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A false rape accusation put three Duke lacrosse players in the path of a criminal prosecution. The disciplinary record shows how a prosecutor concealed evidence, misled judges and helped turn an investigation into a public conviction.
A false rape accusation put three Duke lacrosse players in the path of a criminal prosecution. The disciplinary record shows how a prosecutor concealed evidence, misled judges and helped turn an investigation into a public conviction.
Massachusetts discovered that its drug laboratories had corrupted evidence used to prosecute thousands of people. The struggle to undo the damage exposed inadequate notice, barriers to legal help, and prosecutors who withheld the information defendants needed.
Two Pennsylvania judges helped build a business around juvenile detention while taking secret payments. Years later, the children described what the court had cost them. A $206 million judgment measured part of the damage. It left the question of repair unfinished.
Elissa Ennis's allegations against Reuben Foster produced a sworn admission of fabrication, a dismissed California case and a later reversal. The decisions made around those conflicting accounts deserve a closer examination.
The court record behind Makaela Bacon’s false domestic violence allegations, and the questions that remained after her conviction.
Eleanor Williams fabricated evidence against innocent men. Her conviction exposed the lies. The damage reached far beyond the courtroom, and the public record still leaves questions about how people recover after being cleared.
Sarah-Jane Parkinson's fabricated accusation put her former partner in prison. An appeal judgment reveals a troubling sequence: police charged him with sexual assault before her recorded accounts alleged a sexual attack. Years of proceedings exposed false testimony, defective prosecution, and questions about how the original case was built.
Emily Checksfield was imprisoned for a false allegation against her former partner. His case opens a larger inquiry into remand, evidence and what institutions should explain when an accusation collapses.
Michelle Hadley spent 88 days in jail after her former partner and his wife framed her. Court records show what investigators had before her arrests, and what the institutions involved still owe the public.