBoston.com
3 months ago
Boston

'Widespread practice': Man wrongly convicted of Roxbury murder says detectives framed him

Boston officers allegedly forced false identifications and buried evidence, causing wrongful convictions and prompting a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the City of Boston.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 days ago

Murder suspect gets 8 years in case where Berkeley police repeatedly came under scrutiny

Claudel Moore pleaded to an eight-year sentence after investigators tied him to a 2022 homicide largely through a distinctive Cadillac and eyewitness identification.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
6 days ago

Texas Is Planning to Put an Innocent Man to Death. Will the Supreme Court Even Take the Case?

Texas must be compelled to enforce laws letting death-row inmates prove actual innocence to ensure fair treatment and prevent racially biased or cruel executions.
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