Nearly 200 misdemeanor convictions tied to eight former New York Police Department officers who were themselves previously convicted of crimes have been vacated at the request of the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/us/manhattan-da-vacate-misdemeanor-convictions/index.html
Cold case solved? Terre Haute, Indiana man Frank Thies was arrested in a 1987 Rhode Island child molestation and sexual assault case after a DNA test.
— Read on abc7chicago.com/terre-haute-indiana-dna-test-sexual-assault-cold-case-solved/12471633/
A group of Black men who have asserted — and in many cases proven — that their convictions were unjust protested wrongful convictions.
— Read on ctmirror.org/2022/11/19/ct-new-haven-courthouse-protest-wrongful-convictions/
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — DNA evidence left behind 35 years ago and the use of forensic genealogy has led to the arrest of an Indiana man on charges that he sexually assaulted two Rhode Island girls in 1987, authorities announced Wednesday.
— Read on www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-11-17/forensic-genealogy-leads-to-arrest-in-1987-sex-assault-case
Cheryl Thompson was reported missing on March 25, 1978, by her family after she failed to return home from an Oakley disco. On April 8, her body was discovered.
— Read on www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/loveland/update-expected-in-44-year-old-cold-case-of-murdered-uc-student
CHILOQUIN, Ore. – Local investigators are asking for help finding a missing man who hasn’t been seen for almost a year. According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, Steven Kenneth Davis was last known to be in Chiloquin on December 5, 2021. He reportedly left his beloved dog with a roommate before departing
— Read on www.fox26medford.com/klamath-falls-deputies-looking-for-missing-man-last-seen-a-year-ago/
At his Arizona trial, Hooper’s attorneys focused on the unreliability of Redmond’s eyewitness identification, alleging that she had been shown a photo…
— Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/arizona-executes-76-year-old-man-after-refusing-dna-and-fingerprint-testing-in-case-with-no-physical-evidence
A Tulsa OK homeowner was arrested on assault with a deadly weapon charge after shooting man, a burglary suspect, in stomach from feet away.
— Read on www.macon.com/news/nation-world/national/article268733902.html
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