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Man cleared of sexually assaulting child after 35 years in prison

November 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man who spent 35 years behind bars in the US after being wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl has been freed from prison thanks to a DNA breakthrough. Louis Wright, now aged […]

Maurice Hastings: US man in prison for 38 years freed by new DNA evidence

October 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US man who spent nearly four decades in prison for murder has been released after new DNA evidence pointed to a different person. Maurice Hastings served more than 38 years in state prison for […]