/tags/wrongful-conviction Wrongful Conviction en-US Copyright Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:19:24 GMT /2024-01-09/ronnie-long-wins-22-million-settlement-from-concord-for-wrongful-conviction The city of Concord will pay $22 million to a man wrongfully imprisoned in the 1970s for a rape he did not commit. In a statement, the city apologized to Ronnie Long, and acknowledged errors and willful misconduct by former city employees that led to his 1976 conviction. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:19:24 GMT /2024-01-09/ronnie-long-wins-22-million-settlement-from-concord-for-wrongful-conviction Nick de la Canal /law/2022-07-14/a-north-carolina-man-spent-43-years-in-prison-after-a-wrongful-conviction-the-state-must-now-pay-7-5m-to-his-estate The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and its insurers will pay $7.5 million to the estate of Charles Ray Finch who was wrongfully convicted of a 1976 murder. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:09:04 GMT /law/2022-07-14/a-north-carolina-man-spent-43-years-in-prison-after-a-wrongful-conviction-the-state-must-now-pay-7-5m-to-his-estate Associated Press /podcast/tested-podcast/2022-01-18/only-thing-i-had-to-fight-with-was-the-truth Howard Dudley spent nearly 24 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Now his long journey toward justice has reached new heights Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:00:00 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2022-01-18/only-thing-i-had-to-fight-with-was-the-truth Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Anisa Khalifa /news/2022-01-18/pardoned-30-years-after-a-wrongful-conviction-howard-dudley-reflects-on-what-he-lost In a recent conversation with ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Tested Podcast, Dudley reflects on what he’s been through over the years, and how it feels to finally have his innocence publicly acknowledged. Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:30:00 GMT /news/2022-01-18/pardoned-30-years-after-a-wrongful-conviction-howard-dudley-reflects-on-what-he-lost Anisa Khalifa, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /news/2021-05-17/nc-half-brothers-wrongfully-sent-to-death-row-awarded-75m-in-damages A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. Mon, 17 May 2021 20:35:23 GMT /news/2021-05-17/nc-half-brothers-wrongfully-sent-to-death-row-awarded-75m-in-damages Associated Press /law/2020-12-08/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-19-years-wrongfully-imprisoned-meet-darryl-hunt Darryl Hunt served 19 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit. The crime committed against him by the state — his wrongful conviction and… Tue, 08 Dec 2020 16:59:33 GMT /law/2020-12-08/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-19-years-wrongfully-imprisoned-meet-darryl-hunt Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-08/nc-innocence-inquiry-commission-questions-guilt-of-winston-salem-man-in-30-year-old-homicide The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission believes a Winston-Salem man may have falsely confessed to a role in a homicide.More than 30 years ago,… Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:35:08 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-08/nc-innocence-inquiry-commission-questions-guilt-of-winston-salem-man-in-30-year-old-homicide Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /law/2019-10-08/nc-innocence-inquiry-commission-questions-guilt-of-winston-salem-man-in-30-year-old-homicide The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission believes a Winston-Salem man may have falsely confessed to a role in a homicide.More than 30 years ago,… Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:35:08 GMT /law/2019-10-08/nc-innocence-inquiry-commission-questions-guilt-of-winston-salem-man-in-30-year-old-homicide Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-09-02/exonerated-members-of-central-park-five-to-speak-at-duke Two exonerated members of what was known as the "Central Park Five," will speak at Duke University Monday night. The detailed story of the "Central Park… Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:53:23 GMT /race-demographics/2019-09-02/exonerated-members-of-central-park-five-to-speak-at-duke Leoneda Inge /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-20/revisiting-the-case-of-the-tarboro-three In the summer of 1973, three black men from Tarboro were sentenced to die in North Carolina’s gas chamber after being tried and convicted of raping a… Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:38:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-20/revisiting-the-case-of-the-tarboro-three Dana Terry, Frank Stasio