Minnesota’s Conviction Review Unit has abruptly closed after losing federal funding, leaving hundreds of applicants like Adrian Riley without a path to review their cases. Digital Editor Aaliyah Demry has the story.
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Stolen Lives: The Karmelo Anthony case and the families left behind
MSR editor Jasmine McBride connects the 35-year sentence handed to Karmelo Anthony in Texas, the continued trauma of Diamond Reynolds a decade after Philando Castile’s murder and the fight for the Marvina Haynes Act at the Minnesota Capitol, tracing a through line of racial injustice that demands repair.
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Parole hearing raises concerns over wrongful conviction, rehabilitation
Bryan Hooper Sr., who served 27 years for the 1998 murder of 77-year-old Ann Prazniak, appeared before the Minnesota Board of Commissioners to request a move to a lower security facility and eventual release, maintaining his long-standing claim of innocence.
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Marvin Haynes exonerated after nearly 20 years in prison
Marvin Haynes, who was wrongfully convicted in the 2004 murder of Randy Sherer, was released from prison on Monday after a judge vacated his conviction due to an unconstitutional eyewitness identification.