Here are some of this week’s news highlights:
Prosecutor asks for forgiveness for Philadelphia man’s wrongful conviction
A man who spent 40 years in prison for a murder he maintains he did not commit met last week with the prosecutor who helped put him away, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Innocence Project exoneree graduates from Police Academy
Innocence Project client Michael Green, who spent 13 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, is on his way to joining the police force, according to the Dallas Morning News.
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Chicago men remain in prison despite DNA evidence of innocence
Nevest Coleman and Darryl Fulton are serving life sentences for a 1994 rape and murder, despite DNA testing of evidence from the victim’s body and clothes that excludes them and matches to a serial rapist. The Chicago Tribune
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