Exoneration

American Blacks Disproportionate Victims of Judicial Errors

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A black man named Ulysses Charles was wrongfully identified by three female rape victims in Boston as their attacker and spent 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA tests. In America, tragic judicial errors like this are not simply random: African Americans are much more often the victim of such mistakes than whites, … Read more

Money Can’t Compensate My Unlawful Incarceration

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Mr Eric Asante, the 40-year-old teacher wrongfully convicted for defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl, has described his ordeal as a terrible experience which cannot be fully compensated for by any amount of money. The man sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour by the Tamale High Court in September 2005, told The … Read more