[Link] Wu-Tang Clan Producer Suing NYPD After Wrongfully Spending 4 Years in Rikers

Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com

Former Wu-Tang Clan producer “True Master” spent four years at Rikers Island after being falsely accused of a rape that DNA evidence proved he didn’t commit. Now, he wants justice—with the help of star civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

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[Link] Fundraiser for US man exonerated after 43 years in prison tops $1.4m

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

By mid-afternoon on Saturday, a fundraiser for a man who spent 43 years in prison before a judge in Missouri this week overturned his conviction in a triple murder had raised more than $1.4m.

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