James Pugh, one of two men originally convicted in the savage killing of Deborah Meindl near Buffalo in 1993, said all along that he was innocent. Source: New York Times
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At Mangione’s Hearing, Giddy Fans Whisper and Prison Guards Testify
By Gotham Rex on December 1, 2025
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing a health insurance executive in Manhattan, are asking a judge to throw out materials gathered when he was arrested in Pennsylvania. Source: New York Times
Star Witness in Menendez Bribery Case Avoids Prison Time
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2025
Jose Uribe, 58, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to bribing New Jersey’s former senator, Robert Menendez. Source: New York Times
How A Murder ‘Solved’ in 4 Hours Sent Grant Williams to Prison for 23 Years
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2021
Grant Williams, whose conviction was overturned on Thursday, told people in prison that they would one day see that he was innocent. “And today’s that day,” he said. Source: New York Times
3 Detectives Obtained a False Murder Confession. Was It One of Dozens?
By Gotham Rex on February 15, 2021
Huwe Burton was wrongly convicted because of deceptive interrogation techniques. How many more cases were “solved” the same way? Source: New York Times