‘It’s finally over’: two men set free after wrongly serving 17 years in prison

Dupree Glass and Juan Rayford were declared innocent and will each receive $140 for every day they spent behind bars

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/20/dupree-glass-juan-rayford-freed-wrongly-convicted

US judge who ruled in favor of church in key abuse case donated to archdiocese

Greg Guidry gave the New Orleans church thousands of dollars and now refuses to step down from a case involving 500 victims

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/21/new-orleans-church-donation-judge-clergy-abuse-victims

Florida man serving 400-year sentence freed after being exonerated for robbery

Sidney Holmes, who served 30 years, released after new inquiry found eyewitness identification was likely ‘misidentification’

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/15/florida-man-serving-400-year-sentence-freed-exonerated

Revealed: Mississippi bill would carve out separate judicial district for 80% of white residents in majority-Black city

#Mississippi #USCourtSystem #USJudicialSystem #Race #Republicans

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2023/feb/15/mississippi-jackson-judicial-district-unelected-judges-prosecutors