Man thrown behind bars over an underscore mark
His name had one “_”. The criminal's had two. He got 18 months anyway.
31 July 2026
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Police vetted dubious allegation only after Buttigieg was separated from children
The Michigan attorney general’s office is investigating how the accusation that separated the ex-Cabinet secretary from his 4-year-old twins was handled.
27 July 2026
The Guardian view on the Criminal Cases Review Commission: after Malkinson errors, trust must be earned back
Editorial: A review ordered by Vera Baird should help the body tasked with identifying miscarriages of justice to rebuild itself.
17 July 2026
‘It’s over’: Judge returns kids to Valpo couple who says state wrongfully accused them of abuse
A Valparaiso mother and father have their kids back after they say the Indiana Department of Child Services wrongfully accused them of abusing their baby.
7 July 2026
‘Properly shafted’: How the courts failed to get to grips with the wrongful conviction of Eddie Gilfoyle
The psychologist whose report made Merseyside Police suspect Eddie Gilfoyle of murdering his pregnant wife now calls his own advice 'nonsense'.
3 July 2026
One of NZ’s worst miscarriages of justice goes to trial
One of New Zealand’s worst wrongful convictions returned to court yesterday, 40 years after the murder and subsequent police investigation that led to it.
30 June 2026
Former police officers on trial for wrongful conviction of Alan Hall
The two officers are charged with perverting the course of justice in one of New Zealand’s most high profile wrongful convictions.
29 June 2026
Pete Buttigieg recalls ‘darkest hours’ after separation from children over hoax CPS report
The former US transportation secretary says an anonymous, false report — which police determined was meritless — led Child Protective Services to separate him from his young twins for 24 hours, in what he calls a “cruel, politically motivated hoax”.
27 June 2026
Institutional Cowardice: Grooming Gangs and False Allegations
Patrick O'Loan draws a parallel between the grooming gang scandal and the handling of false allegations: in both, institutions feared activist backlash more than injustice.
27 May 2026
PROOF magazine: Ghosts in the System
Filmmakers Fran Robertson and Jemma Gander report from Joe Outlaw's trial, where a jury heard the indefinite IPP sentence itself put on trial.
8 May 2026