These are the mugshots fo William West adn William West, and they are not related. They were both sent to Leavenworth Prison a the same time, in 1903, and after some confusion, the staff understood they had two different prisoners with the exact same name, who looked exactly alike. They are part of the reason […]
According to the National Registry of Exonerations, innocent individuals are collectively held for decades in prison. Averaging roughly 14 to 16 years in prison before being exonerated. It was also noted that 4–6% of inmates in prison today are wrongfully convicted. The numbers are in the tens of thousands in the U.S. Additional studies estimated that
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Gary Kitchings, a former Uber driver charged with raping a passenger he picked up at SunFest in 2017, was found not guilty on one charge in a new trial Friday, but four other charges are still up in the air. Attorney for Gary Kitchings told WPBF 25 that Kitchings was found not guilty of one
Prosecutors hoped his brother’s testimony would condemn him. It did the opposite. Story from The Palm Beach Post by Hannah Phillips WEST PALM BEACH — As a courtroom clerk read the verdict aloud, Lawrence Padgett started to cry. Jurors found the 31-year-old Royal Palm Beach man not guilty of third-degree felony murder on Jan. 26, almost six
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