innocence
The presumption of innocence is a cornerstone of the American legal system and a right that should not be taken for granted.
The Overturn Podcast
According to The Innocence Project, estimates suggest that between 2% and 10% of convicted individuals in U.S. prisons are innocent, which translates to approximately 46,000 to over 230,000 people out of the roughly 2.3 million incarcerated, according to various studies. While the exact number is impossible to know, even a conservative 1% estimate indicates over 20,000 innocent people are incarcerated.
By Frank Racioppiabout 12 hours ago in Criminal
The Serial Killer . Content Warning.
Why America's Most Prolific Murderer Wanted to Be Caught THE CONFESSION NOBODY BELIEVED đ± On a quiet Tuesday evening in November 2009 a man walked into a police station in Hammond, Indiana, sat down across from the desk sergeant and calmly announced that he had killed multiple women over a span of two decades and that he was tired of carrying the weight of what he had done and wanted to confess everything before he lost the courage to tell the truth, and the desk sergeant who had been processing paperwork and who initially assumed this was either a prank or a mentally ill person seeking attention asked the man to wait while he called a detective, and the man who identified himself as Darren Deon Vann sat patiently in the lobby of the police station like someone waiting for an appointment at the dentist while inside the detective division officers debated whether to take the confession seriously, and they decided to interview him primarily because Indiana law required them to investigate any confession regardless of how improbable it seemed, and what unfolded over the next forty-eight hours of interrogation would reveal one of the most prolific serial killers in Indiana history and would raise disturbing questions about how he had operated for so long without detection in communities where women disappeared regularly and where law enforcement had not connected the cases because the victims were poor, Black, and involved in sex work, demographics that American criminal justice systems have historically treated as less worthy of investigation and protection than other victim populations đ
By The Curious Writera day ago in Criminal
UN Declares Transatlantic Slave Trade the Gravest Crime Against Humanity. Content Warning.
April 2, 2026 In a watershed moment for international justice and historical accountability, the United Nations General Assembly has formally recognized the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. The resolution, adopted by a vote of 123 in favor, 3 against, with multiple abstentions, marks one of the most consequential acknowledgments in the UNâs historyâone that confronts centuries of denial, erasure, and unresolved harm.
By TREYTON SCOTT5 days ago in Criminal
The Room Where It Ended Part 3
The door wasnât locked. That was the first thing that felt wrong. Detective Mara Klein stood still for a moment, her hand hovering over the handle, as if her body already knew something her mind refused to accept. The hallway behind her was silent â too silent. Even the usual hum of electricity seemed to vanish the closer she got to that room.
By Dorothea Bautz-John9 days ago in Criminal
