Tag: wrongful
Judge orders release of ‘Serial’ suspect from prison
Adnan Syed was released into home detention after a Baltimore judge overturned his 2000 murder conviction after new evidence was uncovered by prosecutors. WATCH FULL…
Latest on WNBA star Brittney Griner’s wrongful detention in Russia
Tom Firestone, a former resident legal adviser at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, discusses the Griner case. WATCH the ABC News Live Stream Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM…
‘Rust’ cinematographer’s family files wrongful death lawsuit
Attorneys for Halyna Hutchins’ family named Alec Baldwin and others in the lawsuit. source
13-year-old girl wrongly arrested, detained over school threat
Nia Whims, 13, was wrongfully handcuffed and detained for 14 days before police found she’d apparently been framed for making a bomb threat over Instagram….
Family of Halyna Hutchins allege ‘reckless’ set in ‘Rust’ wrongful death suit l GMA
The cinematographer’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a number of parties including Alec Baldwin on Tuesday. READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/3Bq9T1b #ABCNews #AlecBaldwin #HalynaHutchins source
Kevin Strickland freed after 43 years in prison: ‘I didn’t think this day would come’
ABC News’ Linsey Davis reports on the exoneration of Kevin Strickland after 43 years, making his one of the longest wrongful conviction cases in U.S….
Federal lawsuit accuses police officer of wrongful arrest, excessive force
A stun gun was used on Johnny Wheatcroft 11 times during a July 2017 traffic stop by the Glendale, Arizona, officer, according to the lawsuit….
Family sues Chicago police over wrongful raid l GMA
Steve Winters and Regina Evans are suing the Chicago Police Department over a 2019 mistaken raid where officers burst into their apartment, guns drawn, looking…
Family of man who died in DUI crash files lawsuit against Tiger Woods
The golfer is named in a wrongful death lawsuit claiming a bartender was served alcohol to “severe intoxication” before he crashed his car and died….
Authorities investigating mysterious deaths at VA hospital
The family of Felix McDermott, 82, who died after someone injected him with insulin even though he’s not a diabetic, says in a wrongful death…
Family of slain Louisville EMT files wrongful death suit
There is growing outrage over the death of Breonna Taylor. ABC News’ Megan Tevrizian has the details. READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/2X9NPED SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP…
Wrongful conviction overturned
After more than two decades behind bars, Jonathan Irons is a free man thanks to the help of WNBA star Maya Moore. source
Florida man free after 37-year wrongful imprisonment
He was wrongly convicted of raping and murdering a teenager in 1983, but newly discovered DNA revealed his innocence. ABC’s Megan Tevrizian reports. source
Breonna Taylor’s wrongful death lawsuit settled for $12 million
The city of Louisville will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement. source
WNBA star marries newly-free man
Maya Moore spent the last decade helping overturn a wrongful conviction for Jonathan Irons. Now he’s free, and they’re married. ABC’s Will Ganss has the…
State of emergency in Louisville as charges possible over Breonna Taylor’s death
The city braces for a grand jury decision after Taylor’s family settled a wrongful death lawsuit. source
Examining the death penalty as wrongful convictions prove disturbingly common
Nathaniel Woods’ family mourn his fate after he was executed in March 2020 after an extremely controversial trial. Anthony Ray Hinton spent 28 years on…
