United States True crime podcast frees innocent man after 25 years 25 years ago in the USA, the police investigated an alleged murder of a teenager that put two men in prison (symbolic photo) ©Getty Images Two men who were innocently imprisoned for murder in the United States at the age of 17 have been freed after 25 years. The makers of a true crime podcast went in search of clues in their case – and found new evidence. It...
For forty years, the Kuomintang has ruled Taiwan with a brutal authoritarian state. The processing is far from complete. It is all the more important that the victims tell their story. As does Fred Chin. Antonia Marchhauser Fred Chin is a slight man. The baseball cap and mischievous smile give the 72-year-old something youthful. It is the years of his youth that were taken away from him fifty years ago, right at this point. "My freedom, my future, my career,...
murder conviction overturned He was innocently imprisoned in the USA for 38 years – now Maurice Hastings is being released After 38 years in prison, prosecutors have overturned the conviction against Maurice Hastings © J. Emilio Flores/Cal State LA via AP/DPA Maurice Hastings has been convicted of a crime he did not commit. After 38 years in prison, the American has now been released in Los Angeles. The year 1983 changed Maurice Hastings' life forever. The then 31-year-old was arrested...
damages Policeman blames black man for murder - after 21 years in prison, he's now paid millions Darryl Howard with one of his attorneys, Barry Scheck, in 2016 when a judge overturned his sentence © Chuck Liddy // Picture Alliance An American was sentenced to 80 years in prison for a case he never committed. Now the man is to receive compensation. Darryl Howard was sentenced to 80 years in prison for murder and arson in 1995, allegedly responsible for...
