USA

Subu Vedam was exonerated a year ago. Family, supporters are still calling for his freedom

During a vigil held Thursday, State College Mayor Ezra Nanes said Vedam’s ongoing detention is an “injustice piled on top of injustice.”

Australia

Australia’s most shocking wrongful prosecutions

One was a cop branded a serial rapist. Another was accused of a nightclub drugging. But these men share one thing in common: they were all innocent.

USA

TN gov grants commutation to Thomas Clardy, despite exoneration pleas

Gov. Bill Lee commuted Thomas Clardy's life sentence to parole, stopping short of the Board of Parole's recommendation that he be exonerated.

Fr. Michael Pfleger defiant after sex abuse allegations

Days after being cleared a fourth time, the St. Sabina pastor said he will fight an Archdiocese process that treats the accused as guilty until proven innocent.

'I'm Back:' Archdiocese Clears Fr. Pfleger Of Child Sex Abuse Claim, Returns To Ministry

Fr. Michael Pfleger has been cleared a fourth time of a child sex abuse allegation, which the Archdiocese of Chicago has deemed unfounded.

USA

She Was Absolved of a Heinous Crime. Why Won’t They Leave Her Alone?

A judge exonerated Nancy Smith, an Ohio bus driver, after she was convicted of abusing children in her care. Now, prosecutors want to reverse an order saying she was innocent.

Australia

Convicted murderer Sue Neill-Fraser can now talk to media, law centre says

The Human Rights Law Centre says a restrictive parole condition that stopped Sue Neill-Fraser from being able to claim her innocence in the media has been removed after a court challenge.

After 42 Years in Prison, Ervin Harris Is Exonerated of a Rape Conviction

A Jefferson County judge has vacated Ervin Harris’ 1974 rape conviction, finding the lone eyewitness identification against him unreliable.

Flaw in the IPP system

Offender imprisoned for extra 18 years before legal error spotted and put right