Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison, Judge Rules
A Maryland judge ruled on Thursday that Adnan Syed will not return to prison after prosecutors in Baltimore decided last week to withdraw a motion to vacate his murder conviction…
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90
Selwyn Raab, an investigative reporter for The New York Times and other news organizations who in exacting detail explored the Mafia’s many tentacles, and whose doggedness helped lead to the…
China’s Vow of ‘Leniency’ in Plea Deals Erodes Rights to Fair Trial
When Son Jun-ho, a key midfielder for South Korea’s World Cup soccer team, signed with a Chinese club, he was an indication of China’s ambition to dominate the world’s most…
Raymond Santana of ‘Central Park Five’ Will Run for Office in New York
Raymond Santana was only 14 in 1989 when he and four other Black and Latino teenagers were wrongfully blamed for the rape of a white female jogger. The case of…
Hawaii Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder Is Freed After 30 Years
A Hawaii man who spent more than 30 years behind bars for a murder he had long insisted he did not commit, was released on Friday on the orders of…
Ex-Deputy Describes Rampant Violence by Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’
In a series of interviews from prison, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy described for the first time how he and others in his department regularly entered homes without warrants, beat…
Amanda Knox Slander Conviction Is Upheld by Italy’s Highest Court
Italy’s highest court on Thursday upheld the slander conviction of Amanda Knox, an American who was first convicted and then acquitted of killing her housemate in 2007, for accusing an…
Two Hawaiian Brothers Say That Police Framed Them in a 1991 Murder
Two brothers who were convicted in the 1991 rape and murder of a tourist in Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday claiming that the police had framed them and…