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Five stories of the wrongfully accused
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Front page of Newsday New York City, December 20, 2002, with headline "Their Names Are Cleared" and photos of the Central Park Five after their convictions were overturned. Deputy Sheriff McComb, Attorney Samuel S. Liebowitz, and the seven Scottsboro Boys stand together in a sunroom of the Jefferson County, Alabama jail in 1935. Malcolm X in 1965, wearing glasses and a suit, with his hand raised to his face as he speaks. Cleared Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, wearing clerical attire, gestures with open hands while speaking at a press conference, with several microphones visible in front of him.
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Declared innocent at last
The front page of Newsday on December 20, 2002, declaring the innocence...
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Awaiting news
Seven of the nine Scottsboro Boys meeting with their attorney in May 1935. From left...
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Malcolm X
Three men were convicted in 1966 of the assassination of Black Muslim leader Malcolm...
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Cleared
From left, Duke University lacrosse players David Evans, Collin Finnerty, and Reade...
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Responding to allegations of sexual abuse
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin rebutting allegations that he had sexually abused a seminarian...
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