The Virginian-Pilot

DNA tests rule out Virginia man convicted in 1978 rape
The Virginian-Pilot
Barbour served more than four years before being released on parole. He's now 56 and wants his name cleared. When Barbour was convicted, DNA testing was unavailable. (Joe Mahoney | Richmond Times-Dispatch via The Associated Press) The Associated Press …
New DNA test could exonerate man convicted of 1978 rapeRichmond Times Dispatch

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Teen in Seattle PD kicking incident convicted of gun crime
KING5.com
by KING 5 News SEATTLE – An 18-year-old who was seen on surveillance video being kicked by an undercover Seattle police officer in 2010 was found guilty Thursday on a gun charge in an unrelated case. The Seattle Times reports D'Vontaveous Hoston faces …

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Convoluted path for convicted rapist leads back to prison
News Sentinel
Mast then filed a petition for post-conviction relief but withdrew it in 1994. He filed a second petition in 2001, which was amended in 2006. A hearing was held on Mast's petition in 2008 and the original conviction was actually set aside — which …

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SILive.com

FBI seeking convicted bank robber from Staten Island in connection with new heist
SILive.com
"I was going to write about my efforts on post-conviction rehabilitation; but that pales in comparison to what I've been going through these past few years," he wrote. "Life I've come to realize is far too short, and far too precious to squander away …

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Convicted offender: Wouldn't have pleaded if he knew he could be on probation …
Mason City Globe Gazette
Sauers appeared before Judge Bryan McKinley on Thursday for a post-conviction relief hearing. According to court documents, Sauers contends the court was without jurisdiction to impose the sentence, the sentence exceeds the maximum authorized by law …

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Convicted embezzler arrested on domestic violence assault charge
Bangor Daily News
Police charged her with the assault and violating her conditions of release. Gordon was on postconviction bail before Monday morning, when she was scheduled to begin her prison term with the Maine Department of Corrections. Police also arrested another …

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Texan convicted of trying to provide support to Al Qaeda
Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog)
Behol faces a maximum 15 years in prison on the terrorism charge and an additional five years on a conviction for aggravated identity theft. This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted. Your comment could not be posted. …

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New York Daily News

US soldier found guilty in Afghan thrill-killings, convicted of murder and …
New York Daily News
At his seven-day court martial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle, the 26-year-old acknowledged cutting fingers off corpses and yanking out a victim's tooth to keep as war trophies, "like keeping the antlers off a deer you'd shoot. …
Panel deliberates in war-crimes court-martialThe Seattle Times

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Law School's Exoneration Project helps free wrongly convicted man
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
Over the next two years, all three were convicted, and each was sentenced to at least 80 years in prison. All subsequent appeals were denied, including a post-conviction request for DNA testing. In August 2009, James Harden, through the UChicago …

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South Bend Tribune

Convicted father to remain free
South Bend Tribune
But last May, St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Jerome Frese made the rare decision of granting Neirynck's appeal for post-conviction relief. The judge ordered the release of Neirynck from Miami Correctional Facility on grounds that Neirynck's …

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