Whatsoever Things Are True
Thirty-three years ago, a Chicago man was sentenced to death for murder. In 1999, another man confessed to the crime. Today, they are both free.
Thirty-three years ago, a Chicago man was sentenced to death for murder. In 1999, another man confessed to the crime. Today, they are both free.
Matthew Shaer The Atavist Magazine Sep 2015 1h Permalink
Being exonerated for a crime you didn’t commit is a hard-won triumph. But how can the state make up for what you’ve lost while in prison?
Ariel Levy New Yorker Apr 2015 35min Permalink
A survivor’s frightening account.
Paige Williams Atlanta Magazine Jan 2000 20min Permalink
It was one of the most brutal attacks the cops had ever seen. It also might have sent an innocent man to prison.
Christopher Goffard The Los Angeles Times Jun 2011 30min Permalink
An investigation by ProPublica, PBS Frontline and NPR has found that medical examiners and coroners have repeatedly mishandled cases of infant and child deaths, helping to put innocent people behind bars.
A.C. Thompson, Chisun Lee, Joe Shapiro, Sandra Bartlett ProPublica Jun 2011 25min Permalink
When he was 16, Mark Clements talked his way into four life sentences. Twenty-eight years later, he talked his way out.
Steve Bogira Chicago Reader May 2011 30min Permalink