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Conviction review
Convictions that were overturned, and innocence claims courts are ruling on this week. Read what the evidence was and where it broke.
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2023 · New YorkExonerated 2023
Carlton Lewis
In 2023, Carlton Lewis was exonerated after he had spent more than 31 years in prison for a murder he did not commit in New York.
2019 · New YorkExonerated 2019Huwe Burton
On Jan. 24, 2019, Innocence Project client Huwe Burton was exonerated of the 1989 murder of his mother after spending 19 years in prison.
2009 · New YorkExonerated 2009Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes was wrongfully convicted in upstate New York based on questionable eyewitness identifications and unvalidated forensic science.
2018 · New YorkExonerated 2018Gregory Counts
On May 7, 2018, DNA testing exonerated Gregory Counts and VanDyke Perry of a 1991 rape and kidnapping in New York City.