Wrongful Convictions

 A Crime of Cowardice: The Unjust Imprisonment of Scott Molen: Molen is presently serving a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit - a fact acknowledged by one of the people responsible for putting him behind bars.  

Another website telling the story of wrongfully convicted inmates.

Larry King Live covered this subject.

Stories of Loyalty - a website that supports wrongfully convicted inmates.

So many links to stories about wrongful conviction... see for yourself.

On a Sunday afternoon in the fall of 2007 our son was falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. Due to the allegations we immediately sought legal counsel and went through the “justice” system. Our son cooperated fully, allowing his home to be searched, measured and photographed. He willingly submitted his DNA. He attended every court appearance and never once gave less than 100% cooperation. He as well as his entire family believed in our justice system and knew that he would be found innocent and we could put this absolute nightmare behind us. At the preliminary hearing he was held on $50,000 straight bond. The bond was posted and another 11 months passed before we would go to trial. He didn’t flee; he didn’t quit his job. He waited for our justice system to clearly see that this was a false accusation and he could go on with his life. After 14 months of anticipation to see that justice was served and this travesty could be put to rest, our justice system failed our son and convicted him without any evidence even though there was an eyewitness there the entire time this allegation was to have happened. This was ONLY a false allegation. 

There was no evidence as there was no crime. It was a bitter vindictive attempt again to try to ruin our son’s life by another person. Nothing more. 
          

Efren Paredes, Jr. – wrongly convicted in 1989 for a murder and armed robbery he did not commit; a crime to which others plead guilty. The case against Efren was entirely circumstantial. There was no physical evidence linking Efren to the crime, no eyewitnesses to the crime, and Efren was home with his parents and two brothers when the crime occurred. He was arrested, tried and convicted in a three month period and was sentenced to three life sentences. Efren was arrested at age 15 and is now 33-years-old.
              

Edward Humes
Author of Mean Justice: 
A Town’s Terror, A Prosecutor’s Power, a Betrayal of Innocence

How the wrong guy can end up in prison

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Families United For Justice Page

Families United for justice was conceived from a mutual concern many Americans share: Injustice and lack of resources. Our mission is to serve offenders involved with the criminal justice system, individuals and the general public that have suffered an injustice, abuse or neglect by enlisting advocates, experts from a diverse community of medical and legal professionals and provide research, referral, resources, advocacy and information that can aid in solving their problem.