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Curtis Flowers, Exonerated After 23 Years in Mississippi Prison, Dies at 56
justice3 days ago

Curtis Flowers, Exonerated After 23 Years in Mississippi Prison, Dies at 56

Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent nearly 23 years in prison for a 1996 murder he did not commit, has died at age 56. His death was confirmed by his family and attorney Rob McDuff, with no cause of death provided. Flowers was exonerated in 2019 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction due to racial bias in jury selection. He had been tried six times by the same prosecutor, Doug Evans, before his release in December 2019. Mississippi dropped all charges against him in September 2020, and he received $500,000 in compensation for wrongful imprisonment in 2021.

via CNN|
#curtis-flowers#doug-evans#justice
Curtis Flowers, Exonerated After Landmark Supreme Court Ruling, Dies at 56
us-news4 days ago

Curtis Flowers, Exonerated After Landmark Supreme Court Ruling, Dies at 56

Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent nearly 23 years in prison for a 1996 murder he did not commit, has died at age 56. His family confirmed his death at his home in Mississippi on Wednesday, with no cause of death provided. Flowers was exonerated in 2019 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial bias in jury selection violated his constitutional rights. He had been tried six times for the same crime by the same prosecutor, Doug Evans, before being released in December 2019. Mississippi dropped all charges against him in September 2020.

via NBC News|
#curtis-flowers#mississippi#racial-bias
Utah Judge Frees Douglas Carter After 41 Years on Death Row Following DNA Exclusion
us-news14 days ago

Utah Judge Frees Douglas Carter After 41 Years on Death Row Following DNA Exclusion

Douglas Carter, 71, was released on bail from the Utah County Jail on Monday after spending 41 years in prison, including decades on death row, for the 1985 murder of Eva Olesen. Judge Derek Pullan ordered his release after new DNA testing excluded Carter from crime scene samples and prosecutors dropped the death penalty. Carter faces strict bail conditions, including a GPS monitor and curfew, while his attorneys call for the case to be dismissed. The victim's family opposes the release, arguing the DNA exclusion does not prove innocence.

via The New York Times|
#dna-testing#douglas-carter#eva-olesen
Utah Judge Orders Release of Douglas Carter After 41 Years on Death Row Following DNA Exclusion
crime-and-justice14 days ago

Utah Judge Orders Release of Douglas Carter After 41 Years on Death Row Following DNA Exclusion

Douglas Carter, 71, was released on bail from Utah County Jail on September 28, 2026, after spending 41 years in prison, including decades on death row, for the 1985 murder of Eva Olesen. Judge Derek Pullan granted release after new DNA testing excluded Carter from crime scene samples and prosecutors dropped the death penalty. Carter faces strict bail conditions, including a GPS monitor and curfew, while his attorneys call for the case to be dismissed. The victim's family opposes the release, arguing the DNA exclusion does not prove innocence.

via BBC|
#crime-and-justice#dna-evidence#douglas-carter
Utah judge frees 71-year-old Douglas Carter after 41 years, citing DNA exclusion
crime-and-justice14 days ago

Utah judge frees 71-year-old Douglas Carter after 41 years, citing DNA exclusion

Douglas Carter, 71, was released on bail from Utah County Jail on Sept. 28, 2026, after spending 41 years in prison, including decades on death row, for the 1985 murder of Eva Olesen. Judge Derek Pullan granted release after new DNA tests excluded Carter from crime scene samples and prosecutors dropped the death penalty. Carter faces strict bail conditions, including a GPS monitor and curfew, while his attorneys call for the case to be dismissed. The victim's family opposes the release, arguing the DNA exclusion does not prove innocence.

via CNN|
#crime-and-justice#dna-evidence#douglas-carter
Utah judge frees Douglas Carter after 41 years on death row, citing DNA exclusion
crime-and-justice14 days ago

Utah judge frees Douglas Carter after 41 years on death row, citing DNA exclusion

A Utah judge ordered the release of Douglas Carter on bail after he spent 41 years in prison, including decades on death row, for the 1985 murder of Eva Olesen. The decision followed new DNA testing that excluded Carter from crime scene samples and prosecutors withdrawing their request for the death penalty. Carter, now 71, faces strict bail conditions, including a GPS monitor and curfew, while the victim's family opposes his release. His attorneys argue he is innocent and call for the case to be dismissed, citing evidence of police misconduct and coerced confessions.

via KUTV|
#crime-and-justice#dna-evidence#douglas-carter
Missed underscore led to wrongful imprisonment: Nova Scotia man exonerated after 18 months
world2 months ago

Missed underscore led to wrongful imprisonment: Nova Scotia man exonerated after 18 months

Brandon Klayme of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, spent 18 months in prison after investigators chasing a Wisconsin child-exploitation case followed a misspelled Kik username—omitting one underscore—and wrongly identified him. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned his conviction, ruling the case should never have gone to trial and that the evidence was based on a simple username error.

via The Times of India|
#appeals-court#kik#nova-scotia
One Underscore, One Injustice: How a Skyrim Username Led to a Wrongful Conviction
news2 months ago

One Underscore, One Injustice: How a Skyrim Username Led to a Wrongful Conviction

A Nova Scotia man spent 18 months in jail after being convicted of possessing child pornography due to a misread Kik username referencing Skyrim; the difference of a single underscore led investigators to the wrong person. An appeal uncovered the error, resulting in acquittal and vacating the charges, with the panel calling the conviction a factual mistake that changed the man’s life.

via kotaku.com|
#digital-forensics#misidentification#news
Skyrim username mix-up leads to wrongful 18-month prison sentence, overturned
crime-and-justice2 months ago

Skyrim username mix-up leads to wrongful 18-month prison sentence, overturned

A Halifax man, Brandon Klayme, was convicted in 2023 of child‑luring and possession of child pornography based on a Kik username linked to a Skyrim dragon shout. Police pursued fus_ro_dah instead of the correct fus__ro_dah (with a double underscore), a mix-up that went unnoticed at trial. He served 18 months in prison before his lawyers uncovered the error, and an appeals court later overturned the conviction, ruling that he is factually innocent and should never have been charged.

via Yahoo|
#appeals-court#canada#crime-and-justice
Ex-LAPD detective urges retrial in Scott Peterson case over overlooked witness leads
crime2 months ago

Ex-LAPD detective urges retrial in Scott Peterson case over overlooked witness leads

Peterson’s defense, backed by the Los Angeles Innocence Project, claims new evidence and overlooked witness accounts could undermine the murder conviction and warrant a new trial, a claim highlighted by a docuseries and support from a retired LAPD detective. Prosecutors maintain the verdict stands, Laci Peterson’s family disputes the new claims, and a recent petition to overturn the conviction was denied; Peterson remains serving life without parole as his appeal proceeds.

via New York Post|
#california-justice-system#crime#innocence-project
Decades-long fight ends in posthumous retrial, highlighting Japan's slow justice
world4 months ago

Decades-long fight ends in posthumous retrial, highlighting Japan's slow justice

A Japanese court granted Hiromu Sakahara a posthumous retrial for a 1984 murder, decades after his death in prison in 2011, highlighting Japan's slow justice system, coerced-confession concerns, and limits on legal representation during interrogation. The retrial—only the second postwar case—has deepened calls for reform to speed up redress and reduce prosecutors' power as families endure long, painful decades seeking exoneration.

via CNN|
#japan#justice-system#legal-reform
Execution in Tennessee Death-Row Case Hangs on Questionable Jailhouse Snitch
us-news4 months ago

Execution in Tennessee Death-Row Case Hangs on Questionable Jailhouse Snitch

Tony Carruthers, sentenced to death for a 1994 Memphis triple murder, faces execution amid doubts about the conviction rooted in Alfredo Shaw’s jailhouse testimony, which records later showed Shaw was a paid informant; Shaw recanted, Carruthers’ self-representation and lack of physical evidence have long raised questions, and advocates see this as part of a broader pattern of wrongful convictions tied to snitch testimony, even as Governor Bill Lee declined clemency.

via The Intercept|
#carruthers#death-penalty#jailhouse-informant
Grief, Not Guilt: Nevada Stillbirth Case Exposes Risks of Criminalizing Pregnancy Outcomes
law5 months ago

Grief, Not Guilt: Nevada Stillbirth Case Exposes Risks of Criminalizing Pregnancy Outcomes

A Nevada mother, Patience Rousseau, spent over two years in prison after a 2018 Facebook post and cop-misinterpreted actions were used to charges of manslaughter in a stillbirth, despite abortion being legal in the state. A 2021 ruling vacated the conviction for ineffective counsel, and she received a $100,000 settlement in 2025; the case underscores a broader trend of prosecutors using broad or old laws to criminalize pregnancy outcomes rather than focusing on the fetus’s harm. It also concerns the mishandling of the baby’s remains and highlights calls for reform and greater support for pregnant people facing loss and poverty.

via CNN|
#abortion#criminalization-of-pregnancy-outcomes#law