After spending over a decade in prison for a crime she did not commit, India Spellman walked free on February 9, 2023, becoming the first woman in more than a generation to be exonerated in Philadelphia. Her release marks yet another case of wrongful conviction fueled by coerced confessions, prosecutorial misconduct, and systemic failures in…
Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump is speaking out about the exoneration of Robert Johnson, a man who spent nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime he maintains he did not commit. In a statement on Instagram, Crump highlighted the injustice of Johnson’s wrongful conviction, writing: “After nearly 30 years in prison for a…