Wrongful Conviction

Southside November 2

Cellmates

Lee Harris spent years in prison without hope, until an unlikely friendship led to a years-long crusade to prove his innocence.

By Tori Marlan

News May 21

Corey Williams About to Walk Free in Louisiana

A sudden plea deal ends a decades-long fight in a capital murder case.

By Andrew Cohen

Feature April 7

The Price of Innocence

Two brothers did 31 years for someone else’s crime. Then things went bad.

By Joseph Neff

Q&A March 21

When the Innocent Go to Prison, How Many Guilty Go Free?

A husband and wife want to upend how we talk about wrongful convictions.

By Maurice Chammah

News March 20

The DAs Who Want to Set the Guilty Free

‘Sentence review units’ would revisit harsh punishments from the past.

By Eli Hager

Commentary March 13

Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity

“The time has come to create some level of accountability for prosecutors.”

Frederic Block

Life Inside November 30, 2017

Two Wrongful Convictions. One Happy Marriage.

“It felt like the universe put us together.”

By Maurice Chammah

Life Inside October 19, 2017

I Served 26 Years for Murder Even Though the Killer Confessed

One of the strangest, cruelest stories of wrongful conviction you’ll ever read.

By Alton Logan and Berl Falbaum

News July 13, 2017

When a Witness Confronts the Accused: Is a Courtroom I.D. Fair?

So far, two states say not always, and try to limit the practice.

By Marella Gayla

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