Detroit Police allegedly framed then 19-year-old Kenneth Nixon, causing his wrongful imprisonment for the next 16 years. “I just would like you to know that you’re about to sentencean innocent man to prison.” Kenneth Nixon at his 2005 sentencing hearing DETROIT – Wrongfully convicted and imprisoned Detroit native Kenneth Nixon filed a federal civil rights… Read More
Wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years, Adam Gray spent much of his youth and most of his adulthood in maximum security prison due to Chicago police misconduct CHICAGO – After a nearly three-decade quest for justice, Adam Gray, who was framed for arson just a few weeks after turning age 14, was awarded $27 million today… Read More
Allen Robinson was exonerated and freed in 2022 after serving nearly 14 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. CHICAGO – Exonoree Allen Robinson filed a lawsuit today against the City of Chicago and Chicago Police officers alleging “shocking misconduct,” including allegations that police coerced false testimony and covered up evidence of… Read More
Keith Carnes was exonerated and freed after serving more than 18 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit KANSAS CITY, MO – Several KCPD officers were accused of fabricating and hiding evidence to frame Keith Carnes of murder in a lawsuit filed here today in federal court. Carnes alleges that the Kansas City Police… Read More
Chicago for decades has denied justice to survivors of gross police misconduct, wasting tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to defend indefensible misconduct CHICAGO, March 21, 2023 – Today survivors of extreme Chicago police misconduct gathered at City Hall to demand that both candidates address a central cause of the City’s struggles with policing issues:… Read More
The Estate of William Virgil, Who Was Exonerated in 2017, Reaches Historic $28,000,000 Settlement NEWPORT, KY — Attorneys for the heirs of a man wrongfully incarcerated in maximum security prison for more than 28 years for crimes he didn’t commit today announced Kentucky’s highest-ever settlement for a wrongful case — $28 million. Egregious police misconduct… Read More
Artist and Fairborn, OH resident Dean Gillispie was wrongfully convicted in 1991 after former Miami Township Officer Matthew Scott Moore suppressed exculpatory evidence. Gillispie wrongly served 20 years in prison before being exonerated and later declared a wrongfully imprisoned person by the State of Ohio. DAYTON, OH, 11/21/22 – Minutes ago an Ohio federal jury… Read More
Alex Torres was exonerated after wrongly serving 20 years behind bars LOS ANGELES – A host of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department officers are accused of manufacturing and withholding evidence to frame a then-20-year-old Alexander Torres for murder in a suit filed in federal court here today. Torres ended up being wrongfully incarcerated for 20 years… Read More
Chicago Office of Police Accountability (COPA) Stonewalled Release of Report Until FOIA Suit by Watts’ Victims Report calls one cop’s conduct “blatant contempt for the principles of justice, his oath, and the rule of law.” CHICAGO, IL — A blistering report from the City of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) recommending the firing… Read More
WORCESTER, MA – A man whom Worcester police continued to pursue with murder charges despite DNA excluding him as a possible suspect has turned around and sued those police officers in federal court this morning for faking evidence in an attempt to frame him. Dana Gaul, 43, father of four and nearly life-long resident of… Read More
