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“We Have Spent Decades In Prison Awaiting Justice” Call On Governor Hochul to Sign Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act Wrongfully convicted and their families call upon District Attorney Conviction Review Units (CRU) … Continue reading Wrongfully Convicted Cite Long Delays at D.A. Conviction Review Units → Read more»

“Rosemond Would be Home for Christmas” Trump Told NFL Great Jim Brown and Staff in the White House Habeas Corpus Petiton Filed In Federal Court on Behalf  Rosemond Asks That … Continue reading President Donald J. Trump Commuted the Life Sentence of Music Entrepreneur James Rosemond, Only He was Never Released → Read more»

Transcript of Hearing Reveals DA In 1977 Case Provided No Discovery To Vincent Simmons Defense According to Original Attorney Mike Kelly Read more»

Newly Discovered Evidence Proves That the Crime Never Happened: Relatives Say Alleged Victims Made Up the Story of Rape by Black Man A Small Town with Ugly History of Racism … Continue reading Vincent Simmons, 44 Years in  Angola Prison for a 1977 Rape, Seeks Last Chance to Overturn Wrongful Conviction → Read more»

NYPD DET. SCARCELLA’S FALSELY ACCUSED SMITH OF 1984 MURDER Sole Witness Recants to Judge at Trial Until DA Kidnaps Him for 4 days and Charges Him with Perjury for Refusing … Continue reading Kevin Smith, Who Served 27 Years For A Crime He Did Not Commit, Seeks To Overturn Conviction → Read more»

From:     Families of Wrongfully Convicted Contact: Lonnie Soury,  (212) 414-5857, (917) 519-4521, Lonnie@Soury.com For Immediate Release Exonerated Call on Mayor DeBlasio: Stop Wrongful Convictions Now Recording of Interrogations and Conducting … Continue reading Exonerated Call on Mayor DeBlasio: Stop Wrongful Convictions Now → Read more»


From:  Families of Wrongfully Convicted Contact: Lonnie Soury, (212) 414-5857, (917) 519-4521, Lonnie@Soury.com WAITING DECADES FOR JUSTICE VICTIMS OF DISGRACED DETECTIVE LOUIS SCARCELLA ANGRY OVER PACE OF INVESTIGATION BY BROOKLYN … Continue reading Waiting Decades for Justice, Victims of Disgraced Louis Detective Scarcella Angry Over Pace of Investigation by Brooklyn DA → Read more»

From:  Families of Wrongfully ConvictedContact: Lonnie Soury, Falseconfessions.org, (212) 414-5857, (917) 519-4521 Lsoury@aol.com For Immediate Release FAMILIES OF WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED ASK GOVERNOR CUOMO, STATE LEGISLATORS AND CHIEF JUSTICE LIPPMAN FOR … Continue reading Families of Wrongfully Imprisoned Ask Governor Cuomo, State Legislators and Chief Justice Lippman for Innocence Commission → Read more»

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New evidence appears to clear man of 1977 attempted rape conviction – KTBS3 Read more»

Simmons has maintained innocence in rape case since 1977. Read article at KALB from Alexandria, LA Read more»

The report, 426 Years: An Examination of Wrongful Convictions in Brooklyn, NY by the Kings County District Attorney Office, the Innocence Project and Law firm of Wilmer Hale, is an important review of 25 wrongful convictions. It confirms what Families of the Wrongfully Convicted, (wrongfullyconvicted.info) and criminal justice reformers’ know: Prosecutor and police misconduct are... Read more»

NY State Incarcerated Have Been Quarantined Since March 14, with No Visits Allowed and Only 1 Mask. Contact Governor Cuomo to Allow Visits NOW Click here for the DOCC guidelines NYSDOC issued a new policy for visits. NYSDOC should NOT be allowed to make guidelines and follow them as they see fit. Officers are Not... Read more»

Families and Friends of the Wrongfully Convicted, a grassroots advocacy group founded by victims of NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella, and their families, today delivered lunch to 80 staff members of the emergency room at Brooklyn Hospital Center. Read more»

A Cry for Help to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus in Alabama Prisons, Leaked Video Shows Horrifying Conditions. These men should not be sentenced to die. @governorkayivey @AGSteveMarshall you can save lives. Read more»

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/ny-conviction-overturn-cases-20190516-nxifb6ct2veebhd5idpc3ooxfu-story.html, By TREVOR BOYER  and LEONARD GREENE| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | MAY 16, 2019 | 6:46 PM Kevin Smith, who spent 27 years in prison for a crime he … Continue reading Brooklyn DA dragging his feet on wrongfully convicted: protesters → Read more»