Sentences with phrase «wrongly imprisoned»

He is a founding director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted, and through AIDWYC has been responsible for clearing the names of several individuals who were wrongly imprisoned.

«Man wrongly imprisoned for 20 years can sue San Francisco police over false evidence claims»: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued last Friday.

But if you're an unarmed black American, you have a far better chance of being choked to death by the police, shot by the police (sometimes in the back), or wrongly imprisoned, than a white American.

Dave Perlmutter retells his true story about being wrongly imprisoned in Spain.

From wrongly imprisoned life - saver to self - published Amazon No 1 best - selling author Falsely accused of arson and manslaughter and thrown in a Spanish jail, David P Perlmutter turned real life drama into a full - time writing career following the success of his debut novel «Wrong Place Wrong Time»

Landman's Dickensian novel follows the travails of Caleb, a mixed - race teen, as he tries to save his wrongly imprisoned father.

Across the original radio broadcast's hour - long running time, reporter Anya Bourg managed to not only tell the compelling story of Carl King's years - long quest for justice for his wrongly imprisoned friend, Colin Warner, but also pull us into the lives of these individuals, sketching in personalities with just enough detail for us to feel like we have a sense of who they are as people.

His best parts during his Fox years included the wrongly imprisoned man who is exonerated by crusading reporter James Stewart in Call Northside 777 (1947), and the lead role as a wildcat trucker in Thieves» Highway (1949).

An idealistic English teacher (Matthew Modine) helps a convicted ex-Black Panther (Obba Babatunde) prove his innocence after he's wrongly imprisoned for a murder he claims he didn't commit.

Simon, a professor of law and psychology at the University of Southern California, says that the false conviction rate, based on exoneration data from capital murder cases, is estimated to be near 5 percent, although that figure represents only a fraction of those wrongly imprisoned.

Mark - Viverito repeated at length her belief that Lopez Rivera was wrongly imprisoned.

Not exact matches

Day - Lewis plays Gerry Conlon, a wrongly accused suspect in the Guildford Four bombing case whose father is imprisoned as well.

The story is that of a Pole wrongly accused of traitorous activities against the state and imprisoned by the Russians in one of their gulags in far eastern Siberia.

From trailblazing novelist Walter Mosley: a former NYPD cop once imprisoned for a crime he did not commit must solve two cases: that of a man wrongly condemned to die, and his own.

In this book a former NYPD cop once imprisoned for a crime he did not commit must solve two cases: that of a man wrongly condemned to die, and his own.

Out of favor meant easily imprisoned, and that is indeed how Dante gets to prison: by being wrongly accused of connections to Bonaparte, and because a power - hungry magistrate ignored facts in order to further his career.

The risk is that innocent people across the UK are put through damaging and stressful prosecution proceedings and trials, or in the very worst cases wrongly convicted and imprisoned.

It is unlikely that a wrongly convicted employee who is imprisoned is in any better legal position as it is even more likely that, assuming neither party is at fault, the contract becomes frustrated.