Wrongful Convictions
Cases where the justice system got it wrong, and the fight to set the record straight.
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The Sandra Hemme Case: A Sedated Confession, a Police Suspect and 43 Lost Years
In November 1980, library worker Patricia Jeschke was found dead in her St. Joseph, Missouri, apartment. Within a month, a 20-year-old psychiatric patient had confessed, while evidence pointing to a police officer sat in a file. Continue reading
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The Meredith Kercher Case: A Murder in Perugia the World Remembers by the Wrong Name
Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British student, was murdered in Perugia in 2007. The flawed investigation made Amanda Knox famous, but the man convicted of the killing walked free in 2021 — and faced a new trial by 2026. Continue reading
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The Azaria Chamberlain Case: A Dingo, a Grieving Mother, and Australia’s Most Infamous Wrongful Conviction
When nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain vanished from a tent at Uluru in August 1980, her mother cried that a dingo had taken her. Australia didn’t believe Lindy Chamberlain — and it took 32 years to prove her right. Continue reading
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The Pam Hupp Case: A $150,000 Policy, a Framed Husband, and a Murder Trial Now Set for 2028
Betsy Faria was stabbed 55 times in Troy, Missouri, in December 2011, days after naming friend Pam Hupp on a $150,000 policy. Her husband went to prison, a second man died in a staged home invasion, and Hupp’s trial now… Continue reading
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The West Memphis Three: Three Murdered Children, Three Convicted Teenagers, and a Town’s Rush to Judgment
In 1993, three eight-year-old boys were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. A town gripped by “satanic” panic convicted three teenage outsiders on almost no evidence. They served 18 years — and when they walked free, the case was no closer… Continue reading
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Adnan Syed and the Murder of Hae Min Lee: When a Podcast Became Evidence
A seventeen-year-old high school senior was strangled in Baltimore in January 1999. The boy convicted of killing her spent twenty-three years in prison, became the subject of the most-downloaded true-crime podcast ever made, and walked out a free man in… Continue reading
