innocence project

Huwe Burton was 16 when he was accused of stabbing his mother to death, then staging the scene to make it appear an intruder had sexually assaulted and killed her. He insisted for decades he didn't commit the crime.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A report by a nonprofit group that investigates possible wrongful convictions says prosecutors are rarely held accountable for misconduct and mistakes.

Utica, NY (WIBX) - MVCC is hosting a partial showing of "After Innocence," a documentary that tells the stories of men wrongfully imprisoned until DNA evidence proved their innocence.

Utica, NY (WIBX) - Steven Barnes has received $3.5 million in a settlement with New York State for his wrongful conviction in the murder of Kimberly Simon.