Wrongful conviction overturned for Haywood man who was falsely accused
District Attorney Ashley Welch took the incredibly rare step this week of overturning a prior conviction against a man now known to be innocent.
17 October 2026
mistaken identity
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He shares a name with a Cornell rape suspect. Strangers started hunting him down.
As vigilantes race to expose those connected to the case, innocent people have been doxed, threatened and falsely accused.
11 October 2026
Rochester pays $140K to Wisconsin woman falsely accused of crime
The City of Rochester, Minnesota, has paid $140,000 to settle the federal lawsuit of a 69-year-old Eau Claire woman whom three police officers wrongly named as the suspect in a counterfeit-bill case.
2 October 2026
Woman wrongfully accused in fatal Florida crash testifies before US Senate on surveillance tech
Wrongfully accused in a deadly Florida crash, Lindsey Isaacs will testify before the U.S. Senate about surveillance camera technology.
22 September 2026
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