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False Allegations Hub · 16 October 2026
Two former federal prosecutors set out to debunk an innocence claim and concluded the opposite. Gilbert King, Leo Schofield and The Prosecutors, in conversation.
A Cornell alumnus argues that the rush to judgment over the 'Jane Doe' allegations against seven Chi Phi members abandons the presumption of innocence, and that mothers of young men are watching with alarm.
15 October 2026
Reggie Dillard, exonerated in February after 27 years in prison for the 1998 killing of Christopher Thomas, is suing the city of Elkhart, its police officers and county prosecutors, alleging they conspired to frame him.
15 October 2026
A Baltimore officer was convicted of falsely reporting that a man he chased had tripped and kicked him, and a second officer of assaulting the man with pepper spray after he surrendered.
14 October 2026
The IOPC has found the Met's handling of Graham Linehan's complaint about his arrest at Heathrow was not reasonable and proportionate, and ordered it to reinvestigate, including whether he was discriminated against.
14 October 2026
Opinion: Why was it in taxpayers’ interest for UBC to stretch this case out for eight years, shedding dollars along the way?
14 October 2026
10 wrongful convictions in American history, from false confessions to mistaken eyewitnesses, and the evidence that finally freed each man
14 October 2026
Dina Williamson falsely told the General Dental Council her ex-husband was drinking between patients after he refused her more money from their divorce. He waited nine months to be cleared; she admitted blackmail.
13 October 2026
A piece of advice given during an LBC phone-in helped set in motion a chain of events that has seen 15 men's convictions overturned over the actions of a corrupt police detective, with further cases still under investigation.
13 October 2026
How the Obama administration's 2011 Dear Colleague letter and 2014 White House report lowered the standard of proof in campus sexual-assault cases, and how Title IX rules have shifted since.
13 October 2026