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Kerry Max Cook

Kerry Max Cook

In 1978, Kerry Max Cook was sentenced to death for a murder in Tyler, Texas. Released from prison in 1999, he was exonerated in 2024 after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that he had met the burden of demonstrating actual innocence. (Photo: Tyler Morning Telegraph)​
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James Marshall

James Marshall

In 1991, James Marshall was sentenced to 60 years in prison for sexually assaulting and murdering the 14-year-old daughter of his ex-wife. He was granted a new trial based on evidence that his confession was false and was the product of police physical abuse. He was acquitted at a retrial in June 2024.(​Marshall (right) with his attorney, William Jones.)
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Osher Eisemann

Osher Eisemann

In 2019, Rabbi Osher Eisemann was convicted of financial crimes related to the alleged mismanagement of funds at a school he ran in Lakewood, New Jersey. After receiving a new trial based on prosecutorial misconduct in 2022, a judge acquitted Eisemann in 2024. ​(Photo: Voice of Lakewood)
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Arvel Marshall

Arvel Marshall

In 2009, Arvel Marshall was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Brooklyn, New York. He was exonerated in 2024 based on a surveillance video, the contents of which had not been disclosed by the prosecution and that showed the real gunman. Marshall with family (Photo: Dave Sanders for The New York Times)​
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