Topic
Wrongful Incarceration
454 published works
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
John Holmes: 17 Years on Testimony His Children Took Back
The short answer: John Anthony Holmes was convicted in a Virginia bench trial of five counts of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of child abuse or neglect involving his…
The Justice Gap
Forensic analysis of crime scene photos casts further doubt on Bamber conviction
New forensic analysis of photos of scene of the White House Farm murders which were given to The Guardian have cast even more doubt on the case against Jeremy Bamber,…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Richard Miles: Two Hidden Reports & 15 Years Lost
The short answer: Richard Miles was 19 when he was arrested for a 1994 shooting at a Dallas gas station that killed one man and wounded another. He was convicted…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Kerry Max Cook: 47 Years to Be Declared Innocent
The short answer: Kerry Max Cook was 21 when he was arrested for the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards in Tyler. He was tried three times and sentenced to…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Tim Cole: Died in Prison, Cleared a Decade Later
The short answer: Timothy Cole was a 24-year-old Army veteran enrolled at Texas Tech when he was accused of a 1985 rape in Lubbock. He was 26 when a Lubbock…
The Justice Gap
Two more wrongful convictions linked to corrupt detective Ridgewell
Two men convicted as teenagers in a case involving disgraced police officer Derek Ridgewell have had their convictions referred for review, taking the number of people whose cases linked to…
The Justice Gap
Two men freed after two decades under indefinite prison sentences
Two men jailed indefinitely as teenagers have been freed after spending two decades in custody, despite minimum terms of less than three years, the Guardian reports.Luke Ings and Liam Bennett…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Paid Witnesses, Hidden Payments and 41 Years Lost
The short answer: On September 28, 2026, a Utah judge released Douglas Stewart Carter on bail after 41 years in custody, most of them on death row, for a 1985…
The Justice Gap
Five bankers’ rate-rigging wrongful convictions overturned by Court of Appeal
Five city traders have had their convictions overturned in the Court of Appeal after serving jail sentences for rigging interest rates while working at Barclays bank.Philippe Moryoussef, Jay Merchant, Colin…
The Justice Gap
‘How do you fix 28 years of somebody’s life wrongly taken away?’
By Jon Robins
A man who spent 28 years in prison after being wrongly convicted twice features in a new series on miscarriages of justice. Justin Plummer, whose case first featured on the…