Dana Holland was wrongfully convicted of two separate crimes that occurred two weeks apart in 1993 on the south side of Chicago. As a result of erroneous eyewitness identification and deceitful forensic analysis, Holland was found guilty and sentenced to a combined 118 years in prison for rape in one case and armed robbery and attempted murder in the other.

Between 1989 and 1990, six innocent people were sentenced to a combined 120 years in prison for the rape and murder of a sixty-eight year old woman in Beatrice, Nebraska. The six co-defendants, three women and three men, came to be called the Beatrice Six, after the town where the crime happened.

This week marks the third anniversary of Joseph White’s exoneration in Nebraska.

He served 19 years of a life sentence in Nebraska for a crime in which he had no involvement.

A Texas judge this morning declared Cornelius Dupree an innocent man, clearing him more than 30 years after he was wrongfully convicted.

This week marks the 14th anniversary of Walter Smith’s exoneration in Ohio. Today, he works as a motivational speaker, sharing his story of triumph over adversity with audiences around the world.

Eight years ago this November, Bernard Webster was freed in Maryland after serving 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

DNA testing disproved misleading testimony provided by a forensic analyst during Webster’s trial.

Eighteen years ago this week, Steven Linscott was exonerated in Illinois after spending three years in prison for a murder DNA testing proves he didn’t commit.

Paula Gray was sentenced to 50 years in prison for murder, rape, and perjury. Years would pass before it became apparent that Gray’s confession had been coerced and the true perpetrators confessed.

By The Editors
Michael Anthony Green and Alan Newton, who’ve never met and live in different parts of the country, share a wonderful reality.

They are now free men.

But that’s because they each endured a terrible injustice. Both men spent more than two decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit before they were proved innocent through the use of DNA tests and freed. This week both Alan Newton, of New York City, and Michael Anthony Green, of Houston Texas received a further measure of the justice they deserve.

Six years ago this week, Ryan Matthews was exonerated after spending five years on Louisiana’s death row for a murder he didn’t commit.