Wrongful Convictions · False Allegations · Memory & the Courts
Noble Brigham · 28 September 2026
Fred Steese spent two decades in prison for a 1992 Las Vegas murder before judges declared him innocent. He was pardoned and paid about $1.4 million, but his life after prison was troubled. He died in August at 62.
In North Carolina, a wrongfully convicted person must first win a pardon of innocence before claiming up to $750,000 in state compensation; federal civil rights awards have no cap.
27 September 2026
The woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has recanted, saying in a court filing that she never met him and that her claims against him were false.
26 September 2026
Sean Bw Parker reports from the APMI's Innocence Assembly in London, where speakers took on IPP and joint enterprise sentences, a CCRC they called unfit for purpose, and the cases of Andrew Malkinson and Peter Sullivan.
25 September 2026
New rape courtrooms in England and Wales and pre-recorded evidence in NSW are sold as easing delays and stress for complainants. What about a fair trial for the accused?
25 September 2026
Matt Foot on the Court of Appeal's refusal to reckon with its own failures: Andrew Malkinson, Oliver Campbell, Justin Plummer and Peter Sullivan all had earlier appeals rejected before their convictions were finally quashed.
24 September 2026
The Court of Appeal found a deputy High Court judge should not have heard a suspended optometrist's appeal by video link from his bed, the day after surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon, though it ruled the hearing caused no injustice.
23 September 2026
The therapist who helped four relatives "recover" abuse memories behind 23 felony charges against Ruth Worthen has surrendered her Utah license, admitting her methods risked false memories.
23 September 2026
Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emerged
22 September 2026
Gable Steveson addressed more than just his loss at UFC 331 in his first statement since suffering a knockout loss.
22 September 2026