Daniel Saldana exonerated after spending 33 years in prison for attempted murder
A man who spent more than 30 years, or more than half his life, in prison for an innocent crime was finally acquitted and released from state prison this week. Daniel Saldana, 55, convicted of the attempted murder of a group of six high school students, has been released after 33 years, according to Los […]
California man who was exonerated after 20 years in prison launches bid for Congress
A man who served 20 years in prison for a crime he never committed is now running for Congress in Southern California. Francisco “Frankie” Carrillo was convicted of the murder in 1991 at the age of 16 and spent 20 years in prison before proving his innocence in 2011. ) He was elected as a […]
TX Man, Once Exonerated of Murder, Accused of Fatal Shooting
A Texas man convicted and later acquitted in a 2010 stabbing murder case has been accused of shooting another driver after a minor car accident. Rydell Elliot Grant, 46, allegedly shot Edwin Arrevalo, 33, five times in the course of a traffic-related altercation just before midnight on Houston’s Hiram-Clark Road in KHOU. report, It quotes […]
Texas man Lydell Grant previously exonerated in fatal stabbing arrested for fatal shooting
Authorities arrested a man in Texas. He served seven years in prison before being acquitted of a fatal stabbing he didn’t commit. Rydell Grant was taken into custody Friday on suspicion of shooting another driver after being involved in a minor car accident. Houston police said Grant, 46, and a woman were driving past a […]
Philadelphia woman convicted as teen of killing WWII vet exonerated
A Philadelphia woman who spent more than a decade in prison for murdering a World War II veteran outside her home was acquitted Thursday, prosecutors said. A judge has vacated a murder conviction against India Spelman, 29, for the 2010 murder of 87-year-old World War II Navy veteran George “Bud” Greaves. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported […]
