Innocence Project lawyer Vanessa Potkin hugs Alfred Swinton, court in Hartford, Conn., on June 8, 2017. Swinton served almost two decades in prison before he was cleared based on new DNA evidence. The ...
Their names may not appear on court briefs or judicial decisions, but behind the scenes, incarcerated people have played a big role in the law for decades. A new initiative wants to introduce the ...
A recorded jailhouse call between Taner Horner and his mother was played in court as a jury decides whether he will face the ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Olin “Pete” Coones went to prison for a murder he did not commit in Kansas City, Kansas, a jailhouse informant was the damning witness. No physical evidence tied Coones, whose ...
A recorded jailhouse phone call has led prosecutors to charge a second man with murder in a 2024 shooting that left a man ...
When Jhody Polk entered a Florida prison years ago, she noticed something special about the women in the law library. “They felt taller than the rest of us,” Polk said. “It was the knowledge that they ...