In a case that highlights the systemic flaws of the criminal justice system, Sheldon Thomas, a man wrongfully convicted for nearly two decades, was finally exonerated in 2023 after spending over 18 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. His conviction was based on a misidentification that stemmed from a photo of…
The family of Alexander McClay Williams, the youngest person ever executed in Pennsylvania, is suing Delaware County for his wrongful conviction and execution in 1931. Williams, a 16-year-old Black teenager, was exonerated by the governor in 2022. Williams was convicted of the October 1930 murder of Vida Robare, a white woman found stabbed 47 times…
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