Exoneration

News July 16

In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction Case

An Idaho man who falsely confessed to a 1996 rape and murder is expected to have his name cleared on Wednesday.

By Mia Armstrong

Case in Point March 18

A DNA Test Might Help Exonerate This Man. A Judge Won’t Allow It.

North Carolina judge denies testing in a 1992 murder case, but lawyers want shell casings examined.

By Joseph Neff

News May 5, 2018

Fake Innocence

A lawyer’s scheme to stage a phony exoneration and cash in.

By Joseph Neff

Life Inside February 22, 2018

I Sent an Innocent Man to Prison

A juror’s regret.

By D'shean Kennedy as told to Maurice Chammah

Commentary December 13, 2017

What It's Like to Get Clemency — One Year Later

Catching up with Obama’s clemency recipients.

Jonathan Perri

News October 24, 2017

Innocent, Disabled and Vulnerable

A judge protects an exonerated man from his lawyer.

By Joseph Neff

Feature May 22, 2017

The Accusation

Katie's father went to prison for raping her and her brothers. It was an unthinkable crime that broke her family apart. So why couldn't she remember it?

By Maurice Chammah

Life Inside March 9, 2017

Facing Her Daughter’s Killer, at Last

But only after two wrongly convicted men were set free.

By Jeanette Popp, as told to Maurice Chammah

Case in Point September 26, 2016

The DNA Tests That Came Too Late to Save Two Men

Percell Warren and Nathaniel Epps died while fighting a rape conviction — but their battle still goes on.

By Andrew Cohen

News June 22, 2016

How a Lawyer Gave Up Corporate Work to Help Exonerees Re-enter Society

When being innocent isn’t enough, you need Jon Eldan.

By Rachel Siegel