Archive for July 2025
Two Black men are released after long prison sentences
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reversed the convictions of Charles Collins and Brian Boles for the murder of 85-year-old James Reid in 1994 after they spent decades in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. Their convictions were based on lies told by detectives, withheld evidence, and police coercion. Boles spent 30 years in prison…
Read MoreA British man is cleared of an alleged crime 48 years later
A British Black man who was sent to prison based on the testimony of a corrupt and racist cop finally had his name cleared for the crime, but it was long after he had died. Errol Campbell, who died in 2004 after serving 18 months in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, had his…
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