When a high school football player is accused of the unthinkable, a community rallies around him in support, but others weren’t so sure if the support happened because he was a popular, star player in a small Texas town, where football is worshipped. “Outcry,” airing each Sunday on Showtime, is the story of Greg Kelly, …
A man convicted of robbery who spent 17 years in prison will be the first person to receive compensation under a new law for those wrongfully imprisoned. ABC News reports that Richard Anthony Jones, 42 (pictured left), was convicted in 2000 for a 1999 robbery and attack at a Walmart in Roeland Park, Kansas. Aman tried to …
A one-legged woman who was exonerated for murder after serving six years in prison was given the green light to sue the Kentucky detective she says railroaded her. On Monday, a US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Susan Jean King can sue Lt. Todd Harwood for malicious prosecution. The Courier-Journal reported the then-sergeant lied …
