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2026-06-18

In 2024: 45 years lost to a coerced confession

In 2024, the Virginia Court of Appeals exonerated Marvin Grimm Jr. after he spent 45 years in prison for a 1975 child murder conviction based on a coerced confession and hair analysis testimony that DNA evidence later refuted.

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2025 Karen Read acquitted of murder in death of John O'Keefe
2024 Federal indictment charges Sinaloa Cartel money-laundering network
2025 92-year-old convicted of 1967 cold case murder of Louisa Dunne

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