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When Innocence Is Pinknew
Wrongly convicted women fight for recognition, support, remedies.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
01-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
One Exoneree Finds Purpose in Advocacy, Closure in ID of Perpnew
Ken Wyniemko spent nearly a decade behind bars for a rape. His most pressing concern was surviving. His second was proving his innocence. He succeeded at both.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
07-08-2008 |
Crime & Justice
DNA Points to Perp in Rape for Which Wrong Man Did Timenew
Five years ago, Ken Wyniemko was released from the Michigan prison system, exonerated after a decade behind bars for a rape that DNA evidence concluded he did not commit. On Wednesday, police confirmed that a match has been made to the DNA collected at the scene of the 1994 Macomb County rape for which Wyniemko was arrested, convicted and incarcerated.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
07-01-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Were DeShawn and Marvin Reed Wrongfully Convicted?new
A paralyzed shooting victim first identified the two accused assailants now in prison in the blink of an eye. Now he's having second thoughts.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
06-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
DNA Test Will Show if Texas Executed an Innocent Mannew
One strand of hair found on the counter of an East Texas liquor store whose owner was gunned down in 1989 could help determine whether Texas executed an innocent man for the killing -- a judge has ordered the hair not be destroyed as the Observer and the Innocence Project push for DNA testing.
The Texas Observer |
David Pasztor |
09-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
After Innocence
People convicted of murder or rape and then cleared by DNA evidence often remain incarcerated, as authorities desperately try to convince judges that they got the right guy, or even that blameless men should remain behind bars on procedural grounds.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-04-2005 |
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