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Wrongfully Accused

LA teen, woman were wrongfully convicted: Both released 17 years later

  • Dec 25, 2024
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'Central Park 5' members sue Donald Trump over debate comments

  • Oct 21, 2024

Lawyers 'eager' to begin investigation in Scott Peterson case

  • Mar 13, 2024

Charges dropped against Wisconsin couple months after forceful arrest

  • Dec 21, 2023

Gascón exonerates 2 wrongfully accused men who served years in prison

  • Dec 14, 2023

Black man wrongfully arrested due to facial recognition tech: lawsuit

  • Oct 9, 2023

DNA testing exonerates man convicted of kidnap, sexual assault in LA

  • Sep 27, 2023

CA Congressmembers lead resolution to get LA public defender freed

  • Jul 19, 2023

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Innocent man who spent 38 years in prison gets $25M for wrongful conviction in Inglewood murder

  • Sep 24, 2025
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LA teen, young woman wrongfully convicted of East Hollywood murder released 17 years later

  • Dec 24, 2024
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Pair released from prison more than 17 years after wrongful conviction of an East Hollywood murder

  • Dec 23, 2024
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DA exonerates 2 wrongfully convicted men who served decades in prison for murders in LA County

  • Dec 14, 2023
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DNA testing leads to exoneration of man imprisoned on kidnapping, sexual assault convictions

  • Sep 27, 2023
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CA Congressmembers lead bipartisan resolution to get LA public defender freed from Venezuela jail

  • Jul 19, 2023
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CA Congresswoman leads bipartisan resolution to get LA public defender freed from Venezuela jail

  • Jul 18, 2023
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LA district attorney clears man who spent 33 years in prison for Baldwin Park shooting

  • May 26, 2023

Latest Stories

LA district attorney clears man who spent 33 years in prison for Baldwin Park shooting

According to officials, another defendant in the case disclosed during a 2017 parole hearing that the man was not involved in the shooting, and was not even present at the time.

  • May 26, 2023

Jury awards man $1.12 million in Downey police wrongful arrest case

A jury found Downey police acted with malice when bringing murder charges against a man arrested after a 2017 shootout involving suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel.

  • May 17, 2023

Compton youth academy leader rousted from his sleep, wrongfully detained by LASD deputies: Video

Derrick Cooper was in his Compton home, which doubles as a youth academy, when LA County Sheriff's deputies arrived on an attempted burglary call.

  • Apr 22, 2023

Maurice Hastings to ask LA County judge to declare him innocent of 1983 murder after DNA exoneration

A man who spent 38 years behind bars for the 1983 abduction and murder of a woman in Inglewood is expected to ask a judge to declare him factually innocent of the crime.

  • Mar 1, 2023

Paramount man wrongfully convicted of murder exonerated after more than 20 years

According to the district attorney's office and the California Innocence Project, there was enough evidence gathered by a private investigator pointing to two other men responsible for the murder.

  • Jun 2, 2022