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Leonard Mack served more than seven years in prison for a rape he didn't commit. It took nearly a half-century to clear his name.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance said that the conspiracy to cover up the truth of the civil rights leader's murder went all the way to J. Edgar Hoover.

New York became the first state in the country on Monday to establish an independent commission with the power to investigate misconduct by state prosecutors.

The Governor's Office and prominent legal activists touted the reform as a protection against wrongful prosecution, but a leading public defender called it "a mess."

"My heart breaks for the family and the mother that lost her son not once but twice."

Last year a jury awarded Alan Newton $18.5 million for the 22 years he spent in prison for a rape he didn't commit and yesterday a judge took it all away.

You'd lose stuff too if there were this many people going

(The Innocence Project) Alan Newton served over 21 years in prison

A former postal worker who spent 18 years in prison for a

If you've followed The Innocence Project, the non-profit started by Barry Scheck