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Armour, a Black woman wearing dark jeans and a white long sleeved shirt with a chest cutout, and Moses, a Black man wearing an olive green T-shirt and pants, sit on a couch holding hands. A painting of blue butterflies is visible in the background.
Life Inside May 23
Love Beyond Bars: Larry and Gloria
Larry Moses and Gloria Armour first dated in their 20s. The New Orleans duo reunited in their 60s, after Moses was wrongfully imprisoned for 29 years.
Photographs and Interview by
Camille Farrah Lenain
Written by
Sandra “Sandy” Hemme, an older White woman with medium-length gray hair and glasses, wears a blue jean jacket and stands outside in front of a lake and some trees.
St. Louis April 3
Sandra Hemme’s 43-Year Fight for Innocence Reflects Pitfalls in Missouri’s Justice System
Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, the Missouri attorney general tried to send her back.
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks during a conference at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City on Aug. 1, 2024. Bailey has aggressively pushed back on efforts by local prosecutors and judges to toss out convictions of people with innocence claims.
Closing Argument August 17, 2024
How Prosecutors Fight Exonerations
As laws are passed to support the wrongfully convicted, some officials in the legal system push back.
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Raymond Flanks, a Black man, and Cassandra Delpit, a Black woman, embrace each other by Lake Pontchartrain.
Life Inside July 26, 2024
Love Beyond Bars: Raymond and Cassandra
Raymond Flanks spent nearly 39 years in Louisiana lockups for a murder he didn’t commit. Luckily, he found love with an old friend, Cassandra Delpit.
Photographs by Camille Farrah Lenain
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Miguel, a man with medium-toned skin, short hair and a mustache, hugs his wife, Silvia, a woman with medium-toned skin and long brown hair, on the beach.
Life Inside July 5, 2024
Love Beyond Bars: Miguel and Silvia
While Miguel Solorio did 25 years for a crime he didn’t commit, his wife, Silvia, was right by his side. Here’s their California love story in pictures.
Photographs by Camille Farrah Lenain
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The cross street signs seen at the corner of Wellington Avenue and Myra Street in Akron.
Cleveland December 6, 2023
DNA Testing Refutes Ohio Man’s Claim of Innocence
Ohio Innocence Project sought testing after review of Samuel Herring conviction.
By , The Marshall Project, and Tara Morgan, News 5 Cleveland
An older Black man — a wheelchair user with a gray beard, white knit hat and blue shirt — looks off camera.
Cleveland November 9, 2023
After Nearly 40 Years Behind Bars, Ohio Man Pins Hopes on DNA Testing
Samuel Herring hopes the first-ever testing in a notorious 1984 rape will add another exoneration to the Ohio Innocence Project’s resume.
By , The Marshall Project, and Tara Morgan, News 5 Cleveland
An illustration shows a Black man in a white T-shirt with his arms around an older Black woman in a polka-dotted shirt and an older Black man in a newsboy cap and black T-shirt. The left side of the illustration shows a freeway, with trees at the edge of the road.
Life Inside May 12, 2023
My Brother Was Wrongfully Convicted for Murder. 20 Years Later, So Was My Son.
Although it was a coincidence, I knew it wasn’t a mistake. What Louisiana was doing to men like my brother Elvis and my son Cedric was intentional.
By Earline Brooks Colbert, as told to
A portrait of a White man smiling and wearing a tank top is mounted inside of a picture frame.
Inside Story February 23, 2023
Police Shootings in Rural America
We investigate police shootings in rural areas and speak with music executive Jason Flom about his work with people who were wrongfully convicted.
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Steven Lopez, a 48-year-old man with medium-dark toned skin and wearing a suit, looks teary-eyed as he listens during a court hearing.
Closing Argument July 30, 2022
“It’s Crushing”: The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated
Proving your innocence is only part of the battle to put your life back together.
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