by Drago Bratic | Feb 22, 2021 | Current Cases, HP Slider
Alex Trogdon has been incarcerated since 2010 for a crime that never happened In 2010, Alex Trogdon was convicted of second-degree murder based on alleged bitemark evidence and a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome connected to the death of his then-girlfriend’s...
by Drago Bratic | Nov 16, 2020 | Current Cases, HP Slider
Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen continue to seek justice Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen, two of “The Winston-Salem 5” In 2004, brothers Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen were convicted of the murder and robbery of Nathaniel Jones. In...
by Drago Bratic | Nov 13, 2020 | Current Cases, HP Slider
Charles Wakefield, Jr. discovers new evidence that casts doubt on his murder conviction from 1975 Charles Wakefield Jr., Greenville, SC The Looper Murders On January 31, 1975, Lieutenant Frank Looper was the Chief Officer of the Greenville County Sheriff’s...
by Drago Bratic | Jan 2, 2020 | News
The North Carolina Center for Actual Innocence (NCCAI) and Chris Mumma are prominent in the November 4, 2019 episode of the podcast entitled Court Junkie. This episode investigated the case of Mark Carver, whose conviction the Center worked to overturn in April 2019....
by Drago Bratic | Jan 9, 2019 | Exoneree, HP grid
Brandon Jones and Leroy Spruill – Freedom, but no Justice On December 18, 1993, Frank Swain was found murdered in his Washington County, North Carolina home. A year later, on December 13, 1994, Brandon Jones and Leroy Spruill were arrested for his murder....